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Academy Awards, USA: 1943

Oscar

Date:4 March (banquet)
Host:Bob Hope (I)
Location:Cocoanut Grove, Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA
Notes:
  • For the first time the award statuettes are made of plaster due to the war. All are replaced with standard statuettes after the war ends.
  • It is announced at the ceremonies that 27,677 members of the industry are serving in the armed forced.

Best Picture
  Winner:
 
  Other Nominees:
 
  • 49th Parallel (1941) - Ortus
  • Kings Row (1942) - Warner Bros.
  • Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942) - Mercury
  • Pied Piper, The (1942) - 20th Century Fox
  • Pride of the Yankees, The (1942) - Samuel Goldwyn Productions
  • Random Harvest (1942) - M-G-M
  • Talk of the Town, The (1942) - Columbia
  • Wake Island (1942) - Paramount
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - Warner Bros.

  • Best Actor in a Leading Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Mrs. Miniver (1942) - Walter Pidgeon
  • Pied Piper, The (1942) - Monty Woolley
  • Pride of the Yankees, The (1942) - Gary Cooper (I)
  • Random Harvest (1942) - Ronald Colman

  • Best Actress in a Leading Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • My Sister Eileen (1942) - Rosalind Russell
  • Now, Voyager (1942) - Bette Davis
  • Pride of the Yankees, The (1942) - Teresa Wright (I)
  • Woman of the Year (1942) - Katharine Hepburn

  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Mrs. Miniver (1942) - Henry Travers (I)
  • Tortilla Flat (1942) - Frank Morgan (I)
  • Wake Island (1942) - William Bendix (I)
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - Walter Huston

  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942) - Agnes Moorehead
  • Mrs. Miniver (1942) - Dame May Whitty
  • Now, Voyager (1942) - Gladys Cooper (I)
  • Random Harvest (1942) - Susan Peters (I)

  • Best Director
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Kings Row (1942) - Sam Wood (I)
  • Random Harvest (1942) - Mervyn LeRoy
  • Wake Island (1942) - John Farrow (I)
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - Michael Curtiz

  • Best Writing, Original Screenplay
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942) - Michael Powell (I); Emeric Pressburger
  • Road to Morocco (1942) - Frank Butler (I); Don Hartman (I)
  • Wake Island (1942) - W.R. Burnett; Frank Butler (I)
  • War Against Mrs. Hadley, The (1942) - George Oppenheimer

  • Best Writing, Original Story
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Holiday Inn (1942) - Irving Berlin (I)
  • Pride of the Yankees, The (1942) - Paul Gallico
  • Talk of the Town, The (1942) - Sidney Harmon
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - Robert Buckner

  • Best Writing, Screenplay
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • 49th Parallel (1941) - Rodney Ackland; Emeric Pressburger
  • Pride of the Yankees, The (1942) - Herman J. Mankiewicz; Jo Swerling
  • Random Harvest (1942) - George Froeschel; Claudine West; Arthur Wimperis
  • Talk of the Town, The (1942) - Sidney Buchman; Irwin Shaw

  • Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Kings Row (1942) - James Wong Howe (I)
  • Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942) - Stanley Cortez
  • Moontide (1942) - Charles G. Clarke (I)
  • Pied Piper, The (1942) - Edward Cronjager
  • Pride of the Yankees, The (1942) - Rudolph Maté
  • Take a Letter, Darling (1942) - John J. Mescall
  • Talk of the Town, The (1942) - Ted Tetzlaff
  • Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) - Leon Shamroy
  • This Above All (1942) - Arthur C. Miller

  • Best Cinematography, Color
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Arabian Nights (1942) - Milton R. Krasner; William V. Skall; W. Howard Greene
  • Captains of the Clouds (1942) - Sol Polito
  • Jungle Book (1942) - W. Howard Greene
  • Reap the Wild Wind (1942) - Victor Milner; William V. Skall
  • To the Shores of Tripoli (1942) - Edward Cronjager; William V. Skall

  • Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Arabian Nights (1942) - Alexander Golitzen; Jack Otterson; Russell A. Gausman; Ira Webb
  • Captains of the Clouds (1942) - Ted Smith (I); Casey Roberts (I)
  • Jungle Book (1942) - Vincent Korda; Julia Heron
  • Reap the Wild Wind (1942) - Hans Dreier; Roland Anderson; George Sawley

  • Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • George Washington Slept Here (1942) - Max Parker (I); Mark-Lee Kirk; Casey Roberts (I)
  • Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942) - Albert S. D'Agostino; A. Roland Fields; Darrell Silvera
  • Pride of the Yankees, The (1942) - Perry Ferguson; Howard Bristol
  • Random Harvest (1942) - Cedric Gibbons; Randall Duell; Edwin B. Willis; Jack D. Moore
  • Shanghai Gesture, The (1941) - Boris Leven
  • Silver Queen (1942) - Ralph Berger; Emile Kuri
  • Spoilers, The (1942) - John B. Goodman (I); Jack Otterson; Russell A. Gausman; Edward R. Robinson
  • Take a Letter, Darling (1942) - Hans Dreier; Roland Anderson; Sam Comer
  • Talk of the Town, The (1942) - Lionel Banks; Rudolph Sternad; Fay Babcock

  • Best Sound, Recording
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Arabian Nights (1942) - Bernard B. Brown (Universal SSD)
  • Bambi (1942) - C.O. Slyfield (Walt Disney SSD)
  • Flying Tigers (1942) - Daniel J. Bloomberg (Republic SSD)
  • Friendly Enemies (1942) - Jack Whitney (I) (Sound Service Inc.)
  • Gold Rush, The (1925) - James L. Fields (I) (RCA Sound)
  • Mrs. Miniver (1942) - Douglas Shearer (M-G-M SSD)
  • Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942) - Stephen Dunn (I) (RKO Radio SSD)
  • Pride of the Yankees, The (1942) - Thomas T. Moulton (Samuel Goldwyn SSD)
  • Road to Morocco (1942) - Loren L. Ryder (Paramount SSD)
  • This Above All (1942) - Edmund H. Hansen (20th Century-Fox SSD)
  • You Were Never Lovelier (1942) - John P. Livadary (Columbia SSD)

  • Best Film Editing
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Mrs. Miniver (1942) - Harold F. Kress
  • Talk of the Town, The (1942) - Otto Meyer (I)
  • This Above All (1942) - Walter Thompson (I)
  • Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - George Amy

  • Best Effects, Special Effects
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Black Swan, The (1942) - Fred Sersen (photographic); Roger Heman Sr. (sound); George Leverett (I) (sound)
  • Desperate Journey (1942) - Byron Haskin (photographic); Nathan Levinson (sound)
  • Flying Tigers (1942) - Howard Lydecker (photographic); Daniel J. Bloomberg (sound)
  • Invisible Agent (1942) - John P. Fulton (photographic); Bernard B. Brown (sound)
  • Jungle Book (1942) - Lawrence W. Butler (photographic); William A. Wilmarth (sound)
  • Mrs. Miniver (1942) - A. Arnold Gillespie (photographic); Warren Newcombe (photographic); Douglas Shearer (sound)
  • Navy Comes Through, The (1942) - Vernon L. Walker (photographic); James G. Stewart (sound)
  • One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942) - Ronald Neame (photographic); C.C. Stevens (sound)
  • Pride of the Yankees, The (1942) - Jack Cosgrove (I) (photographic); Ray Binger (photographic); Thomas T. Moulton (sound)

  • Best Music, Original Song
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Always in My Heart (1942) - Ernesto Lecuona (music); Kim Gannon (lyrics)
    - For the song "Always in My Heart".
  • Babes on Broadway (1941) - Burton Lane (music); Ralph Freed (lyrics)
    - For the song "How About You?".
  • Bambi (1942) - Frank Churchill (music); Larry Morey (lyrics)
    - For the song "Love Is a Song".
  • Flying with Music (1942) - Edward Ward (I) (music); Chet Forrest (lyrics); Bob Wright (I) (lyrics)
    - For the song "Pennies for Peppino".
  • Hellzapoppin' (1941) - Gene de Paul (music); Don Raye (lyrics)
    - For the song "Pig Foot Pete".
    - This nomination is a mystery. Both the nominations list and the program from the Awards dinner list the song as being from 'Hellzapoppin',' a 1942 release for Awards purposes. The song does not appear in that film, but did appear in Keep 'Em Flying (1941), a 1941 release from the same production company and studio, and was therefore ineligible for a 1942 nomination. (from the AMPAS awards database)
  • Mayor of 44th Street, The (1942) - Harry Revel (music); Mort Greene (lyrics)
    - For the song "There's a Breeze on Lake Louise".
  • Orchestra Wives (1942) - Harry Warren (I) (music); Mack Gordon (lyrics)
    - For the song "I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo".
  • You Were Never Lovelier (1942) - Jerome Kern (music); Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
    - For the song "Dearly Beloved".
  • Youth on Parade (1942) - Jule Styne (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
    - For the song "It Seems I Heard That Song Before".

  • Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Arabian Nights (1942) - Frank Skinner (I)
  • Bambi (1942) - Frank Churchill; Edward H. Plumb
  • Black Swan, The (1942) - Alfred Newman
  • Corsican Brothers, The (1941) - Dimitri Tiomkin
  • Flying Tigers (1942) - Victor Young (I)
  • Gold Rush, The (1925) - Max Terr
  • I Married a Witch (1942) - Roy Webb (I)
  • Joan of Paris (1942) - Roy Webb (I)
  • Jungle Book (1942) - Miklós Rózsa
  • Klondike Fury (1942) - Edward J. Kay
  • Pride of the Yankees, The (1942) - Leigh Harline
  • Random Harvest (1942) - Herbert Stothart
  • Shanghai Gesture, The (1941) - Richard Hageman
  • Silver Queen (1942) - Victor Young (I)
  • Take a Letter, Darling (1942) - Victor Young (I)
  • Talk of the Town, The (1942) - Friedrich Hollaender; Morris Stoloff
  • To Be or Not to Be (1942) - Werner R. Heymann

  • Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Flying with Music (1942) - Edward Ward (I)
  • For Me and My Gal (1942) - Roger Edens; George E. Stoll
  • Holiday Inn (1942) - Robert Emmett Dolan
  • It Started with Eve (1941) - Charles Previn; Hans J. Salter
  • Johnny Doughboy (1942) - Walter Scharf
  • My Gal Sal (1942) - Alfred Newman
  • You Were Never Lovelier (1942) - Leigh Harline

  • Best Short Subject, Cartoons
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • All Out for 'V' (1942) - 20th Century-Fox
  • Blitz Wolf (1942) - M-G-M
  • Juke Box Jamboree (1942) - Walter Lantz
  • Pigs in a Polka (1943) - Leon Schlesinger
  • Tulips Shall Grow (1942) - George Pal

  • Best Short Subject, Two-reel
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Don't Talk (1942) - M-G-M
  • This Is America Series No. 33-101: Private Smith of the U.S.A. (1942) - RKO Radio

  • Best Short Subject, One-reel
      Winner:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Desert Wonderland (1942) - 20th Century-Fox
  • Marines in the Making (1942) - Pete Smith (I)
  • United States Marine Band, The (1942) - Warner Bros.

  • Best Documentary
      Winners:
     
      Other Nominees:
     
  • Africa, Prelude to Victory (1942) - March of Time
  • Combat Report (1942) - U.S. Army Signal Corps
  • Grain That Built a Hemisphere, The (1943) - Walt Disney
  • Henry Browne, Farmer (1942) - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
  • High Over the Borders (1942) - National Film Board of Canada
  • High Stakes in the East (1942) - Netherlands Information Bureau
  • Inside Fighting China (1942) - National Film Board of Canada
  • It's Everybody's War (1942) - Office of War Information
  • Listen to Britain (1942) - British Ministry of Information
  • Little Belgium (1942) - Belgian Ministry of Information
  • Little Isles of Freedom (1942) - Victor Stoloff; Edgar Loew
  • Mister Gardenia Jones (1942) - Office of War Information
  • Mr. Blabbermouth! (1942) - Office of War Information
  • New Spirit, The (1942) - Walt Disney
  • Paramount Victory Short No. T2-2: We Refuse to Die (1942) - William C. Thomas
  • Paramount Victory Short No. T2-3: The Price of Victory (1942) - Office of War Information
  • RKO Victory Special No. 34-201: Conquer by the Clock (1942) - Frederic Ullman Jr.
  • Ship Is Born, A (1942) - U.S. Merchant Marine
  • Twenty-One Miles (1942) - British Ministry of Information
  • White Eagle, The (1942) - Cocanen Films
  • Winning Your Wings (1942) - U.S. Army Air Force

  • Honorary Award

      Awarded to:
     
    • M-G-M Studio
      - For its achievement in representing the American way of life in the production of the Andy Hardy series of films (certificate).
    • Charles Boyer (I)
      - For his progressive cultural achievement in establishing the French Research Foundation in Los Angeles as a source of reference (certificate).
    • In Which We Serve (1942) - Noel Coward
      - For his outstanding production achievement in In Which We Serve (certificate).

    Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

      Awarded to:
     

    Academy Award of Merit

      Winner:
     

    • - Not awarded.

    Scientific and Engineering Award

      Winners:
     
    • Carroll Clark; F. Thomas Thompson; RKO Radio Studio Art and Miniature Departments
      - For the design and construction of a moving cloud and horizon machine.
    • Daniel B. Clark; 20th Century-Fox Corp.
      - For the development of a lens calibration system and the application of this system to exposure control in cinematography.

    Technical Achievement Award

      Winners:
     
    • Daniel J. Bloomberg; Republic SSD
      - For the design and application to motion picture production of a device for pre-selection purposes.
    • Robert Henderson (VI); Paramount Studio Engineering and Transparency Departments
      - For the design and construction of adjustable light bridges and screen frames for transparency process photography.