Film Data for 1944

The Film Daily's Ten Best Pictures of 1944 ("Selected by 479 representative critics and commentators of newspapers, magazines, syndicates, and radio stations in the 22nd annual poll conducted by The Film Daily." Source: The Film Daily's 1944 Annual)

1) Going My Way- 428 votes
2) The Song of Bernadette (1943)- 325 votes
3) Since You Went Away- 231 votes

4) Madame Curie (1943)- 207 votes
5) Dragon Seed- 191 votes
6) The White Cliffs of Dover- 190 votes 
7) Gaslight- 187 votes 
8) A Guy Named Joe (1943)- 175 votes
9) The Story of Dr. Wassell- 161 votes
10) Lifeboat- 154 votes

The Honor Roll: 

11) Lassie Come Home (1943)- 152 votes

12) Double Indemnity- 133 votes

13) Arsenic and Old Lace- 123 votes

14) The Miracle of Morgan's Creek- 117 votes

15) Destination Tokyo- 103 votes

16) Mr. Skeffington- 98 votes

17) See Here, Private Hargrove- 88 votes

18) Jane Eyre (1943)- 85 votes

      The Fighting Sullivans- 85 votes

20) The Adventures of Mark Twain- 84 votes

21) Cover Girl- 70 votes

22) Lady in the Dark- 68 votes

23) Two Girls and a Sailor- 65 votes

24) Home in Indiana- 63 votes

25) Up in Arms- 61 votes

26) Hail the Conquering Hero- 60 votes

27) Guadalcanal Diary (1943)- 53 votes

28) None but the Lonely Heart- 51 votes

29) Thousands Cheer (1943)- 49 votes

30) The Purple Heart- 47 votes

31) Old Acquaintance (1943)- 44 votes

32) The Eve of St. Mark- 42 votes

      Lost Angel (1943)- 42 votes 

34) The Uninvited- 40 votes

35) Janie- 38

36) An American Romance- 36 votes

37) Casanova Brown- 30 votes

38) The Lodger- 29 votes

39) Happy Land (1943)- 27 votes

40) The North Star (1943)- 25 votes

41) Flesh and Fantasy (1943)- 23 votes

42) Bathing Beauty- 20 votes

43) Tender Comrade (1943)- 18 votes

      Wing and a Prayer- 18 votes

45) Christmas Holiday- 17 votes

46) Passage to Marseille- 16 votes

47) The Mask of Dimitrios- 15 votes

48) Between Two Worlds- 14 votes

      In Our Time- 14 votes

      Phantom Lady- 14 votes

      The Woman in the Window- 14 votes

52) Buffalo Bill- 13 votes

      The Impatient Years- 13 votes

      Once Upon a Time- 13 votes

55) Kismet- 12 votes

      Show Business- 12 votes

57) Shine On, Harvest Moon- 11 votes

58) Address Unknown- 10 votes

      The Bridge of San Luis Rey- 10 votes

     The Hitler Gang- 10 votes

The Film Daily- "Filmdom's Famous Fives" (Listed in order of preference):

Best Performances by Male Stars 

1) Bing Crosby in Going My Way

2) Spencer Tracy in A Guy Named Joe (1943)

3) Gary Cooper in The Story of Dr. Wassell

4) Fredric March in The Adventures of Mark Twain

5) Claude Rains in Mr. Skeffington 

Best Performances by Feminine Stars 

1) Jennifer Jones in The Song of Bernadette (1943)

2) Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight

3) Greer Garson in Madame Curie (1943)

4) Bette Davis in Mr. Skeffington

5) Irene Dunne in The White Cliffs of Dover

Best Performances by Supporting Actors 

1) Barry Fitzgerald in Going My Way

2) Walter Pidgeon in Madame Curie (1943)

3) Van Johnson in A Guy Named Joe

4) Monty Woolley in Since You Went Away (tied with)

    Keenan Wynn in See Here, Private Hargrove

    Walter Huston in Dragon Seed

Best Performances by Supporting Actresses 

1) Aline MacMahon in Dragon Seed

2) Ethel Barrymore in None but the Lonely Heart

3) Miriam Hopkins in Old Acquaintance (1943) (tied with)

    Diana Lynn in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

5) Angela Lansbury in Gaslight

Best Performances by Juvenile Actors 

1) Roddy McDowall in Lassie Come Home (1943)

2) Ted Donaldson in Once Upon a Time

3) Roddy McDowall in The White Cliffs of Dover 

4) Lon McCallister in Home in Indiana

5) Donald O'Connor in The Merry Monahans

Best Performances by Juvenile Actresses 

1) Margaret O'Brien in Lost Angel (1943)

2) Joyce Reynolds in Janie

3) Shirley Temple in Since You Went Away

4) Peggy Ann Garner in Jane Eyre (1943)

5) Margaret O'Brien in Jane Eyre (1943)

The Year's Best Directors 

1) Leo McCarey for Going My Way

2) Henry King for Wilson

3) Alfred Hitchcock for Lifeboat

4) John Cromwell for Since You Went Away

5) George Cukor for Gaslight

The Year's Outstanding Screenplays 

1) Going My Way, Frank Butler, Frank Cavett

2) Double Indemnity, Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler

3) The Song of Bernadette (1943), George Seaton

4) Since You Went Away, David O. Selznick

5) Lifeboat- Joe Swerling

The Year's Outstanding Photography 

1) Lady in the Dark, Ray Rennahan

2) An American Romance, Harold Rosson

3) Lassie Come Home- George Seaton

4) The Song of Bernadette (1943)- Arthur Miller

5) Jane Eyre (1943)- George Barnes

"Finds of the Year" 

1) Jennifer Jones- David O. Selznick 

2) Danny Kaye- Samuel Goldwyn

3) June Allyson- MGM

4) Van Johnson- MGM

5) Barry Fitzgerald- Paramount

Ten Big Pictures of 1944 (Source: Box Office Digest 1945 Annual, with estimated gross listed):

1) Going My Way- $8,500,000

2) Wilson- $6,500,000

3) Since You Went Away- $6,500,000

4) Song of Bernadette (1943)- $5,000,000

5) Lady in the Dark- $5,000,000

6) Meet Me in St. Louis- $4,500,000

7) Mrs. Parkington- $4,250,000

8) The Story of Dr. Wassell- $4,000,000

9) Winged Victory- $3,750,000

10) Hollywood Canteen- $3,750,000

New York Film Critics Awards (Winners announced on December 27, 1944. Sources: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards, 2001 and Donald Lyons, "The Lights of New York," Film Comment, March-April, 1993)

Best Picture

Going My Way (won on Ballot III with 11 votes)

Runner-up: Hail the Conquering Hero (3 votes)

Best Director

Leo McCarey for Going My Way (won on Ballot VI with 7 votes)

Runner-up: Preston Sturges for Hail the Conquering Hero (5 votes)

Lyons notes McCarey and Sturges were tied 4-4 on Ballot I, then on Ballot II McCarey had 5 votes to 4 for Sturges. On Ballot III both were tied at 5-5 before McCarey pulled ahead 6-4 on Ballot IV and 7-5 on Ballot's V and VI.

Best Actor

Barry Fitzgerald in Going My Way (won on Ballot I- no vote count given)

Runners-up: Bing Crosby in Going My Way (2 votes)

                       Alexander Knox in Wilson (2 votes)

Best Actress

Tallulah Bankhead in Lifeboat (10 votes in Ballot IV)

Runner-up: Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight (5 votes)

National Board of Review (Voting results announced on December 23, 1944. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards).

Best Film

None but the Lonely Heart

Rest of the Top Ten (Listed in order of preference)

Going My Way

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

Hail the Conquering Hero

The Song of Bernadette (1943)

Wilson

Meet Me in St. Louis

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Thunder Rock (1942)

Lifeboat

Best Acting (Listed in alphabetical order)

Ethel Barrymore, None but the Lonely Heart

Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight

Humphrey Bogart, To Have and Have Not

Eddie Bracken, Hail the Conquering Hero

Bing Crosby, Going My Way

June Duprez, None but the Lonely Heart

Betty Hutton, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

Margaret O'Brien, Meet Me in St. Louis

Franklin Pangborn, Hail the Conquering Hero

Best Documentaries

The Memphis Belle

Attack! The Battle for New Britain

With the Marines at Tarawa

Battle for the Marianas

Tunisian Victory

The Golden Globes (Winners announced in late January 1945. Awards presented at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards).

Best Picture

Going My Way

Best Director

Leo McCarey, Going My Way

Best Actor

Alexander Knox, Wilson

Best Actress

Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight

Best Supporting Actor

Barry Fitzgerald, Going My Way

Best Supporting Actress

Agnes Moorehead, Mrs. Parkington

The Academy Awards (Nominations announced on February 3, 1945. Awards were presented on March 15, 1945 at the Coconut Grove of the Ambassador in Los Angeles. Sources Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards and Mason Wiley and Damien Bona's Inside Oscar). (Winners in bold print).

Best Picture 

Double Indemnity, Paramount. Produced by Joseph Sistrom.

Gaslight, MGM. Produced by Arthur Hornblow, Jr. 

Going My Way, Paramount. Produced by Leo McCarey.

Since You Went Away, Selznick, UA. Produced by David O. Selznick.

Wilson, 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. 

Best Director 

Alfred Hitchcock for Lifeboat (20th Century-Fox).

Henry King for Wilson (20th Century-Fox)

Leo McCarey for Going My Way (Paramount).

Otto Preminger for Laura (20th Century-Fox).

Billy Wilder for Double Indemnity (Paramount).

Best Actor 

Charles Boyer in Gaslight (MGM).

Bing Crosby in Going My Way (Paramount).

Barry Fitzgerald in Going My Way (Paramount). 

Cary Grant in None but the Lonely Heart (RKO Radio).

Alexander Knox in Wilson (20th Century-Fox).

Best Actress 

Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight (MGM).

Claudette Colbert in Since You Went Away (Selznick, UA).

Bette Davis in Mr. Skeffington (Warner Bros.).

Greer Garson in Mrs. Parkington (MGM).

Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity (Paramount).

Best Supporting Actor 

Hume Cronyn in The Seventh Cross (MGM)

Barry Fitzgerald in Going My Way (Paramount). 

Claude Rains in Mr. Skeffington (Warner Bros.).

Clifton Webb in Laura (20th Century-Fox).

Monty Woolley in Since You Went Away (Selznick, UA).

Best Supporting Actress 

Ethel Barrymore in None but the Lonely Heart (RKO Radio).

Jennifer Jones in Since You Went Away (Selznick, UA).
Angela Lansbury in Gaslight (MGM).

Aline MacMahon in Dragon Seed (MGM). 

Agnes Moorehead in Mrs. Parkington (MGM).

Writing- Best Original Story 

Going My Way, Paramount, Leo McCarey.

A Guy Named Joe, MGM. David Boehm and Chandler Sprague.

Lifeboat, 20th Century-Fox. John Steinbeck.

None Shall Escape, Columbia. Alfred Neumann and Joseph Than.

The Sullivans, 20th Century-Fox. Edward Doherty and Jules Schermer.

Best Original Screenplay

Hail the Conquering Hero, Paramount. Preston Sturges.

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Paramount. Preston Sturges.

Two Girls and a Sailor, MGM. Richard Connell and Gladys Lehman.

Wilson, 20th Century-Fox. Lamar Trotti.

Wing and a Prayer, 20th Century-Fox. Jerome Cady.

Best Screenplay

Double Indemnity, Paramount. Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder. 

Gaslight, MGM. John L. Balderston, Walter Reisch and John Van Druten.

Going My Way, Paramount. Frank Butler and Frank Cavett.

Laura, 20th Century-Fox. Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein and Betty Reinhardt.

Meet Me in St. Louis, MGM. Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finkelhoffe.

Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)

Double Indemnity, Paramount. John Seitz

Dragon Seed, MGM. Sidney Wagner.

Gaslight, MGM. Joseph Ruttenberg.

Going My Way, Paramount. Lionel Lindon.

Laura, 20th Century-Fox. Joseph LaShelle.

Lifeboat, 20th Century-Fox. Glen MacWilliams.

Since You Went Away, Selznick, UA. Stanley Cortez and Lee Garmes.

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, MGM. Robert Surtees and Harold Rosson.

The Uninvited, Paramount. Charles Lang.

The White Cliffs of Dover, MGM. George Folsey.

Best Cinematography (Color)

Cover Girl, Columbia. Rudolph Mate and Allen M. Davey.

Home in Indiana, 20th Century-Fox. Edward Cronjager.

Kismet, MGM. Charles Rosher.

Lady in the Dark, Paramount. Ray Rennahan.

Meet Me in St. Louis, MGM. George Folsey.

Wilson, 20th Century-Fox. Leon Shamroy.

Best Interior Decoration (Black-and-White)

Address Unknown, Columbia. Lionel Banks and Walter Holscher; Joseph Kish.

The Adventures of Mark Twain, Warner Bros. John J. Hughes; Fred MacLean.

Casanova Brown, International, RKO Radio. Perry Ferguson; Julia Heron.

Gaslight, MGM. Cedric Gibbons and William Ferrari; Edwin B. Willis and Paul Huldschinsky.

Laura, 20th Century-Fox. Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller; Thomas Little.

No Time for Love, Paramount. Hans Dreier and Robert Usher; Sam Comer.

Since You Went Away, Selznick, UA. Mark-Lee Kirk; Victor A. Gangelin.

Step Lively, RKO Radio. Albert S. D'Agostino and Carroll Clark; Darrell Silvera and Claude Carpenter.

Best Interior Decoration (Color)

The Climax, Universal. John B. Goodman and Alexander Golitzen; Russell A. Gausman and Ira S. Webb.

Cover Girl, Columbia. Lionel Banks and Cary Odell. Fay Babcock.

The Desert Song, Warner Bros. Charles Novi; Jack McConaghy.

Kismet, MGM. Cedric Gibbons and Daniel B. Cathcart; Edwin B. Willis and Richard Pefferle. 

Lady in the Dark, Paramount. Hans Dreier and Raoul Pene du Bois; Ray Moyer.

The Princess and the Pirate, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Ernst Fegte; Howard Bristol.

Wilson, 20th Century-Fox. Wiard Ihnen; Thomas Little.

Best Sound Recording

Brazil, Republic. Daniel J. Bloomberg.

Casanova Brown, International, RKO Radio. Thomas T. Moulton, Goldwyn Sound Department.

Cover Girl, Columbia. John Livadary.

Double Indemnity, Paramount. Loren Ryder.

His Butler's Sister, Universal. Bernard B. Brown.

Hollywood Canteen, Warner Bros. Nathan Levinson.

It Happened Tomorrow, Arnold, UA. Jack Whitney, Sound Service Inc.

Kismet, MGM. Douglas Shearer.

Music in Manhattan, RKO Radio. Stephen Dunn.

Voice in the Wind, Ripley-Monter, UA. W. M. Dalgleish, RCA Sound.

Wilson, 20th Century-Fox. E.H. Hansen.

Best Song"

"I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" (Higher and Higher, RKO Radio); Music by Jimmy McHugh. Lyrics by Harold Adamson.

"I'll Walk Alone" (Follow the Boys, Feldman, Universal); Music by Jule Styne. Lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

"I'm Making Believe" (Sweet and Lowdown, 20th Century-Fox); Music by James V. Monaco. Lyrics by Mack Gordon.

"Long Ago and Far Away" (Cover Girl, Columbia); Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin.

"Now I Know" (Up in Arms, Avalon, RKO Radio); Music by Harold Arlen. Lyrics by Ted Koehler.

"Remember Me to Carolina" (Minstrel Man, PRC); Music by Harry Revel. Lyrics by Paul Webster.

"Rio de Janeiro" (Brazil, Republic); Music by Ary Barroso. Lyrics by Ned Washington.

"Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams" (Lady Let's Dance, Monogram); Music by Lew Pollack. Lyrics by Charles Newman.

"Sweet Dreams Sweetheart" (Hollywood Canteen, Warner Bros.); Music by M.K. Jerome. Lyrics by Ted Koehler.

"Swinging on a Star" (Going My Way, Paramount); Music by James Van Heusen. Lyrics by Johnny Burke.

"Too Much in Love" (Song of the Open Road, Rogers, UA); Music by Walter Kent. Lyrics by Kim Gannon.

"The Trolley Song" (Meet Me in St. Louis, MGM); Music and Lyrics by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin.

Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

Address Unknown, Columbia. Morris Stoloff and Ernst Toch.

The Adventures of Mark Twain, Warner Bros. Max Steiner.

The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Bogeaus, UA. Dimitri Tiomkin.

Casanova Brown, International, RKO Radio. Arthur Lange.

Christmas Holiday, Universal. H.J. Salter.

Double Indemnity, Paramount. Miklos Rozsa.

The Fighting Seabees, Republic. Walter Scharf and Roy Webb.

The Hairy Ape, Levey, UA. Michel Michelet and Edward Paul. 

It Happened Tomorrow, Arnold, UA. Robert Stolz.

Jack London, Bronston, UA. Frederic E. Rich.

Kismet, MGM. Herbert Stothart.

None but the Lonely Heart, RKO Radio. C. Bakaleinikoff and Hanns Eisler.

The Princess and the Pirate, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. David Rose.

Since You Went Away, Selznick, UA. Max Steiner.

Summer Storm, Angelus, UA. Karl Hajos.

Three Russian Girls, R&F Prods., UA. Franke Harling.

Up in Mable's Room, Small, UA. Edward Paul.

Voice in the Wind, Ripley-Monter, UA. Michel Michelet.

Wilson, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman.

Woman of the Town, Sherman, UA. Mikos Rozsa.

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

Brazil, republic. Walter Scharf.

Cover Girl, Columbia. Carmen Dragon and Morris Stoloff.

Higher and Higher, RKO Radio. C. Bakaleinikoff 

Hollywood Canteen, Warner Bros. Ray Heindorf.

Irish Eyes Are Smiling, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman.

Knickerbocker Holiday, RCA, UA. Werner R. Heymann and Kurt Weill.

Lady in the Dark, Paramount. Robert Emmett Dolan.

Lady Let's Dance, Monogram. Edward Kay.

Meet Me in St. Louis, MGM. Georgie Stoll.

The Merry Monahans, Universal. H.J. Salter.

Minstrel Man, PRC. Leo Erdody and Ferde Grofe.

Sensations of 1945, Stone, UA. Mahlon Merrick.

Song of the Open Road, Rogers, UA. Charles Previn.

Up in Arms, Avalon, RKO Radio. Louis Forbes and Ray Heindorf.

Best Film Editing

Going My Way, Paramount. Leroy Stone.

Jamie, Warner Bros. Owen Marks.

None But the Lonely Heart, RKO Radio. Roland Gross.

Since You Went Away, Selznick, UA. Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom.

Wilson, 20th Century-Fox. Barbara McLean.

Best Special Effects

The Adventures of Mark Twain, Warner Bros. Photographic: Paul Detlefsen and john Crouse. Sound: Nathan Levinson.

Days of Glory, RKO Radio. Photographic: Vernon L. Walker. Sound: James G. Stewart and Roy Granville.

Secret Command, Columbia. Photographic: David Allen, Ray Cory and Robert Wright. Sound: Russell Malmgren and Harry Kusnick.

Since You Went Away, Selznick, UA. Photographic: John R. Cosgrove. Sound: Arthur Johns.

The Story of Sr. Wassell, Paramount. Photographic: Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings. Sound: George Dutton.

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, MGM. Photographic: A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus and Warren Newcombe. Sound: Douglas Shearer.

Wilson, 20th Century-Fox. Photographic: Fred Sersen. Sound: Roger Heman.

Best Short Subject Cartoon

And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street, Paramount (Puppetoon). George Pal, producer.

The Dog, Cat and Canary, Columbia (Screen Gems).

Fish Fry, Universal. Walter Lantz, producer.

How to Play Football, Disney, RKO Radio. Walt Disney, producer.

Mouse Trouble, MGM. Frederick C. Quimby, producer.

My Boy, Johnny, 20th Century-Fox. Paul Terry, producer.

Swooner Crooner, Warner Bros.

Best Short Subject (One-Reel) 

Blue Grass Gentlemen, 20th Century-Fox (Sports Review). Edmund Reek, producer.

Jammin' the Blues, Warner Bros. (Melody Master Bands). Gordon Hollingshead, producer.

Movie Pests, MGM (Pete Smith Specialty). Pete Smith, producer.

50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures, Columbia (Screen Snapshots #9, Series 23). Ralph Staub, producer.

Who's Who in Animal Land, Paramount (Speaking of Animals). Jerry Fairbanks, producer.

Best Short Subject (Two-Reel)

Bombalera, Paramount (Musical Parade). Louis Harris, producer.

I Won't Play, Warner Bros. (Featurette). Gordon Hollingshead, producer.

Main Street Today, MGM (Two-reel Special). Jerry Bresler, producer.

Best Documentary Short Subject

Arturo Toscanini, Motion Picture Bureau, Overseas Branch, Office of War Information.

New Americans, This is America Series, RKO Radio.

With the Marines at Tarawa, U.S. Marine Corps.

Best Documentary Feature

The Fighting Lady, 20th Century-Fox and U.S. Navy.

Resisting Enemy Interrogation, U.S. Army Air Force.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Darryl F. Zanuck.

Special Award

Margaret O'Brien, outstanding child actress of 1944 (miniature statuette).

Bob Hope for his many services to the Academy (a Life Membership in The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences).

Scientific or Technical

Class I (Statuette)

None.

Class II (Plaque)

Stephen Dunn and the RKO Radio Studio Sound Department and Radio Corporation of America for the design and development of the electronic compressor-limiter.

Class III (Citation)

Linwood Dunn, Cecil Love and Acme Tool Manufacturing Co. for the design and construction of the Acme-Dunn Optical Printer.

Grover Laube and the 20th Century-Fox Studio Camera Department for the development of a continuous loop projection device.

Western Electric Co. for the design and construction of the 1126A Limiting Amplifier for the variable density sound recording.

Russell Brown, Ray Hinsdale and Joseph E. Robbins for the development and production use of the Paramount floating hydraulic boat rocker.

Gordon Jennings for the design and construction of the Paramount nodal point tripod.

Radio Corporation of America and the RKO Radio Studio Sound Department for design and construction of the RKO reverberation chamber.

Daniel J. Bloomberg and the Republic Studio Sound Department for the design and development of a multi-interlock selector switch.

Bernard B. Brown and John P. Livadary for the design and engineering of a separate soloist and chorus recording room. 

Paul Zeff, S.J. Twining and George Seid of the Columbia Studio Laboratory for the formula and application to production of a simplified variable area sound negative developer. 

Paul Lerpae for the design and construction of the Paramount traveling matte projection and photographing device. 

Venice Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

Festival not held.

The New York Times Ten Best List (Listed in chronological order. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

Destination Tokyo

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

The Purple Heart

Going My Way

Wilson

Hail the Conquering Hero

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

None but the Lonely Heart

Meet Me in St. Louis

National Velvet

The Top Box-Office Hits of 1944 (According to Variety. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg. Totals were not listed.).

1944 films listed on the 1943/44 list:

Arsenic and Old Lace

Cover Girl

Destination Tokyo

Dragon Seed

Going My Way

Lady in the Dark

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

Mr. Skeffington

See Here, Private Hargrove

Since You Went Away

The Story of Dr. Wassell

The White Cliffs of Dover

Wilson

1944 films listed on the 1944/45 list:

And Now Tomorrow

Casanova Brown

Frenchman's Creek

Here Comes the Wave

Hollywood Canteen

I'll Be Seeing You

Irish Eyes Are Smiling

The Keys of the Kingdom

Meet Me in St. Louis

Mrs. Parkington

Music for Millions

National Velvet

The Princess and the Pirate

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

To Have and Have Not

Winged Victory

The Top Ten Box Office Stars (according to Quigley Publications)
1) Bing Crosby
2) Gary Cooper
3) Bob Hope
4) Betty Grable
5) Spencer Tracy
6) Greer Garson
7) Humphrey Bogart
8) Abbott & Costello
9) Cary Grant
10) Bette Davis

The Next Fifteen:
11) Wallace Berry
12) Dorothy Lamour
13) Walter Pidgeon
14) Judy Garland
15) Alice Faye/Red Skelton (tie)
16) Ginger Rodgers
17) Mickey Rooney
18) Claudette Colbert
19) Irene Dunne
20) Margaret O'Brien/James Cagney (tie)
21) Barry Fitzgerald
22) Roy Rogers
23) Betty Hutton
24) Fred MacMurray/Ingrid Bergman (tie)
25) Deanna Durbin

The Top Ten Western Stars of 1944 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors).

1) Roy Rogers

2) William Boyd

3) Smiley Burnette

4) Gabby Hayes

5) Bill Elliot

6) Johnny Mack Brown

7) Red Barry

8) Charles Starrett

9) Russell Hayden

10) Tex Ritter

The Top Ten Box-Offices Stars of 1944 in Britain (according to The Motion Picture Herald).

British Stars:

1) James Mason

2) David Niven

3) George Formby

4) Eric Portman

5) Laurence Olivier

6) Margaret Lockwood

7) Robert Donat

8) Phyllis Calvert

9) Anna Neagle

10) Robert Newton

International Stars:

1) Bing Crosby

2) Betty Grable

3) Greer Garson

4) Deanna Durbin

5) Bette Davis

6) Bob Hope

7) Humphrey Bogart

8) Gary Cooper

9) Spencer Tracy

10) Abbott & Costello

Harvard Lampoon's Movie Worst Awards (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

Ten Worst Pictures:

Kismet

A Song to Remember

Frenchman's Creek

Tonight and Every Night

Mr. Skeffington

Hollywood Canteen

Follow the Boys

Till We Meet Again

Thousand's Cheer

Winged Victory

Worst Discovery:

Maria Montez in anything.

Frank Sinatra and/or Van Johnson

Worst Script:

A Song to Remember

Most in Need of Retirement:

Paul Muni

Worst Scene:

The ketchup on the keys in A Song to Remember

Fastest-on-the-Downward-Pass Award:

Don Ameche

Most Unattractive:

Andrew Sisters in anything but a total blackout

Film Data for 1943

The Film Daily's Ten Best Pictures of 1943 ("Selected by 439 representative critics and commentators of newspapers, magazines, syndicates, and radio stations in the 22nd annual poll conducted by The Film Daily." Source: The Film Daily's 1944 Annual) 

1) Random Harvest (1942)- 305 votes 

2) For Whom the Bell Tolls- 285 

    Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)- 285 

4) This is the Army- 276 

5) Casablanca- 259 

6) The Human Comedy- 241 

7) Watch on the Rhine- 220 

8) In Which We Serve (1942)- 208 

9) So Proudly We Hail!- 201 

10) Stage Door Canteen- 162 

The Honor Roll: 

11) The More the Merrier- 154 

12) Air Force- 103 

13) Claudia- 102 

14) Heaven Can Wait- 97 

15) The Moon is Down- 82 

16) Shadow of a Doubt- 76 

17) The Constant Nymph- 74 

18) Bataan- 70 

19) My Friend Flicka- 69 

20) Keeper of the Flame (1942)- 62

The Film Daily- "Filmdom's Famous Fives" (Listed in order of preference):

Best Performances by Male Stars 

1) Paul Lukas in Watch on the Rhine 

2) James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) 

3) Ronald Colman in Random Harvest (1942) 

4) Gary Cooper in For Whom the Bell Tolls 

5) Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca 

Best Performances by Female Stars 

1) Greer Garson in Random Harvest (1942) 

2) Ingrid Bergman in For Whom the Bell Tolls 

3) Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca 

4) Joan Fontaine in The Constant Nymph 

5) Claudette Colbert in So Proudly We Hail 

Best Performances by Supporting Actors 

1) Charles Colburn in The More the Merrier 

2) Akim Tamiroff in For Whom the Bell Tolls 

3) Claude Rains in Casablanca 

4) Sonny Tufts in So Proudly We Hail 

 5) Robert Walker in Bataan 

Best Performances by Supporting Actresses 

1) Katina Paxinou in For Whom the Bell Tolls 

2) Susan Peters in Random Harvest (1942) 

3) Lucile Watson in Watch on the Rhine 

4) Grace George in Johnny Come Lately 

5) Paulette Goddard in So Proudly We Hail 

Best Performances by Juvenile Actors 

1) Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins in The Human Comedy 

2) Roddy McDowall in My Friend Flicka 

3) Donald O'Connor in Mr. Big 

4) Mickey Rooney in The Human Comedy 

5) Tommy Dix in Best Foot Forward 

Best Performances by Juvenile Actresses 

1) Margaret O'Brien in Journey for Margaret (1942) 

2) Bonita Granville in Hitler's Children 

3) Nancy Walker in Best Foot Forward 

4) Virginia Weidler in Best Foot Forward 

5) Gloria Jean and Peggy Ryan (tied) in So Big 

The Year's Best Directors 

1) Sam Wood for For Whom the Bell Tolls 

2) Noel Coward for In Which We Serve (1942) 

3) Clarence Brown in The Human Comedy 

4) Mervyn Le Roy for Random Harvest (1942) 

5) Alfred Hitchcock for Shadow of a Doubt 

The Year's Outstanding Screenplays 

1) Howard Estabrook for The Human Comedy 

2) Claudine West, George Froeschel and Arthur Wimperis for Random Harvest(1942) 

3) Dashiel Hammett for Watch on the Rhine 

4) Julius J. amd Philip G. Epstein for Casablanca 

5) Noel Coward for In Which We Serve (1942) 

The Year's Outstanding Photography 

1) Ray Rennahan for For Whom the Bell Tolls 

2) Dewey Wrigley for My Friend Flicka 

3) James Wong Howe for Air Force 

4) James Shamroy for Crash Drive 

5) Ronald Neame for In Which We Serve (1942) 

"Finds of the Year" 

1) Sonny Tufts- Paramount 

2) Dorothy McGuire- David O. Selznick 

3) Katina Paxinou- Paramount 

4) Susan Peters- MGM 

5) Robert Walker- MGM (tied with) Joseph Cotton- David O. Selznick

New York Film Critics Awards (Winners announced on December 28, 1943. Sources: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards, 2001 and Donald Lyons, "The Lights of New York," Film Comment, March-April, 1993)

Best Picture

Watch on the Rhine (won on ballot V with 11 votes)

Runner-up: The Human Comedy (6 votes)

Lyons notes on Ballot I Rhine and Comedy were tied 4-4, then on Ballot IV Rhine had 9 votes to 6 votes for Comedy.

Best Director

George Stevens for The More the Merrier (won on ballot VII with 9 votes)

Runner-up: William Wellman for The Ox-Bow Incident (8 votes)

Lyons notes on Ballots I-IV, Wellman and Fritz Lang (Hangmen Also Die) led Stevens. On Ballot V, Stevens and Wellman both had 7 votes, and Lang fell to 2 votes. On Ballot VI Stevens and Wellman were tied at 8 votes apiece. A Ballott VII was cast to break the tie, and an abstainer gave a vote to Stevens to break the tie.

Best Actor

Paul Lukas in Watch on the Rhine (15 votes on Ballot I)

Runner-up: None mentioned.

Best Actress

Ida Lupino in The Hard Way (won on Ballot VI with 11 votes)

Runner-up: Katina Paxinou in For Whom the Bell Tolls (6 votes)

Lyons notes on Ballots I-III, Paxinou led Lupino, before Lupino gained the lead on Ballot IV, with 7 votes to Paxinou's 6. 

Special Award

Why We Fight series and Report from the Aleutians (Army Signal Corps)

National Board of Review (Voting results announced on December 23, 1943. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards).

Best Film

The Ox-Bow Incident

Rest of the Top Ten (Listed in order of preference)

Watch on the Rhine

Air Force

Holy Matrimony

The Hard Way

Casablanca (1942)

Lassie Come Home

Bataan

The Moon is Down

The Next of Kin

Best Acting (Listed in alphabetical order)

Gracie Fields, Holy Matrimony

Cedric Hardwicke, The Moon Is Down; The Cross of Lorriane

Paul Lukas, Watch on the Rhine

Henry Morgan, The Ox-Bow Incident; Happy Land

Katina Paxinou,  For Whom the Bell Tolls

Teresa Wright, Shadow of a Doubt

Best Documentaries

Desert Victory

Battle of Russia (Why We Fight series)

Prelude to War (Why We Fight series)

Saludos Amigos

The Silent Voyage

The Golden Globes (First Ceremony. Winners announced in late January,1944. Awards presented at 20th Century-Fox studio. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards).

Best Picture

The Song of Bernadette

Best Actor

Paul Lukas, Watch on the Rhine

Best Actress

Jennifer Jones, The Song of Bernadette

Best Supporting Actor

Akim Tamiroff, For Whom the Bell Tolls

Best Supporting Actress

Katina Paxinou, For Whom the Bell Tolls

The Academy Awards (Nominations announced on February 6, 1944. Awards were presented on March 2, 1944 at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Sources Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards and Mason Wiley and Damien Bona's Inside Oscar). (Winners in bold print).

Best Picture 

Casablanca (1942), Warner Bros. Produced Hal B. Wallis

For Whom the Bell Tolls, Paramount. Produced by Sam Wood.

Heaven Can Wait, 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Ernst Lubitsch.

The Human Comedy, MGM. Produced by Clarence Brown.

In Which We Serve (1942), Two Cities, UA (British). Produced by Noel Coward.

Madame Curie, MGM. Produced by Sidney Franklin.

The More the Merrier, Columbia. Produced by George Stevens.

The Ox-Bow Incident, 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Lamar Trotti.

The Song Bernadette, 20th Century-Fox. Produced by William Perlberg

Watch on the Rhine, Warner Bros. Produced by Hal B. Wallis.

Best Director 

Clarence Brown for The Human Comedy (MGM).

Michael Curtiz for Casablanca (1942) (Warner Bros.).

Henry King for The Song of Bernadette (20th Century-Fox).

Ernst Lubitsch for Heaven Can Wait (20th Century-Fox).

George Stevens for The More the Merrier (Columbia).

Best Actor 

Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca (1942)(Warner Bros.).

Gary Cooper in For Whom the Bell Tolls (Paramount).

Paul Lukas in Watch on the Rhine (Warner Bros.).

Walter Pidgeon in Madame Curie (MGM). 

Mickey Rooney in The Human Comedy (MGM).

Best Actress 

Jean Arthur in The More the Merrier (Columbia).

Ingrid Bergman in For Whom the Bell Tolls (Paramount).

Joan Fontaine in The Constant Nymph (Warner Bros.).

Greer Garson in Madame Curie (MGM).

Jennifer Jones in The Song of Bernadette (20th Century-Fox).

Best Supporting Actor 

Charles Bickford in The Song of Bernadette (20th Century-Fox).

Charles Coburn in The More the Merrier (Columbia).

J. Carrol Naish in Sahara (Columbia).

Claude Rains in Casablanca (Warner Bros.).

Akim Tamiroff in For Whom the Bell Tolls (Paramount).

Best Supporting Actress 

Gladys Cooper in in The Song of Bernadette (20th Century-Fox).

Paulette Goddard in So Proudly We Hail (Paramount).

Katina Paxinou in For Whom the Bell Tolls (Paramount).

Anne Revere in The Song of Bernadette (20th Century-Fox).

Lucille Watson in Watch on the Rhine (Warner Bros.).

Writing- Best Original Story 

Across the North Atlantic, Warner Bros. Guy Gilpatric.

Destination Tokyo, Warner Bros. Steve Fisher.

The Human Comedy, MGM. William Saroyan.

The More the Merrier, Columbia. Frank Ross and Robert Russell.

Shadow of a Doubt, Universal. Gordon McDonell.

Best Original Screenplay

Air Force, Warner Bros. Dudley Nichols.

In Which We Serve, Two Cities-UA (British). Noel Coward.

The North Star, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Lilliam Hellman.

Princess O'Rourke, Warner Bros. Norman Krasna.

So Proudly We Hail, Paramount. Allan Scott.

Best Screenplay

Casablanca (1942), Warner Bros. Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch. 

Holy Matrimony, 20th Century-Fox. Nunnally Johnson. 

The More the Merrier, Columbia. Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster, Frank Ross and Robert Russell.

The Song of Bernadette, 20th Century-Fox. George Seaton.

Watch on the Rhine, Warner Bros. Lillian Hellman and Dashiell Hammett.

Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)

Air Force, Warner Bros. James Wong Howe, Elmer Dyer and Charles Marshall.

Casablanca (1942), Warner Bros. Arthur Edeson.

Corvette K-225, Universal. Tony Gaudio.

Five Graves to Cairo, Paramount. John Seitz.

The Human Comedy, MGM. Harry Stradling.

Madame Curie, MGM. Joseph Ruttenberg.

The North Star, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. James Wong Howe.

Sahara, Columbia. Rudolph Mate.

So Proudly We Hail, Paramount. Charles Lang.

The Song of Bernadette, 20th Century-Fox. Arthur Miller.

Best Cinematography (Color)

For Whom the Bell Tolls, Paramount. Ray Rennahan.

Heaven Can Wait, 20th Century-Fox. Edward Cronjager.

Hello, Frisco, Hello, 20th Century-Fox. Charles G. Clarke and Allen Davey.

Lassie Come Home, MGM. Leonard Smith.

The Phantom of the Opera, Universal. Hal Mohr and W. Howard Greene.

Thousands Cheer, MGM. George Folsey.

Best Interior Decoration (Black-and-White)

Five Graves to Cairo, Paramount. Hans Dreier and Ernst Fegte; Bertram Granger.

Flight for Freedom, RKO Radio. Albert S. D'Agostino and Carroll Clark; Darrell Silvera and Harley Miller.

Madame Curie, MGM. Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse; Edwin B. Willis and Hugh Hunt.

Mission to Moscow, Warner Bros. Carl Weyl; George J. Hopkins.

The North Star, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Perry Ferguson; Howard Bristol.

The Song of Bernadette, 20th Century-Fox. James Basevi and William Darling; Thomas Little. 

Best Interior Decoration (Color)

For Whom the Bell Tolls, Paramount. Hans Dreier and Haldane Douglas; Bertram Granger.

The Gang's All Here, 20th Century-Fox. James Basevi and Joseph C. Wright; Thomas Little.

The Phantom of the Opera, Universal. Alexander Golitzen and John B. Goodman; Russell A. Gausman and Ira S. Webb.

This is the Army, Warner Bros. John Hughes and Lt. John Koeing; George J. Hopkins.

Thousands Cheer, MGM. Cedric Gibbons and Daniel Cathcart; Edwin B. Willis and Jacques Mersereau.

Best Sound Recording

Hangmen Also Die, Arnold, UA. Jack Whitney, Sound Service, Inc.

In Old Oklahoma, Republic. Daniel Bloomberg.

Madane Curie, MGM. Douglas Shearer.

The North Star, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Thomas Moulton.

The Phantom of the Opera, Universal. Bernard B. Brown.

Riding High, Paramount. Loren L. Ryder.

Sahara, Columbia. John Livadary.

Saludos Amigos, Disney, RKO Radio. C.O. Slyfield.

So This is Washington, Votion, RKO Radio. J.L. Fields, RCA Sound.

The Song of Bernadette, 20th Century-Fox. E. H. Hansen.

This is the Army, Warner Bros. Nathan Levinson.

This Land is Mine, RKO Radio. Stephen Dunn.

Best Song"

"Change of Heart" (Hit Parade of 1943, Republic); Music by Jule Styne. Lyrics by Harold Adamson.

"Happiness is a Thing Called Joe" (Cabin in the Sky, MGM); Music by Harold Arlen. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg.

"My Shining Hour" (The Sky's the Limit. RKO Radio); Music by Harold Arlen. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

"Saludos Amigos" (Saludos Amigos, Disney, RKO Radio); Music by Charles Wolcott. Lyrics by Ned Washington.

"Say a Prayer for the Boys Over There" (Hers to Hold, Universal); Music by Jimmy McHugh. Lyrics by Herb Magidson.

"That Old Black Magic" (Star Spangled Rhythm, Paramount); Music by Harold Arlen. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

"They're Either Too Young or Too Old" (Thank Your Lucky Stars, Warner Bros.); Music by Arthur Schwartz. Lyrics by Frank Loesser.

"We Mustn't Say Goodbye" (Stage Door Canteen, Lesser, UA); Music by James Monaco. Lyrics by Al Dublin.

"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" (Something to Stout About, Columbia); Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter.

"You'll Never Know" (Hello, Frisco, Hello, 20th Century-Fox); Music by Harry Warren. Lyrics by Mack Gordon,

Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday, Universal. Hans J. Salter and Frank Skinner.

Casablanca (1942), Warner Bros. Max Steiner.

The Commando Strikes at Dawn, Columbia. Louis Gruenberg and Morris Stoloff.

The Fallen Sparrow, RKO Radio. C. Bakaleinikoff and Roy Webb.

For Whom the Bell Tolls, Paramount. Victor Young.

Hangmen Also Die, Arnold, UA. Hanns Eisler.

Hi Diddle Diddle, Stone, UA. Phil Boutelje.

In Old Oklahoma, Republic. Walter Scharf.

Johnny Come Lately, Cagney, UA. Leigh Harline.

The Kansan, Sherman, UA. Gerard Carbonara.

Lady of Burlesque, Stromberg, UA. Arthur Lange.

Madame Curie, MGM. Herbert Stothart.

The Moon and Sixpence, Loew-Lewin, UA> Dimitri Tiomkin.

The North Star, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Aaron Copeland.

The Song of Bernadette, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman.

Victory Through Air Power, Disney, UA. Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith and Oliver G. Wallace.

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

Coney Island, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman.

Hit Parade of 1943, Republic. Walter Scharf.

The Phantom of the Opera, Universal. Edward Ward.

Saludos Amigos, Disney, RKO Radio. Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith and Charles Wolcott. 

The Sky's the Limit, RKO Radio. Leigh Harline.

Something to Stout About, Columbia. Morris Stoloff.

Stage Door Canteen, Lesser, UA. Frederic E. Rich.

Star Spangled Rhythm, Paramount. Robert Emmett Dolan.

This is the Army, Warner Bros. Ray Heindorf.

Thousands Cheer, MGM. Herbert Stothart.

Best Film Editing

Air Force, Warner Bros. George Amy.

Casablanca (1942), Warner Bros. Owen Marks.

Five Graves to Cairo, Paramount. Doane Harrison.

For Whom the Bell Tolls, Paramount. Sherman Todd and John Link.

The Song of Bernadette, 20th Century-Fox. Barbara McLean.

Best Special Effects

Air Force, Warner Bros. Photographic: Hans Koenekamp and Rex Wimpy. Sound: Nathan Levinson.

Bombardier, RKO Radio. Photographic: Vernon L. Walker. Sound: James G. Stewart and Roy Granville.

Crash Dive, 20th Century-Fox. Photographic: Fred Sersen. Sound: Roger Heman.

The North Star, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Photographic: Clarence Slifer and R.O. Binger. Sound: Thomas T. Moulton.

So Proudly We Hail, Paramount. Photographic: Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings Sound: George Dutton.

Stand By for Action, MGM. Photographic: A. Arnold Gillespie and Donald Jahraus. Sound: Michael Steinore. 

Best Short Subject Cartoon

The Dizzy Acrobat, Universal. Walter Lantz, producer.

The Five Hundred Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, Paramount (Puppetoon). George Pal, producer.

Greetings, Bait, Warner Bros. Leon Schlesinger, producer.

Imagination, Columbia. Dave Fleischer, producer.

Reason and Emotion, Disney, RKO Radio. Walt Disney, producer.

Yankee Doodle Mouse, MGM. Frederick Quimby, producer.

Best Short Subject (One-Reel) 

Amphibious Fighters, Paramount. Grantland Rice, producer.

Cavalcade of the Dance with Veloz and Yolanda, Warner Bros. (Melody Master Bands). Gordon Hollingshead, producer.

Champions Carry On, 20th Century-Fox (Sports Reviews). Edmund Reek, producer.

Hollywood in Uniform, Columbia (Screen Snapshots #1, Series 22). Ralph Staub, producer.

Seeing Hands, MGM (Pete Smith Specialty). Pete Smith, producer.

Best Short Subject (Two-Reel)

Heavenly Music, MGM. Jerry Bresler and Sam Coslow, producers.

Letter to a Hero, RKO Radio (This is America Series). Fred Ullman, producer.

Mardi Gras, Paramount (Musical Parade). Walter MacEwen, producer.

Women at War, Warner Bros. (Technicolor Special). Gordon Hollingshead, producer.

Best Documentary Short Subject

Children of Mars, This is America Series, RKO Radio.

December 7th, U.S. Navy, Field Photographic Branch, Office of Strategic Services.

Plan for Destruction, MGM.

Swedes in America, Office of War Information, Overseas Motion Picture Bureau.

To the People of the United States, U.S. Public Health Service, Walter Wanger, Prods.

Tomorrow We Fly, U.S. Navy, Bureau of Aeronautics. 

Youth in Crisis, March of Time, 20th Century-Fox. 

Best Documentary Feature

Battle of Russia, Special Service Division of the War Department

Baptism of Fire, U.S. Army, Fighting Men Series.

Desert Victory, British Ministry of Information.

Report from the Aleutians, U.S. Army Pictorial Service, Combat Film Series.

War Department Report, Field Photographic Branch, Office of Strategic Services. 

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Hal B. Wallis.

Special Award

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

Scientific or Technical

Class I (Statuette)

None.

Class II (Plaque)

Farciot Edouart, Earle Morgan, Barton Thompson and the 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 stereoticon equipment.

Photo Products Department, E.I. duPont de Nemours and Co., Inc. for the development of fine-grain motion picture films.

Class III (Citation)

Daniel J. Bloomberg and the Republic Studio Sound Department for the design and development of an inexpensive method of converting Moviolas to Class B push-pull reproduction.

Charles Galloway Clarke and the 20th Century-Fox Studio Camera Department for the development and practical application of a device for composing artificial clouds into motion picture scenes during production photography. 

Farciot Edouart and the Paramount Studio Transparency Department for an automatic electric transparency cueing timer.

Willard H. Turner and the RKO Radio Studio Sound Department for the design and construction of the phono-cue starter. 

Venice Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

Festival not held.

The New York Times Ten Best List (Listed in chronological order. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

Air Force

Desert Victory

The Ox-Bow Incident

The More the Merrier

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Report from the Aleutians

Watch on the Rhine

Corvette K-225

Sahara

Madame Curie

The Top Box-Office Hits of 1943 (According to Variety. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg. Totals were not listed.).

1943 films listed on the 1942/43 list:

Air Force

Behind the Rising Sun

Claudia

Coney Island

Dixie

Heaven Can Wait

Hello, Frisco, Hello

Hers to Hold

Hitler's Children

Immortal Sergeant

The More the Merrier

So Proudly We Hail

Stage Door Canteen

This is the Army

1943 films listed on the 1943/44 list:

For Whom the Bell Tools

The Gang's All Here

Girl Crazy

Guadalcanal Diary

A Guy Named Joe

Let's Face It

Madame Curie

The North Star

The Song of Bernadette

Sweet Roise O'Grady

Thank You Lucky Stars

Thousands Cheer

The Top Ten Box-Office Stars of 1943 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors)
1) Betty Grable

2) Bob Hope

3) Abbott & Costello

4) Bing Crosby

5) Gary Cooper

6) Greer Garson

7) Humphrey Bogart

8) James Cagney

9) Mickey Rooney

10) Clark Gable

The Next Fifteen:

11) Judy Garland

12) Alice Faye

13) Bette Davis

14) Tyrone Power

15) Alan Ladd

16) Cary Grant

17) Errol Flynn

18) Wallace Berry

19) Spencer Tracy

20) Dorothy Lamour

21) Jean Arthur

22) Walter Pidgeon

23) Claudette Colbert

24) Red Skelton

25) Lana Turner

The Top Ten Western Stars of 1943 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors).

1) Roy Rogers

2) William Boyd

3) Smiley Burnette

4) George "Gabby" Hayes

5) Johnny Mack Brown

6) Tim Holt

7) Three Mesquiteers

8) Red Barry

9) Bill Elliot

10) Russell Hayden

The Top Ten Box-Offices Stars of 1943 in Britain (according to The Motion Picture Herald).

British Stars:

1) George Formby

2) Leslie Howard

3) Noel Coward

4) Eric Portman

5) Robert Donat

6) Arthur Lucan

7) Margaret Lockwood

8) Anton Walbrook

9) Arthur Askey

10) John Mills

International Stars:

1) Greer Garson

2) Bing Crosby

3) Abbott & Costello

4) Bob Hope

5) Betty Grable

6) Mickey Rooney

7) Dorothy Lamour

8) Bette Davis

9) Tyrone Power

10) James Cagney

Film Data for 1942

The Film Daily's Ten Best Pictures of 1942 (poll of film critics and reviewers- from the Film Daily Yearbook of Motion Pictures 1943)

1) Mrs. Miniver- 555 votes

2) How Green Was My Valley (1941)- 500 votes

3) Kings Row- 269 votes 

4) Wake Island- 260 votes 

5) Pride of the Yankees- 241 votes

6) The Man Who Came to Dinner- 238 votes

7) One Foot in Heaven (1941)- 197 votes

    Suspicion (1941)- 197 votes

9) Woman of the Year- 185 votes

10) The Pied Piper- 176 votes

The Honor Roll

11) Fantasia (1940)- 168 votes

12) Reap the Wild Wind- 162 votes

13) My Sister Eileen- 152 votes

14) Holiday Inn- 126 votes

      Tortilla Flat- 126 votes

16) This Above All- 115 votes

17) The Talk of the Town- 112 votes

18) The Major and the Minor- 110 votes

19) Now, Voyager- 109 votes

      Tales of Manhattan- 109 votes

21) Bambi- 103 votes

22) Hold Back the Dawn (1941)- 93 votes

23) H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)- 84 votes

24) The Magnificent Ambersons- 77 votes

25) Take a Letter, Darling- 60 votes

26) Joe Smith, American- 49 votes

27) Ball of Fire (1941)- 48 votes

28) The Male Animal- 45 votes

      In This Our Life- 45 votes

30) The Moon and Sixpence- 44 votes

31) The Gold Rush (1925-reissue)- 39 votes

32) Sullivan's Travels (1941)- 38 votes

33) Louisiana Purchase (1941)- 37 votes

34) Desperate Journey- 34 votes

      Moontide- 34 votes

36) My Gal Sal- 32 votes

      Saboteur- 32 votes

     This Gun for Hire- 32 votes

39) Mister V- 30 votes

      The War Against Mrs. Hadley- 30 votes

41) Babes on Broadway (1941)- 29 votes

      The Gay Sisters- 29 votes

43) The Great Man's Lady- 26 votes

      My Favorite Blonde- 26 votes

      Remember the Day (1941)- 26 votes

46) Johnny Eager (1941)- 24 votes

      To Be or Not to Be (1942)- 24 votes

48) Joan of Paris (1942)- 23 votes

      Target for Tonight (1941)- 23 votes

50) Captains of the Clouds- 22 votes

      Somewhere I'll Find You- 22 votes

      To the Shores of Tripoli (1941)- 22 votes

53) One of Our Aircraft is Missing- 21 votes

      The Remarkable Andrew- 21 votes

55) Across the Pacific- 19 votes

      George Washington Slept Here- 19 votes

57) The Fleet's In- 18 votes

      Moscow Strikes Back- 18 votes

59) Swamp Water (1941)- 17 votes

      The Vanishing Virginian- 17 votes

61) The Invaders (1941)- 16 votes

62) Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book- 15 votes

63) Roxie Hart- 14 votes

64) Birth of the Blues (1941)- 13 votes

      They Died with Their Boots On (1941)- 13 votes

66) The Chocolate Soldier (1941)- 11 votes

      Flying Tigers- 11 votes

      I Wake Up Screaming- 11 votes

69) Ten Gentlemen from West Point- 11 votes

70) Crossroads- 10 votes

      Son of Fury- 10 votes

The Film Daily- "Filmdom's Famous Fives" of 1941 (no vote counts given, but I believe The Film Daily listed in order of preference)

Five Best Performances by Male Stars

1) Gary Cooper in The Pride of the Yankees

2) Walter Pidgeon in How Green Was My Valley (1941)

3) Walter Pidgeon in Mrs. Miniver

4) Monty Woolley in The Man Who Came to Dinner

5) Fredric March in One Foot in Heaven (1941)

Five Best Performances by Feminine Stars

1) Greer Garson in Mrs. Miniver

2) Joan Fontaine in Suspicion (1941)

3) Bette Davis in Now, Voyager

4) Katharine Hepburn in Woman of the Year

5) Teresa Wright in The Pride of the Yankees

Five Best Performances by Supporting Actors

1) Donald Crisp in How Green Was My Valley (1941)

2) Frank Morgan in Tortilla Flat

3) Van Heflin in Johnny Eager (1941)

4) William Bendix in Wake Island

5) Laird Cregar in I Wake Up Screaming (tied with)

    Alan Ladd in This Gun for Hire

Five Best Performances by Supporting Actresses

1) Teresa Wright in Mrs. Miniver

2) Sara Algood in How Green Was My Valley (1941)

3) Betty Field in King's Row

4) Dame May Whitty in Mrs. Miniver

5) Agnes Moorehead in The Magnificent Ambersons

Five Best Performances by Juvenile Actors

1) Roddy McDowall in How Green Was My Valley (1941)

2) Roddy McDowall in The Pied Piper

3) Mickey Rooney in Babes on Broadway (1941)

4) Richard Ney in Mrs. Miniver (tied with)

    Mickey Rooney in A Yank at Eton

    Mickey Rooney in The Courtship of Andy Hardy

Five Best Performances by Juvenile Actresses

1) Diana Lynn in The Major and the Minor

2) Virginia Weidler in Babes on Broadway (1941)

3) Judy Garland in Babes on Broadway (1941)

4) Shirley Temple in Miss Annie Rooney

5) Gloria Warren in Always in My Heart

Best Direction

1) William Wyler for Mrs. Miniver

2) John Ford for How Green Was My Valley (1941)

3) Cecil B. DeMille for Reap the Wild Wind

4) Sam Wood for King's Row

5) Orson Welles for The Magnificent Ambersons

Five Outstanding Screenplays

1) Mrs. Miniver (Arthur Wimperis, George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West)

2) How Green Was My Valley (1941) (Philip Dunne)

3) King's Row (Casey Robinson)

4) Tales of Manhattan (Ben Hecht, Ferenc Molnar, Donald Ogden Stewart, Samuel Hoffenstein, Alan Campbell, Ladislas Fodor, L. Vadnai, L. Georog, Lamar Trotti, Henry Blankfort

5) Woman of the Year (Ring Lardner, Michael Kanin)

Outstanding Photography

1) How Green Was My Valley (1941) (Arthur Miller)

2) The Magnificent Ambersons (Stanley Cortez)

3) Reap the Wild Wind (Technicolor) (Victor Milner)

4) Wake Island (Theodor Sparkuhl)

5) Fantasia (1940) (Technicolor)

Five "Finds" of the Year

1) Teresa Wright- Samuel Goldwyn

2) Alan Ladd- Paramount

3) Janet Blair- Columbia

4) Van Heflin- MGM

5) Paul Henreid- Warner Bros.

Ten Big Pictures of 1942 (Source: Box Office Digest 1943 Annual, with estimated gross listed):

1) Mrs. Miniver- $5,000,000

2) Yankee Doodle Dandy- $4,500,000

3) Road to Morocco- $3,750,000

4) Reap the Wild Wind- $3,500,000

5) The Black Swan- $3,000,000

6) Somewhere I'll Find You- $2,500,000

7) Holiday Inn- $2,225,000

8) Eagle Squadron- $2,100,000

9) Louisiana Purchase- $2,100,000

10) Pride of the Yankees- No amount listed.

New York Film Critics Awards (Winners announced on December 26, 1942. Awards were presented on January 3, 1943, at the Barberry Room of the Berkshire Hotel in New York. NBC radio broadcast 15 minutes of the ceremony live nationwide. Sources: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards, 2001 and Donald Lyons, "The Lights of New York," Film Comment, March-April, 1993)

Best Picture

In Which We Serve (won on ballot V with 12 votes)

Runner-up: Wake Island (7 votes)

Best Director

John Farrow for Wake Island (won on ballot IV with 12 votes)

Runner-up: David Lean and Noel Coward for In Which We Serve (6 votes)

Lyons notes on Ballot I, Farrow and Lean and Coward were tied with 5 votes apiece.

Best Actor

James Cagney, Yankee Doodle Dandy (13 votes on Ballot I)

Runner-up: Humphrey Bogart for Casablanca and Across the Pacific

Best Actress

Agnes Moorehead in The Magnificent Ambersons (won on Ballot VI with 11 votes)

Runner-up: Greer Garson for Mrs. Miniver (7 votes)

Lyons mentions on Ballot I, Garson had seven votes to three each for Katharine Hepburn (Woman of the Year) and Moorehead. On Ballot III, Moorehead lead with 8 votes, to 6 for Garson and 4 for Hepburn. On Ballot IV, it was Moorehead, 9 votes, Garson, 6 votes and Hepburn, 3 votes. On Ballot V, Moorehead had 11, Garson 6 and Hepburn 1 vote.

Best War Fact Film

Moscow Strikes Back

National Board of Review (Voting results announced on December 24, 1942. Source: Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards).

Best Film

In Which We Serve

Rest of the Top Ten (Listed in order of preference)

One of Aircraft Is Missing

Mrs. Miniver

Journey for Margaret

Wake Island

The Male Animal

The Major and the Minor

Sullivan's Travels (1941)

Best Acting (Listed in alphabetical order)

Ernest Anderson, In This Our Life

Florence Bates, The Moon and Sixpence

James Cagney, Yankee Doodle Dandy

Jack Carson, The Male Animal

Charles Coburn, H.M. Pulham, Esq.; In This Our Life; King's Row

Greer Garson, Mrs. Miniver; Random Harvest

Sidney Greenstreet, Across the Pacific

William Holden, The Remarkable Andrew

Tim Holt, The Magnificent Ambersons

Glynis Johns, The Invaders

Gene Kelly, For Me and My Gal

Ida Lupino, Moontide

Diana Lynn, The Major and the Minor

Hattie McDaniel, In This Our Life

Bernard Miles, In Which We Serve

John Mills, In Which We Serve

Thomas Mitchell, Moontide

Agnes Moorehead, The Magnificent Ambersons

Margaret O'Brien, Journey for Margaret

Susan Peters, Random Harvest

Edward G. Robinson, Tales of Manhattan

Ginger Rogers, Roxie Hart, The Major and the Minor

George Sanders, The Moon and Sixpence

William Severn, Journey for Margaret

Ann Sheridan, King's Row

Rudy Vallee, The Palm Beach Story

Anton Walbrook, The Invaders

Googie Withers, One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

Monty Woolley, The Pied Piper

Teresa Wright, Mrs. Miniver

Robert Young, H.M. Pulham, Esq.; Joe Smith, American; Journey for Margaret

The Academy Awards (Nominations announced on February 8, 1943. Awards were presented on March 4, 1943 at the Coconut Grove of the Ambassador in Los Angeles. Sources Tom O'Neil's Movie Awards and Mason Wiley and Damien Bona's Inside Oscar). (Winners in bold print).

Best Picture 

The Invaders, Ortus, Columbia (British). Produced by Michael Powell

Kings Row, Warner Bros. Produced Hal B. Wallis

The Magnificent Ambersons, Mercury, RKO Radio. Produced by Orson Welles.

Mrs. Miniver, MGM. Produced by Sidney Franklin.

The Pied Piper, 20th Century-Fox. Produced by Nunnally Johnson.

The Pride of the Yankees, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Produced by Samuel Goldwyn.

Random Harvest, MGM. Produced by Sidney Franklin.

The Talk of the Town, Columbia. Produced by George Stevens.

Wake Island, Paramount. Produced by Joseph Sistrom.

Yankee Doodle Dandy, Warner Bros. Produced by Jack Warner and Hal B. Wallis, with William Cagney. 

Best Director 

Michael Curtiz for Yankee Doodle Dandy (Warner Bros.).

John Farrow for Wake Island (Paramount).

Mervyn LeRoy for Random Harvest (MGM).

Sam Wood for Kings Row (Warner Bros.).

William Wyler for Mrs. Miniver (MGM).

Best Actor 

James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy (Warner Bros.).

Ronald Colman in Random Harvest (MGM).

Gary Cooper in The Pride of the Yankees (Goldwyn, RKO Radio).

Walter Pidgeon in Mrs. Miniver (MGM). 

Monty Woolley in The Pied Piper (20th Century-Fox).

Best Actress 

Bette Davis in Now, Voyager (Warner Bros.).

Greer Garson in Mrs. Miniver (MGM).

Katharine Hepburn in Woman of the Year (MGM).

Rosalind Russell in My Sister Eileen (Columbia).

Teresa Wright in The Pride of the Yankees (Goldwyn, RKO Radio).

Best Supporting Actor 

William Bendix in Wake Island (Paramount).

Van Heflin in Johnny Eager (MGM).

Walter Huston in Yankee Doodle Dandy (Warner Bros.).

Frank Morgan in Tortilla Flat (MGM).

Henry Travers in Mrs. Miniver (MGM).

Best Supporting Actress 

Gladys Cooper in Now, Voyager (Warner Bros.).

Agnes Moorehead in The Magnificent Ambersons (Mercury, RKO Radio).

Susan Peters in Random Harvest (MGM).

Dame May Whitty in Mrs. Miniver (MGM).

Teresa Wright in Mrs. Miniver (MGM).

Writing- Best Original Story 

Holiday Inn, Paramount. Irving Berlin.

The Invaders, Ortus, Columbia (British). Emeric Pressburger.

The Pride of the Yankees, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Paul Gallico.

The Talk of the Town, Columbia. Sidney Harmon. 

Yankee Doodle Dandy, Warner Bros. Robert Buckner.

Best Original Screenplay

One of Our Aircraft is Missing, Powell, UA (British). Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

The Road to Morocco, Paramount. Frank Butler and Don Hartman.

Wake Island, Paramount. W.R. Burnett and Frank Butler. 

The War Against Mrs. Hadley, MGM. George Oppenheimer.

Woman of the Year, MGM. Michael Kanin and Ring Larder, Jr.

Best Screenplay

The Invaders, Ortus, Columbia (British). Rodney Ackland and Emeric Pressburger.

Mrs. Miniver, MGM. George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West and Arthur Wimperis.

The Pride of the Yankees, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Herman J. Mankiewicz and Jo Swerling.

Random Harvest, MGM. George Froeschel, Claudine West and Arthur Wimperis.

The Talk of the Town, Columbia. Sidney Buchman and Irwin Shaw.

Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)

King's Row, Warner Bros. James Wong Howe.

The Magnificent Ambersons, Mercury, RKO Radio. Stanley Cortez.

Mrs. Miniver, MGM. Joseph Ruttenberg.

Moontide, 20th Century-Fox. Charles Clarke.

The Pied Piper, 20th Century-Fox. Edward Cronjager.

The Pride of the Yankees, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Rudolph Mate.

Take a Letter, Darling, Paramount. John Mescall.

The Talk of the Town, Columbia. Ted Tetzlaff.

Ten Gentlemen from West Point, 20th Century-Fox. Leon Shamroy.

This Above All, 20th Century-Fox. Arthur Miller.

Best Cinematography (Color)

Arabian Knights, Wagner, Universal. Milton Krasner, William V. Skall and W. Howard Greene.

The Black Swan, 20th Century-Fox. Leon Shamroy.

Captains of the Clouds, Warner Bros. Sol Polito.

Jungle Book, Korda, UA. W. Howard Greene.

Reap the Wild Wind, DeMille, Paramount. Victor Milner and William V. Skall.

To the Shores of Tripoli, 20th Century-Fox. Edward Cronjager and William V. Skall.

Best Interior Decoration (Black-and-White)

George Washington Slept Here, Warner Bros. Max Parker and Mark-Le Kirk; Casey Roberts.

The Magnificent Ambersons, Mercury, RKO Radio. Albert S. D'Agostino; Al Fields and Darrell Silvera.

The Pride of the Yankees, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Perry Ferguson; Howard Bristol.

Random Harvest, MGM. Cedric Gibbons and Randall Duell; Edwin B. Willis and Jack Moore.

The Shanghai Gesture, Arnold, UA. Boris Leven.

Silver Queen, Sherman, UA. Ralph Berger; Emile Kuri.

The Spoilers, Universal. John B. Goodman and Jack Otterson; Russell A. Gausman and Edward R. Robinson.

Take a Letter, Darling, Paramount. Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson; Sam Comer.

The Talk of the Town, Columbia. Lionel Banks and Rudolph Sternad; Fay Babcock.

This Above All, 20th Century-Fox. Richard Day and Joseph Wright; Thomas Little.

Best Interior Decoration (Color)

Arabian Knights, Wagner, Universal. Alexander Golitzen and Jack Otterson; Russell A. Gausman and Ira S. Webb.

Captains of the Clouds, Warner Bros. Ted Smith; Casey Roberts. 

Jungle Book, Korda, UA. Vincent Korda; Julia Heron

My Gal Sal, 20th Century-Fox. Richard Day and Joseph Wright; Thomas Little. 

Reap the Wild Wind, DeMille, Paramount. Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson; George Sawley.

Best Sound Recording

Arabian Knights, Wagner, Universal. Bernard Brown.

Bambi, Disney, RKO Radio. Sam Slyfield.

Flying Tigers, Republic. Daniel Bloomberg.

Friendly Enemies, Small, UA. Jack Whitney, Sound Service, Inc.

The Gold Rush, Chaplin, UA. James Fields, RCA Sound.

Mrs. Miniver, MGM. Douglas Shearer.

Once Upon a Honeymoon, RKO Radio. Steve Dunn

The Pride of the Yankees, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Thomas Moulton.

Road to Morocco, Paramount. Loren Ryder.

This Above All, 20th Century-Fox. E.H. Hansen. 

Yankee Doodle Dandy, Warner Bros. John Livadary.

Best Song

"Always in My Heart" (Always in My Heart, Warner Bros.); Music by Ernesto Lecuona. Lyrics by Kim Gannon.

"Dearly Beloved" (You Were Never Lovelier, Columbia); Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

"How About You?" (Babes on Broadway, MGM); Music by Burton Lane. Lyrics by Ralph Freed.

"It Seems I Heard That Song Before" (Youth on Parade, Republic); Music by Jule Styne. Lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

"I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo" (Orchestra Wives, 20th Century-Fox); Music by Harry Warren. Lyrics by Mack Gordon.

"Love is a Song" (Bambi, Disney, RKO Radio); Music by Frank Churchill. Lyrics by Larry Morey.

"Pennies for Peppino" (Flying with Music, Roach, UA); Music by Edward Ward. Lyrics by Bob Wright.

"Pig Foot Pete" (Hellzapoppin', Universal); Music by Gene de Paul. Lyrics by Don Raye.

"There's a Breeze on Lake Louise" (The Mayor of 44th Street, RKO Radio); Music by Harry Revel. Lyrics by Mort Greene.

"White Christmas" (Holiday Inn, Paramount); Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin. 

Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

Arabian Knights, Universal. Frank Skinner.

Bambi, Disney, RKO Radio. Frank Churchill and Edward Plumb.

The Black Swan, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman.

The Corsican Brother, Small, UA. Dimitri Tiomkin.

Flying Tigers, Republic. Victor Young.

The Gold Rush, Chaplin, UA. Max Terr.

I Married a Witch, Cinema Guild, UA. Roy Webb.

Joan of Paris, RKO Radio. Roy Webb.

Jungle Book, Korda, UA. Miklos Rozsa.

Klondike Fury, Monogram. Edward Kay.

Now, Voyager, Warner Bros. Max Steiner.

The Pride of the Yankees, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Leigh Harline.

Random Harvest, MGM. Herbert Stothart.

The Shanghai Gesture, Arnold, UA. Richard Hageman.

Silver Queen, Sherman, UA. Victor Young.

Take a Letter, Darling, Paramount. Victor Young. 

The Talk of the Town, Columbia. Frederick Hollander and Morris Stoloff.

To Be or Not to Be, Lubitsch, UA. Werner Heymann.

Best Scoring of a Musical Picture

Flying with Music, Roach, UA. Edward Ward.

For Me and My Gal, MGM. Roger Edens and Georgie Stoll.

Holiday Inn, Paramount. Robert Emmett Dolan.

It Started with Eve, Universal. Charles Previn and Hans Salter.

Johnny Doughboy, Republic. Walter Scharf.

My Gal Sal, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman.

Yankee Doodle Dandy, Warner Bros. Ray Heindorf and Heinz Roemheld.

You Were Never Lovelier, Columbia. Leigh Harline.

Best Film Editing

Mrs. Miniver, MGM. Harold F. Kress.

The Pride of the Yankees, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Daniel Mandell.

The Talk of the Town, Columbia. Otto Meyer.

This Above All, 20th Century-Fox. Walter Thompson.

Yankee Doodle Dandy, Warner Bros. George Amy.

Best Special Effects

The Black Swan, 20th Century-Fox. Photographic: Fred Sersen. Sound: Roger Heman and George Leverett.

Desperate Journey, Warner Bros. Photographic: Byron Haskin. Sound: Nathan Levinson.

Flying Tigers, Republic. Photographic: Howard Lydecker. Sound: Daniel J. Bloomberg.

Invisible Agent, Universal. Photographic: John Fulton. Sound: Bernard B. brown.

Jungle Book, Korda, UA. Photographic: Lawrence Butler. Sound: William H. Wilmarth.

Mrs. Miniver, MGM. Photographic: A. Arnold Gillespie and Warren Newcombe. Sound: Douglas Shearer.

The Navy Comes Through, RKO Radio. Photographic: Vernon L. Walker. Sound: James G. Stewart.

One of Our Aircraft is Missing, Powell, UA (British). Photographic: Ronald Neame. Sound: C. C. Stevens.

Pride of the Yankees, Goldwyn, RKO Radio. Photographic: Jack Cosgrove and Ray Blinger. Sound: Thomas T. Moulton.

Reap the Wild Wind, DeMille, Paramount. Photographic: Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings and William L. Pereira. Sound: Louis Mesenkop.

Best Short Subject Cartoon

All Out for V, 20th Century-Fox.

The Blitz Wolf, MGM.

Der Fuehrer's Face, Disney, RKO Radio.

Juke Box Jamboree, Lantz, Universal.

Pigs in a Polka, Schlesinger, Warner Bros.

Tulips Shall Grow, Paramount (George Pal Puppetoon).

Best Short Subject (One-Reel)

Desert Wonderland, 20th Century-Fox (Magic Carpet Series).

Marines in the Making, MGM (Pete Smith Specialties). 

Speaking of Animals and Thier Families, Paramount (Speaking of Animals).

United States Marine Band, Warner Bros. (Melody Master Bands).

Best Short Subject (Two-Reel)

Beyond the Line of Duty, Warner Bros. (Broadway Brevities).

Don't Talk, MGM (Two-reel Special).

Private Smith of the U.S.A., RKO Radio (This is America Series).

Best Documentary

A Ship is Born, U.S. Merchant Marines, Warner Bros.

Africa, Prelude to Victory, March of Time, 20th Century-Fox.

Battle of Midway, U.S. Navy, 20th Century-Fox.

Combat Report, U.S. Army Signal Corps.

Conquer by the Clock, Office of War Information, RKO Pathe. Frederic Ullman, Jr.

The Grain that Built a Hemisphere, Coordinator's Office, Motion Picture Society for the Americas. Walt Disney.

Henry Browne, Farmer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Republic.

High Over the Borders, Canadian National Film Board.

High Stakes in the East, Netherlands Information Bureau.

Inside Fighting China, Canadian National Film Board.

It's Everybody's War, Office of War Information, 20th Century-Fox.

Kokoda Front Line, Australian News Information Film Board.

Listen to Britain, British Ministry of Information.

Little Belgium, British Ministry of Information.

Little Isles of Freedom, Warner Bros. Victor Stoloff and Edgar Loew.

Moscow Strikes Back, Artkino (Russian).

Mr. Blabbermouth, Office of War Information, MGM.

Mr. Gardenia Jones, Office of War Information, MGM.

New Spirit, U.S. Treasury Department. Walt Disney.

Prelude to War, U.S. Army Special Services.

The Price of Victory, Office of War Information, Paramount. Pine-Thomas.

Twenty-one Miles, British Ministry of Information.

We Refuse to Die, Office of War Information, Paramount. William C. Thomas.

White Eagle, Cocanen Films.

Winning Your Wings, U.S. Army Air Force, Warner Bros. 

Note: There were four cowinners for Best Documentary, which must be an Oscar record for a single category, along with the 25 films nominated therein.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

Sidney Franklin.

Special Awards

Charles Boyer for his progressive cultural achievement in establishing the French Research Foundation in Los Angeles as a source of reference for the Hollywood motion picture industry (certificate).

Noel Coward for his outstanding production achievement in In Which We Serve (certificate).

MGM Studio for its achievement in representing the American way of life in the production of the Andy Hardy series of films (certificate). 

Scientific or Technical

Class I (Statuette)

None.

Class II (Plaque)

Carroll Clark, F. Thomas Thompson and the RKO Radio Studio Art and Miniature Departments for the design and construction of a moving cloud and horizon machine.

Daniel B. Clark and the 20th Century-Fox Film Corp. for the development of a lens calibration system and the application of this system to exposure control in cinematography.

Class III (Citation)

Robert Henderson and the Paramount Studio Engineering and Transparency Departments for the design and construction of adjustable light bridges and screen frames for transparency process photography.

Daniel J. Bloomberg and the Republic Studio Sound Department for the design and application to motion picture production of a device for marking action negatives for pre-selection purposes. 

Venice Film Festival (Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

 

Best Italian Film:

Bengasi, Augusto Genina

Best Foreign Film:

Der grosse Konig, Veit Farlan

Best Actor:

Fosco Glachetti, Un colpo di postola; Bengasi; Noi vivi 

Best Actress:

Kristina Soderbaum, Der grosse Konig; Die goldene Stadt

International Chamber Color Prize:

Die goldene Stadt

International Film Chamber Technique Prize:

Alfa Tan

Best Documentaries:

Comacchio (Italy)

Musica nel Tempo (Germany)

Der Seeadler (Germany)

Bunter Reigen (Germany)

La Drapeau de l'Humanite (Switzerland)

Soil of Rome (Rumania)

A Kis Katu (Hungary)

Rocciatori ed Aquile (Italy)

Erde auf Gewaltmarschen (Germany)

Mounting Guard on the Drina (Croatia)

Life and Death of Istvan Horthy (Hungary)

Best Animated Cartoons:

Anacleto e la Faina

Nel Paese dei Ranocchi

The New York Times Ten Best List (Listed in chronological order. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg).

In Which We Serve

Journey for Margaret

Casablanca

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

Wake Island

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Mrs. Miniver

The Gold Rush

Woman of the Year

Sullivan's Travels (1941)

The Top Box-Office Hits of 1942 (According to Variety. Source: Film Facts, 1980, edited by Cobbett Steinberg. Totals were not listed.).

1942 films listed on the 1941/42 list:

Captain of the Clouds

Eagle Squadron

Holiday Inn

In This Our Life

King's Row

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Mrs. Miniver

My Favorite Blonde

My Gal Sal

Pride of the Yankees

Reap the Wild Wind

Somewhere I'll Find You

This Above All

Woman of the Year

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942 films listed on the 1942/43 list:

Casablanca

Commandos Strike at Dawn

In Which We Serve

Keeper of the Flame

Lucky Jordan

Now, Voyager

Random Harvest

Road to Morocco

Star Spangled Rhythm

The Top Ten Box-Office Stars of 1942 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors)
1) Abbott & Costello

2) Clark Gable

3) Gary Cooper

4) Mickey Rooney

5) Bob Hope

6) James Cagney

7) Gene Autry

8) Betty Grable

9) Greer Garson

10) Spencer Tracy

The Next Fifteen:

11) Dorothy Lamour

12) Bing Crosby

13) Tyrone Power

14) Walter Pidgeon

15) Bette Davis

16) Ann Sheridan

17) Errol Flynn

18) Wallace Berry

19) Judy Garland

20) Red Skelton

21) John Payne

22) Rita Hayworth

23) Lana Turner

24) Cary Grant

25) Humphrey Bogart

The Top Ten Western Stars of 1942 (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors).

1) Gene Autry

2) Roy Rogers

3) William Boyd

4) Smiley Burnette

5) Charles Starrett

6) Johnny Mack Brown

7) Bill Elliot

8) Tim Holt

9) Don "Red" Barry

10) Three Mesquiteers

The Top Ten Box-Offices Stars of 1942 in Britain (according to The Motion Picture Herald).

British Stars:

1) George Formby

2) Leslie Howard

3) Arthur Lucan

4) Will Hay

5) Arthur Askey

6) Robert Donat

7) Deborah Kerr

8) Robert Newton

9) Eric Portman

10) Michael Redgrave

International Stars:

1) Mickey Rooney

2) Abbott & Costello

3) Spencer Tracy

4) Deanna Durbin

5) Jeanette MacDonald

6) George Formby

7) Bette Davis

8) Leslie Howard

9) Gary Cooper

10) Dorothy Lamour