Film Data for 1943
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.
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
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 Stars of Tomorrow (according to Quigley Publishing's poll of film exhibitors).
1) William Bendix
2) Philip Dorn
3) Susan Peters
4) Donald O'Connor
5) Anne Baxter
6) Van Johnson
7) Gene Kelly
8) Diana Barrymore
9) Gig Young
10) Alexis Smith
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
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