16th Academy Awards
Award ceremony
The 16th Academy Awards were held on March 2, 1944, to honor the films of 1943. This was the first Oscar ceremony held at a large public venue, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, and the first ceremony without a banquet as part of the festivities. Wikipedia
Winners
The Human Comedy
Best Story · William Saroyan
Arthur Miller
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White · The Song of Bernadette
Hal B. Wallis
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Paul Lukas
Best Actor · Watch on the Rhine
Jennifer Jones
Best Actress · The Song of Bernadette
Katina Paxinou
Best Supporting Actress · For Whom the Bell Tolls
Casablanca
Best Picture · Warner Bros.
Charles Coburn
Best Supporting Actor · The More the Merrier
Amphibious Fighters
Best Short Subject, One-reel · Grantland Rice
Heavenly Music
Best Short Subject, Two-reel · Sam Coslow, Jerry Bresler
Air Force
Best Film Editing · George Amy
You'll Never Know
Best Original Song · Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
Casablanca
Best Adapted Screenplay · Howard Koch, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein
Michael Curtiz
Best Director · Casablanca
The Song of Bernadette
Best Original Score · Alfred Newman
Phantom of the Opera
Best Cinematography · Hal Mohr, W. Howard Greene
Phantom of the Opera
Best Production Design · Alexander Golitzen, Ira S. Webb, Russell A. Gausman
This Land Is Mine
Best Sound Mixing · Stephen Dunn
December 7th
Best Documentary (Short Subject) · United States Naval Academy
George Pal
Academy Honorary Award · Puppetoons
Princess O'Rourke
Best Original Screenplay · Norman Krasna
Crash Dive
Best Visual Effects · Fred Sersen, Roger Heman Sr.
The Yankee Doodle Mouse
Best Animated Short Film · Fred Quimby
Desert Victory
Best Documentary Feature · Ministry of Information
This Is the Army
Best Original Musical · Ray Heindorf
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
Technical Achievement Award
Daniel J. Bloomberg
Technical Achievement Award
Farciot Edouart
Technical Achievement Award
Willard H. Turner
Technical Achievement Award
Paramount Studio Transparency Department
Technical Achievement Award
Republic Studio Sound Department
Technical Achievement Award
20th Century-Fox Studio Camera Department
Technical Achievement Award
Charles G. Clarke
Technical Achievement Award
Barton Thompson
Scientific and Engineering Award
DuPont Photo Products Department
Scientific and Engineering Award
Farciot Edouart
Scientific and Engineering Award
Paramount Studio Transparency Department
Scientific and Engineering Award
Earle Morgan
Scientific and Engineering Award
Paramount Studio Engineering Department
Scientific and Engineering Award
Thomas Little
Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White · The Song of Bernadette
James Basevi
Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White · The Song of Bernadette
William S. Darling
Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White · The Song of Bernadette