Academy Awards 1944

Best Picture

WINNER:
Casablanca: (Warner Bros.)

NOMINEES:
For Whom the Bell Tolls: (Paramount)
Heaven Can Wait: (20th Century Fox)
The Human Comedy: (M-G-M)
In Which We Serve: (Two Cities)
Madame Curie: (M-G-M)
The More the Merrier: (Columbia)
The Ox-Bow Incident: (20th Century Fox)
The Song of Bernadette: (20th Century Fox)
Watch on the Rhine: (Warner Bros.)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER:
Watch on the Rhine: Paul Lukas

NOMINEES:
Casablanca: Humphrey Bogart
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Gary Cooper
Madame Curie: Walter Pidgeon
The Human Comedy: Mickey Rooney

Best Actress In a Supporting Role

WINNER:
The Song of Bernadette: Jennifer Jones

NOMINEES:
The More the Merrier: Jean Arthur
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ingrid Bergman
The Constant Nymph: Joan Fontaine
Madame Curie: Greer Garson

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
The More the Merrier: Charles Coburn

NOMINEES:
The Song of Bernadette: Charles Bickford
Sahara: J. Carrol Naish
Casablanca: Claude Rains
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Akim Tamiroff

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER:
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Katina Paxinou

NOMINEES:
The Song of Bernadette: Gladys Cooper
So Proudly We Hail!: Paulette Goddard
The Song of Bernadette: Anne Revere
Watch on the Rhine: Lucile Watson

Best Director

WINNER:
Casablanca: Michael Curtiz

NOMINEES:
The Human Comedy: Clarence Brown
The Song of Bernadette: Henry King
Heaven Can Wait: Ernst Lubitsch
The More the Merrier: George Stevens

Best Writing, Original Screenplay

WINNER:
Princess O'Rourke: Norman Krasna

NOMINEES
Air Force: Dudley Nichols
In Which We Serve: Noel Coward
The North Star: Lillian Hellman
So Proudly We Hail!: Allan Scott

Best Writing, Original Story

WINNER:
The Human Comedy: William Saroyan

NOMINEES:
Action in the North Atlantic: Guy Gilpatric
Destination Tokyo: Steve Fisher
The More the Merrier: Frank Ross, Robert Russell
Shadow of a Doubt: Gordon McDonell

Best Writing, Screenplay

WINNER:
Casablanca: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch

NOMINEES:
Holy Matrimony: Nunnally Johnson
The More the Merrier: Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster, Frank Ross, Robert Russell
The Song of Bernadette: George Seaton
Watch on the Rhine: Dashiell Hammett

Best Cinematography, Color

WINNER:
Phantom of the Opera: Hal Mohr, W. Howard Greene

NOMINEES:
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ray Rennahan
Heaven Can Wait: Edward Cronjager
Hello Frisco, Hello: Charles G. Clarke, Allen M. Davey
Lassie Come Home: Leonard Smith
Thousands Cheer: George J. Folsey

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

WINNER:
The Song of Bernadette: Arthur C. Miller

NOMINEES:
Air Force: James Wong Howe, Elmer Dyer, Charles A. Marshall
Casablanca: Arthur Edeson
Corvette K-225: Tony Gaudio
Five Graves to Cairo: John F. Seitz
The Human Comedy: Harry Stradling Sr.
Madame Curie: Joseph Ruttenberg
The North Star: James Wong Howe
Sahara: Rudolph Maté
So Proudly We Hail!: Charles Lang

Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White

WINNER:
The Song of Bernadette: James Basevi, William S. Darling, Thomas Little

NOMINEES:
Five Graves to Cairo: Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegté, Bertram C. Granger
Flight for Freedom: Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark, Darrell Silvera, Harley Miller
Madame Curie: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt
Mission to Moscow: Carl Jules Weyl, George James Hopkins
The North Star: Perry Ferguson, Howard Bristol

Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color

WINNER:
Phantom of the Opera: Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, Ira Webb

NOMINEES:
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Hans Dreier, Haldane Douglas, Bertram C. Granger
The Gang's All Here: James Basevi, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little
This Is the Army: John Hughes, John Koenig, George James Hopkins
Thousands Cheer: Cedric Gibbons, Daniel B. Cathcart, Edwin B. Willis, Jacques Mersereau

Best Sound, Recording

WINNER:
This Land Is Mine: Stephen Dunn (RKO Radio SSD)

NOMINEES:
Hangmen Also Die!: Jack Whitney (Sound Service Inc.)
Madame Curie: Douglas Shearer (M-G-M SSD)
The North Star: Thomas T. Moulton (Samuel Goldwyn SSD)
Phantom of the Opera: Bernard B. Brown (Universal SSD)
Riding High: Loren L. Ryder (Paramount SSD)
Sahara: John P. Livadary (Columbia SSD)
Saludos Amigos: C.O. Slyfield (Walt Disney SSD)
So This Is Washington: James L. Fields (RCA Sound)
The Song of Bernadette: Edmund H. Hansen (20th Century-Fox SSD)
This Is the Army: Nathan Levinson (Warner Bros. SSD)
In Old Oklahoma: Daniel J. Bloomberg (Republic SSD)

Best Film Editing

WINNER:
Air Force: George Amy

NOMINEES:
Casablanca: Owen Marks
Five Graves to Cairo: Doane Harrison
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Sherman Todd, John F. Link Sr.
The Song of Bernadette: Barbara McLean

Best Effects, Special Effects

WINNER:
Crash Dive: Fred Sersen (photographic), Roger Heman Sr. (sound)

NOMINEES:
Air Force: Hans F. Koenekamp (photographic), Rex Wimpy (photographic), Nathan Levinson (sound)
Bombardier: Vernon L. Walker (photographic), James G. Stewart (sound), Roy Granville
The North Star: Clarence Slifer (photographic), Ray Binger (photographic), Thomas T. Moulton (sound)
So Proudly We Hail!: Farciot Edouart (photographic), Gordon Jennings (photographic), George Dutton (sound)
Stand by for Action: A. Arnold Gillespie (photographic), Donald Jahraus (photographic), Michael Steinore (sound)

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER:
Hello Frisco, Hello: Harry Warren (music), Mack Gordon (lyrics)
For the song "You'll Never Know".

NOMINEES:
Hit Parade of 1943: Jule Styne (music), Harold Adamson (lyrics)
For the song "Change of Heart".
Cabin in the Sky: Harold Arlen (music), E.Y. Harburg (lyrics)
For the song "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe".
The Sky's the Limit: Harold Arlen (music), Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
For the song "My Shining Hour".
Saludos Amigos: Charles Wolcott (music), Ned Washington (lyrics)
For the song "Saludos Amigos".
Hers to Hold: Jimmy McHugh (music), Herb Magidson (lyrics)
For the song "Say a Prayer for the Boys Over There".
Star Spangled Rhythm: Harold Arlen (music), Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
For the song "That Old Black Magic".
Thank Your Lucky Stars: Arthur Schwartz (music), Frank Loesser (lyrics)
For the song "They're Either Too Young or Too Old".
Stage Door Canteen: James V. Monaco (music), Al Dubin (lyrics)
For the song "We Mustn't Say Good Bye".
Something to Shout About: Cole Porter
For the song "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to".

Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

WINNER:
This Is the Army: Ray Heindorf

NOMINEES:
Coney Island: Alfred Newman
Hit Parade of 1943: Walter Scharf
Phantom of the Opera: Edward Ward
Saludos Amigos: Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith, Charles Wolcott
The Sky's the Limit: Leigh Harline
Something to Shout About: Morris Stoloff
Stage Door Canteen: Freddie Rich
Star Spangled Rhythm: Robert Emmett Dolan
Thousands Cheer: Herbert Stothart

Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

WINNER:
The Song of Bernadette: Alfred Newman

NOMINEES:
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday: Hans J. Salter, Frank Skinner
Casablanca: Max Steiner
Commandos Strike at Dawn: Louis Gruenberg, Morris Stoloff
The Fallen Sparrow: C. Bakaleinikoff, Roy Webb
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Victor Young
Hangmen Also Die!: Hanns Eisler
Hi Diddle Diddle: Phil Boutelje
Johnny Come Lately: Leigh Harline
The Kansan: Gerard Carbonara
Lady of Burlesque: Arthur Lange
Madame Curie: Herbert Stothart
The Moon and Sixpence: Dimitri Tiomkin
The North Star: Aaron Copland
Victory Through Air Power: Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith, Oliver Wallace
In Old Oklahoma: Walter Scharf

Best Short Subject, Two-reel

WINNER:
Heavenly Music: Jerry Bresler, Sam Coslow

NOMINEES:
Letter to a Hero: Frederic Ullman Jr.
Mardi Gras: Walter MacEwen
Women at War: Gordon Hollingshead

Best Short Subject, One-reel

WINNER:
Amphibious Fighters: Grantland Rice

NOMINEES:
Cavalcade of Dance: Gordon Hollingshead
Champions Carry on: Edmund Reek
Screen Snapshots Series 23, No. 1: Hollywood in Uniform: Ralph Staub
Seeing Hands: Pete Smith

Best Short Subject, Cartoons

WINNER:
The Yankee Doodle Mouse: Fred Quimby

NOMINEES:
The Dizzy Acrobat: Walter Lantz
500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins: George Pal
Greetings Bait: Leon Schlesinger
Imagination: Dave Fleischer
Reason and Emotion: Walt Disney

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER:
December 7th: (U.S. Navy Field Photographic Branch)

NOMINEES:
Children of Mars: (RKO Radio)
From the 'This is America' series
Plan for Destruction: (M-G-M)
Swedes in America: (Office of War Information)
To the People of the United States: (Walter Wanger Prods.)
Tomorrow We Fly: (U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics)
Youth in Crisis: (March of Time)

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER:
Desert Victory: (British Ministry of Information)

NOMINEES:
Baptism of Fire: (U.S. Army Fighting Men Series)
The Battle of Russia: (Special Service Division of the War Dept.)
Report from the Aleutians: (U.S. Army Pictorial Service)
War Department Report: (Field Photographic Branch Office of Strategic Services)

Honorary Award

WINNER:
George Pal
For the development of novel methods and techniques in the production of short subjects known as Puppetoons (plaque).

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

WINNER:
Hal B. Wallis

Academy Award of Merit

WINNER:

Not awarded.

Scientific and Engineering Award

WINNERS:
Farciot Edouart, Earle Morgan, Barton Thompson (Paramount Studio Engineering and Transparency Departments)
For the development and practical application to motion picture production of a method of duplicating and enlarging natural color photographs, transferring the image emulsions to glass plates and projecting these slides by especially designed stereopticon equipment.
(Photo Products Dept. of E.I. duPont de Nemours and Co. Inc.)
For the development of fine-grain motion picture films.

Technical Achievement Award

WINNERS:
Daniel J. Bloomberg (Republic SSD)
For the design and development of an inexpensive method of converting Moviolas to Class B push-pull reproduction.
Charles G. Clarke (20th Century-Fox Studio Camera Dept.)
For the development and practical application of a device for composing artificial clouds into motion picture scenes during production photography.
Farciot Edouart (Paramount Studio Transparency Dept.)
For an automatic electric transparency cueing timer.
Willard H. Turner (RKO Radio SSD)
For the design and construction of the phono-cue starter.

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