1st Golden Globe Awards

1st Golden Globe Awards
Date	January 20, 1944 (1944-01-20)
Site	20th Century Fox studios
Highlights
Best Picture	The Song of Bernadette

The 1st Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best achievements in 1943 filmmaking, were held late on January 20, 1944, at the 20th Century Fox studios in Los Angeles, California.

Winners

Best Picture

The Song of Bernadette

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Paul Lukas - Watch on the Rhine as Kurt Muller

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Jennifer Jones - The Song of Bernadette as Bernadette

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Akim Tamiroff - For Whom the Bell Tolls as Pablo

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Katina Paxinou - For Whom the Bell Tolls as Pilar

Best Director-Motion Picture

Henry King - The Song of Bernadette

Golden Globe winners

• 
  Paul Lukas, Best Actor in a Leading Role winner.
• 
  Jennifer Jones, Best Actress in a Leading Role winner.
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  Akim Tamiroff, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role winner.
• 
  Henry King, Best Director winner

Comparison with the Academy Awards

The 16th Academy Awards, presented six weeks later, on March 2, 1944, featured among its nominations the same six, three of which were also winners — Best Actor: Paul Lukas, Best Actress: Jennifer Jones and Best Supporting Actress: Katina Paxinou.

See also

• Hollywood Foreign Press Association
• 16th Academy Awards
• 1943 in film