1943
The 15th Academy Awards | 1943
Cocoanut Grove of the Ambassador Hotel
Thursday, March 4, 1943
Honoring movies released in 1942
Highlights
Memorable Moments
Winners & Nominees
Actor in a Supporting Role
Winner
Van Heflin
Johnny Eager
Nominees
Henry Travers
Mrs. Miniver
William Bendix
Wake Island
Walter Huston
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Frank Morgan
Tortilla Flat
Actress in a Supporting Role
Winner
Teresa Wright
Mrs. Miniver
Nominees
Gladys Cooper
Now, Voyager
Agnes Moorehead
The Magnificent Ambersons
Susan Peters
Random Harvest
Dame May Whitty
Mrs. Miniver
Directing
Winner
Mrs. Miniver
William Wyler
Nominees
Kings Row
Sam Wood
Random Harvest
Mervyn LeRoy
Wake Island
John Farrow
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Michael Curtiz
Film Editing
Winner
The Pride of the Yankees
Daniel Mandell
Nominees
Mrs. Miniver
Harold F. Kress
The Talk of the Town
Otto Meyer
This above All
Walter Thompson
Yankee Doodle Dandy
George Amy
Actor
Winner
James Cagney
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Nominees
Ronald Colman
Random Harvest
Gary Cooper
The Pride of the Yankees
Walter Pidgeon
Mrs. Miniver
Monty Woolley
The Pied Piper
Actress
Winner
Greer Garson
Mrs. Miniver
Nominees
Bette Davis
Now, Voyager
Katharine Hepburn
Woman of the Year
Rosalind Russell
My Sister Eileen
Teresa Wright
The Pride of the Yankees
Special Award
Winner
In Which We Serve
Special Award
Sound Recording
Winner
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
Nominees
Road to Morocco
Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren Ryder, Sound Director
This above All
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
You Were Never Lovelier
Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
Arabian Nights
Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
Bambi
Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, Sam Slyfield, Sound Director
Flying Tigers
Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel Bloomberg, Sound Director
Friendly Enemies
Sound Service, Inc., Jack Whitney, Sound Director
The Gold Rush
RCA Sound, James Fields, Sound Director
Mrs. Miniver
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
Once upon a Honeymoon
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Steve Dunn, Sound Director
The Pride of the Yankees
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Winner
Der Fuehrer's Face
Walt Disney, Producer
Nominees
Tulips Shall Grow
George Pal, Producer
All Out for "V"
20th Century-Fox
Blitz Wolf
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Juke Box Jamboree
Walter Lantz, Producer
Pigs in a Polka
Leon Schlesinger, Producer
Music (Song)
Winner
Holiday Inn
White Christmas in "Holiday Inn" Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Nominees
Always in My Heart
Always In My Heart in "Always in My Heart" Music by Ernesto Lecuona; Lyrics by Kim Gannon
You Were Never Lovelier
Dearly Beloved in "You Were Never Lovelier" Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Babes on Broadway
How About You? in "Babes on Broadway" Music by Burton Lane; Lyrics by Ralph Freed
Youth on Parade
It Seems I Heard That Song Before in "Youth on Parade" Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Orchestra Wives
I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo in "Orchestra Wives" Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Bambi
Love Is A Song in "Bambi" Music by Frank Churchill; Lyrics by Larry Morey
Flying with Music
Pennies For Peppino in "Flying with Music" Music by Edward Ward; Lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright
Hellzapoppin'
Pig Foot Pete in "Hellzapoppin'" Music by Gene de Paul; Lyrics by Don Raye
The Mayor of 44th Street
There's A Breeze On Lake Louise in "The Mayor of 44th Street" Music by Harry Revel; Lyrics by Mort Greene
Writing (Screenplay)
Winner
Mrs. Miniver
Arthur Wimperis, George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West
Nominees
The Invaders
Rodney Ackland, Emeric Pressburger
The Pride of the Yankees
Jo Swerling, Herman J. Mankiewicz
Random Harvest
Claudine West, George Froeschel, Arthur Wimperis
The Talk of the Town
Irwin Shaw, Sidney Buchman
Short Subject (One-reel)
Winner
Speaking of Animals and Their Families
Paramount
Nominees
Desert Wonderland
20th Century-Fox
Marines in the Making
Pete Smith, Producer
United States Marine Band
Warner Bros.
Short Subject (Two-reel)
Winner
Beyond the Line of Duty
Warner Bros.
Nominees
Don't Talk
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Private Smith of the U.S.A.
RKO Radio
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
Winner
Sidney Franklin
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
Winner
Mrs. Miniver
Joseph Ruttenberg
Nominees
Take a Letter, Darling
John Mescall
The Talk of the Town
Ted Tetzlaff
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Leon Shamroy
This above All
Arthur Miller
Kings Row
James Wong Howe
The Magnificent Ambersons
Stanley Cortez
Moontide
Charles Clarke
The Pied Piper
Edward Cronjager
The Pride of the Yankees
"The Pride of the Yankees" Rudolph Maté
Cinematography (Color)
Winner
The Black Swan
Leon Shamroy
Nominees
Arabian Nights
Milton Krasner, William V. Skall, W. Howard Greene
Captains of the Clouds
Sol Polito
Jungle Book
W. Howard Greene
Reap the Wild Wind
Victor Milner, William V. Skall
To the Shores of Tripoli
Edward Cronjager, William V. Skall
Special Effects
Winner
Reap the Wild Wind
Photographic Effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart, William L. Pereira; Sound Effects by Louis Mesenkop
Nominees
The Black Swan
Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by Roger Heman, George Leverett
Desperate Journey
Photographic Effects by Byron Haskin; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson
Flying Tigers
Photographic Effects by Howard Lydecker; Sound Effects by Daniel J. Bloomberg
Invisible Agent
Photographic Effects by John Fulton; Sound Effects by Bernard B. Brown
Jungle Book
Photographic Effects by Lawrence Butler; Sound Effects by William H. Wilmarth
Mrs. Miniver
Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
The Navy Comes Through
Photographic Effects by Vernon L. Walker; Sound Effects by James G. Stewart
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Photographic Effects by Ronald Neame; Sound Effects by C. C. Stevens
The Pride of the Yankees
Photographic Effects by Jack Cosgrove, Ray Binger; Sound Effects by Thomas T. Moulton
Art Direction (Black-and-White)
Winner
This above All
Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
Nominees
Silver Queen
Art Direction: Ralph Berger; Interior Decoration: Emile Kuri
The Spoilers
Art Direction: Jack Otterson, John B. Goodman; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Edward R. Robinson
Take a Letter, Darling
Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer
The Talk of the Town
Art Direction: Lionel Banks, Rudolph Sternad; Interior Decoration: Fay Babcock
George Washington Slept Here
Art Direction: Max Parker, Mark-Lee Kirk; Interior Decoration: Casey Roberts
The Magnificent Ambersons
Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Al Fields
The Pride of the Yankees
Art Direction: Perry Ferguson; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol
Random Harvest
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Randall Duell; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jack Moore
The Shanghai Gesture
Art Direction: Boris Leven; Interior Decoration: Boris Leven
Art Direction (Color)
Winner
My Gal Sal
Art Direction: Richard Day, Joseph Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
Nominees
Arabian Nights
Art Direction: Jack Otterson, Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb
Captains of the Clouds
Art Direction: Ted Smith; Interior Decoration: Casey Roberts
Jungle Book
Art Direction: Vincent Korda; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron
Reap the Wild Wind
Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson; Interior Decoration: George Sawley
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Winner
Woman of the Year
Ring Lardner, Jr., Michael Kanin
Nominees
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Road to Morocco
Frank Butler, Don Hartman
Wake Island
W. R. Burnett, Frank Butler
The War against Mrs. Hadley
George Oppenheimer
Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
Winner
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld
Nominees
For Me and My Gal
Roger Edens, Georgie Stoll
Holiday Inn
Robert Emmett Dolan
It Started with Eve
Hans Salter, Charles Previn
Johnny Doughboy
Walter Scharf
My Gal Sal
Alfred Newman
You Were Never Lovelier
Leigh Harline
Flying with Music
Edward Ward
Outstanding Motion Picture
Winner
Mrs. Miniver
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nominees
The Invaders
Ortus
Kings Row
Warner Bros.
The Magnificent Ambersons
Mercury
The Pied Piper
20th Century-Fox
The Pride of the Yankees
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Random Harvest
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Talk of the Town
Columbia
Wake Island
Paramount
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Warner Bros.
Documentary
Winner
The Battle of Midway
United States Navy
Prelude to War
United States Army Special Services
Kokoda Front Line!
Australian News & Information Bureau
Moscow Strikes Back
Artkino
Nominees
The New Spirit
Walt Disney, Producer
Combat Report
United States Army Signal Corps
Conquer by the Clock
Frederic Ullman, Jr., Producer
The Price of Victory
William H. Pine, Producer
The Grain That Built a Hemisphere
Walt Disney, Producer
A Ship Is Born
United States Merchant Marine
Henry Browne, Farmer
United States Department of Agriculture
Twenty-One Miles
British Ministry of Information
High over the Borders
National Film Board of Canada
We Refuse to Die
William C. Thomas, Producer
High Stakes in the East
The Netherlands Information Bureau
White Eagle
Concanen Films
Inside Fighting China
National Film Board of Canada
Winning Your Wings
United States Army Air Force
It's Everybody's War
United States Office of War Information
Listen to Britain
British Ministry of Information
Little Belgium
Belgian Ministry of Information
Little Isles of Freedom
Victor Stoloff and Edgar Loew, Producers
Mr. Blabbermouth!
United States Office of War Information
Mr. Gardenia Jones
United States Office of War Information
Africa, Prelude to Victory
The March of Time
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
Winner
Now, Voyager
Max Steiner
Nominees
The Corsican Brothers
Dimitri Tiomkin
Flying Tigers
Victor Young
The Gold Rush
Max Terr
I Married a Witch
Roy Webb
Joan of Paris
Roy Webb
Jungle Book
Miklos Rozsa
Klondike Fury
Edward Kay
The Pride of the Yankees
Leigh Harline
Random Harvest
Herbert Stothart
The Shanghai Gesture
Richard Hageman
Silver Queen
Victor Young
Take a Letter, Darling
Victor Young
Arabian Nights
Frank Skinner
The Talk of the Town
Frederick Hollander, Morris Stoloff
Bambi
Frank Churchill, Edward Plumb
To Be or Not to Be
Werner Heymann
The Black Swan
Alfred Newman
Writing (Original Motion Picture Story)
Winner
The Invaders
Emeric Pressburger
Nominees
The Pride of the Yankees
Paul Gallico
The Talk of the Town
Sidney Harmon
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Robert Buckner
Holiday Inn
Irving Berlin
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