Best Picture Winner
Casablanca
Best Picture
Director: Michael Curtiz
Studio: Warner Bros.
A cynical American expatriate struggles with whether to help his former lover and her resistance leader husband escape Nazi-occupied Morocco.
From the Worthy Podcast
Classic Hollywood films as Best Picture winners. Fewer than we think are actually BP winners
“Iconic Classic Films That Have Won Best Picture”:
Gone With The Wind (1939) (#1 Box Office - $18M)
Casablanca (1943) (#7 Box Office - $3.38M)
Ben-Hur (1959) (#1 Box Office - $36M)
West Side Story (1961) (#1 Box Office - $19.6M)
All Categories (27)
Outstanding Motion Picture
Casablanca— Warner Bros.
Winner
For Whom the Bell Tolls— Paramount
Heaven Can Wait— 20th Century-Fox
In Which We Serve— Two Cities
Madame Curie— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Human Comedy— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The More the Merrier— Columbia
The Ox-Bow Incident— 20th Century-Fox
The Song of Bernadette— 20th Century-Fox
Watch on the Rhine— Warner Bros.
Actor
Gary Cooper— For Whom the Bell Tolls {"Robert Jordan"}
Humphrey Bogart— Casablanca {"Rick Blane"}
Mickey Rooney— The Human Comedy {"Homer Macauley"}
Walter Pidgeon— Madame Curie {"Pierre Curie"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Akim Tamiroff— For Whom the Bell Tolls {"Pablo"}
Charles Bickford— The Song of Bernadette {"Dean Peyramale"}
Claude Rains— Casablanca {"Captain Louis Renault"}
J. Carrol Naish— Sahara {"Giuseppe"}
Actress
Greer Garson— Madame Curie {"Madame Marie Curie"}
Ingrid Bergman— For Whom the Bell Tolls {"Maria"}
Jean Arthur— The More the Merrier {"Connie Milligan"}
Joan Fontaine— The Constant Nymph {"Teresa 'Tessa' Sanger"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Anne Revere— The Song of Bernadette {"Louise Soubirous"}
Gladys Cooper— The Song of Bernadette {"Sister Vauzous"}
Lucile Watson— Watch on the Rhine {"Fanny Farrelly"}
Paulette Goddard— So Proudly We Hail! {"Lieutenant Joan O'Doul"}
Directing
Heaven Can Wait— Ernst Lubitsch
The Human Comedy— Clarence Brown
The More the Merrier— George Stevens
The Song of Bernadette— Henry King
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Princess O'Rourke— Norman Krasna
Winner
Air Force— Dudley Nichols
In Which We Serve— Noel Coward
So Proudly We Hail!— Allan Scott
The North Star— Lillian Hellman
Writing (Original Story)
The Human Comedy— William Saroyan
Winner
Action in the North Atlantic— Guy Gilpatric
Destination Tokyo— Steve Fisher
Shadow of a Doubt— Gordon McDonell
The More the Merrier— Robert Russell, Frank Ross
Writing (Screenplay)
Casablanca— Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch
Winner
Holy Matrimony— Nunnally Johnson
The More the Merrier— Robert Russell, Frank Ross, Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster
The Song of Bernadette— George Seaton
Watch on the Rhine— Dashiell Hammett
Cinematography (Black-And-White)
The Song of Bernadette— Arthur Miller
Winner
Air Force— James Wong Howe, Elmer Dyer, Charles Marshall
Casablanca— Arthur Edeson
Corvette K-225— Tony Gaudio
Five Graves to Cairo— John Seitz
Madame Curie— Joseph Ruttenberg
Sahara— Rudolph Maté
So Proudly We Hail!— Charles Lang
The Human Comedy— Harry Stradling
The North Star— James Wong Howe
Cinematography (Color)
Phantom of the Opera— Hal Mohr, W. Howard Greene
Winner
For Whom the Bell Tolls— Ray Rennahan
Heaven Can Wait— Edward Cronjager
Hello, Frisco, Hello— Charles G. Clarke, Allen Davey
Lassie Come Home— Leonard Smith
Thousands Cheer— George Folsey
Music (Music Score Of A Dramatic Or Comedy Picture)
The Song of Bernadette— Alfred Newman
Winner
Casablanca— Max Steiner
Commandos Strike at Dawn— Morris Stoloff, Louis Gruenberg
For Whom the Bell Tolls— Victor Young
Hangmen Also Die— Hanns Eisler
Hi Diddle Diddle— Phil Boutelje
In Old Oklahoma— Walter Scharf
Johnny Come Lately— Leigh Harline
Lady of Burlesque— Arthur Lange
Madame Curie— Herbert Stothart
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday— Frank Skinner, Hans J. Salter
The Fallen Sparrow— Roy Webb, C. Bakaleinikoff
The Kansan— Gerard Carbonara
The Moon and Sixpence— Dimitri Tiomkin
The North Star— Aaron Copland
Victory through Air Power— Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith, Oliver G. Wallace
Music (Scoring Of A Musical Picture)
This Is the Army— Ray Heindorf
Winner
Coney Island— Alfred Newman
Hit Parade of 1943— Walter Scharf
Phantom of the Opera— Edward Ward
Saludos Amigos— Charles Wolcott, Edward H. Plumb, Paul J. Smith
Something to Shout About— Morris Stoloff
Stage Door Canteen— Frederic E. Rich
Star Spangled Rhythm— Robert Emmett Dolan
The Sky's the Limit— Leigh Harline
Thousands Cheer— Herbert Stothart
Art Direction (Black-And-White)
The Song of Bernadette— Art Direction: James Basevi, William Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
Winner
Five Graves to Cairo— Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte; Interior Decoration: Bertram Granger
Flight for Freedom— Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Harley Miller
Madame Curie— Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt
Mission to Moscow— Art Direction: Carl Weyl; Interior Decoration: George J. Hopkins
The North Star— Art Direction: Perry Ferguson; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol
Art Direction (Color)
Phantom of the Opera— Art Direction: John B. Goodman, Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb
Winner
For Whom the Bell Tolls— Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Haldane Douglas; Interior Decoration: Bertram Granger
The Gang's All Here— Art Direction: James Basevi, Joseph C. Wright; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
This Is the Army— Art Direction: John Hughes, Lt. John Koenig; Interior Decoration: George J. Hopkins
Thousands Cheer— Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Daniel Cathcart; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Jacques Mersereau
Special Effects
Crash Dive— Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by Roger Heman
Winner
Air Force— Photographic Effects by Hans Koenekamp, Rex Wimpy; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson
Bombardier— Photographic Effects by Vernon L. Walker; Sound Effects by James G. Stewart, Roy Granville
So Proudly We Hail!— Photographic Effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart; Sound Effects by George Dutton
Stand By for Action— Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus; Sound Effects by Michael Steinore
The North Star— Photographic Effects by Clarence Slifer, R. O. Binger; Sound Effects by Thomas T. Moulton
Film Editing
Air Force— George Amy
Winner
Casablanca— Owen Marks
Five Graves to Cairo— Doane Harrison
For Whom the Bell Tolls— Sherman Todd, John Link
The Song of Bernadette— Barbara McLean
Sound Recording
This Land Is Mine— RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Stephen Dunn, Sound Director
Winner
Hangmen Also Die— Sound Service, Inc., Jack Whitney, Sound Director
In Old Oklahoma— Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg, Sound Director
Madame Curie— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
Phantom of the Opera— Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
Riding High— Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
Sahara— Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
Saludos Amigos— Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, C. O. Slyfield, Sound Director
So This Is Washington— RCA Sound, J. L. Fields, Sound Director
The North Star— Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
The Song of Bernadette— 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
This Is the Army— Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
Documentary (Feature)
Desert Victory— British Ministry of Information
Winner
Baptism of Fire— United States Army
For God and Country— United States Army Pictorial Service
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of 8 films announced as nominations from which the Documentary Award Committee subsequently selected 5 titles for inclusion on the final ballot.
Report from the Aleutians— United States Army Pictorial Service
Silent Village— British Ministry of Information
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of 8 films announced as nominations from which the Documentary Award Committee subsequently selected 5 titles for inclusion on the final ballot.
The Battle of Russia— United States Department of War Special Service Division
War Department Report— United States Office of Strategic Services Field Photographic Bureau
We've Come a Long, Long Way— Negro Marches On, Inc.
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of 8 films announced as nominations from which the Documentary Award Committee subsequently selected 5 titles for inclusion on the final ballot.
Documentary (Short Subject)
December 7th— United States Navy
Winner
Bismarck Convoy Smashed— Australian Department of Information Film Unit
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of 21 films announced as nominations from which the Documentary Award Committee subsequently selected 7 titles for inclusion on the final ballot. This film did not appear on the final ballot.
Children of Mars— RKO Radio
Day of Battle— United States Office of War Information Domestic Motion Picture Bureau
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of 21 films announced as nominations from which the Documentary Award Committee subsequently selected 7 titles for inclusion on the final ballot. This film did not appear on the final ballot.
Kill or Be Killed— British Ministry of Information
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of 21 films announced as nominations from which the Documentary Award Committee subsequently selected 7 titles for inclusion on the final ballot. This film did not appear on the final ballot.
Land of My Mother— Polish Information Centre
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of 21 films announced as nominations from which the Documentary Award Committee subsequently selected 7 titles for inclusion on the final ballot. This film did not appear on the final ballot.
Letter from Livingston— United States Army 4th Signal Photographic Unit
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of 21 films announced as nominations from which the Documentary Award Committee subsequently selected 7 titles for inclusion on the final ballot. This film did not appear on the final ballot.
Life Line— United States Army Pictorial Service
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of 21 films announced as nominations from which the Documentary Award Committee subsequently selected 7 titles for inclusion on the final ballot. This film did not appear on the final ballot.
Plan for Destruction— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Servant of a Nation— Union of South Africa
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of 21 films announced as nominations from which the Documentary Award Committee subsequently selected 7 titles for inclusion on the final ballot. This film did not appear on the final ballot.
Swedes in America— United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau
Task Force— United States Coast Guard
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of 21 films announced as nominations from which the Documentary Award Committee subsequently selected 7 titles for inclusion on the final ballot. This film did not appear on the final ballot.
The Dutch Tradition— National Film Board of Canada
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of 21 films announced as nominations from which the Documentary Award Committee subsequently selected 7 titles for inclusion on the final ballot. This film did not appear on the final ballot.
The Labor Front— National Film Board of Canada
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of 21 films announced as nominations from which the Documentary Award Committee subsequently selected 7 titles for inclusion on the final ballot. This film did not appear on the final ballot.
The Rear Gunner— United States Department of War
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of 21 films announced as nominations from which the Documentary Award Committee subsequently selected 7 titles for inclusion on the final ballot. This film did not appear on the final ballot.
The Voice That Thrilled the World— Warner Bros.
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of 21 films announced as nominations from which the Documentary Award Committee subsequently selected 7 titles for inclusion on the final ballot. This film did not appear on the final ballot.
To the People of the United States— Walter Wanger, Producer
Tomorrow We Fly— United States Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Water--Friend or Enemy— Walt Disney, Producer
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of 21 films announced as nominations from which the Documentary Award Committee subsequently selected 7 titles for inclusion on the final ballot. This film did not appear on the final ballot.
Wings Up— United States Army Air Force 1st Motion Picture Unit
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Title was on a preliminary list of 21 films announced as nominations from which the Documentary Award Committee subsequently selected 7 titles for inclusion on the final ballot. This film did not appear on the final ballot.
Youth in Crisis— The March of Time
Special Award
To George Pal for the development of novel methods and techniques in the production of short subjects known as Puppetoons.
Winner
Hal B. Wallis
IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class II)
To 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 stereopticon equipment. [Special Photographic]
Winner
To PHOTO PRODUCTS DEPARTMENT, E. I. duPONT de NEMOURS AND CO., INC. for the development of fine-grain motion picture films. [Film]
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class III)
To 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. [Sound]
Winner
To 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. [Photography]
To FARCIOT EDOUART and the PARAMOUNT STUDIO TRANSPARENCY DEPARTMENT for an automatic electric transparency cueing timer. [Special Photographic]
To WILLARD H. TURNER and the RKO RADIO STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for the design and construction of the phono-cue starter. [Sound]
Music (Song)
"You'll Never Know" from Hello, Frisco, Hello— Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Winner
"A Change Of Heart" from Hit Parade of 1943— Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Harold Adamson
"Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe" from Cabin in the Sky— Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by E. Y. Harburg
"My Shining Hour" from The Sky's the Limit— Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
"Saludos Amigos" from Saludos Amigos— Music by Charles Wolcott; Lyrics by Ned Washington
"Say A Pray'r For The Boys Over There" from Hers to Hold— Music by Jimmy McHugh; Lyrics by Herb Magidson
"That Old Black Magic" from Star Spangled Rhythm— Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
This song was nominated under the title "Black Magic," as it was submitted by Paramount's Music Department. Academy records have been changed to show the more common form of the title.
"They're Either Too Young Or Too Old" from Thank Your Lucky Stars— Music by Arthur Schwartz; Lyrics by Frank Loesser
"We Mustn't Say Goodbye" from Stage Door Canteen— Music by James Monaco; Lyrics by Al Dubin
"You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" from Something to Shout About— Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Yankee Doodle Mouse— Frederick Quimby, Producer
Winner
Greetings Bait!— Leon Schlesinger, Producer
Imagination— Dave Fleischer, Producer
Reason and Emotion— Walt Disney, Producer
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins— George Pal, Producer
The Dizzy Acrobat— Walter Lantz, Producer
Short Subject (One-Reel)
Amphibious Fighters— Grantland Rice, Producer
Winner
Cavalcade of Dance with Veloz and Yolanda— Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Champions Carry On— Edmund Reek, Producer
Hollywood in Uniform— Ralph Staub, Producer
Seeing Hands— Pete Smith, Producer
Short Subject (Two-Reel)
Heavenly Music— Jerry Bresler and Sam Coslow, Producers
Winner
Letter to a Hero— Frederic Ullman, Jr., Producer
Mardi Gras— Walter MacEwen, Producer
Women at War— Gordon Hollingshead, Producer