Academy Award Oscar trophy

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The 16th Academy Awards

March 2, 1944  •  Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood  •  Hosted by Jack Benny

8
Casablanca Noms
3
Casablanca Wins
Casablanca won Best Picture, Director, and Screenplay
The ceremony was held at Grauman's Chinese Theatre for the first time
Jennifer Jones won Best Actress in her first major film role
Best Picture & Directing
Best Picture
Winner
Casablanca
Hal B. Wallis, producer
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Heaven Can Wait
The Human Comedy
In Which We Serve
Madame Curie
The More the Merrier
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Song of Bernadette
Watch on the Rhine
Best Director
Winner
Michael Curtiz
Casablanca
Clarence Brown— The Human Comedy
Henry King— The Song of Bernadette
Ernst Lubitsch— Heaven Can Wait
George Stevens— The More the Merrier
Acting
Best Actor
Winner
Paul Lukas
Watch on the Rhine
Humphrey Bogart— Casablanca
Gary Cooper— For Whom the Bell Tolls
Walter Pidgeon— Madame Curie
Mickey Rooney— The Human Comedy
Best Actress
Winner
Jennifer Jones
The Song of Bernadette
Jean Arthur— The More the Merrier
Ingrid Bergman— For Whom the Bell Tolls
Joan Fontaine— The Constant Nymph
Greer Garson— Madame Curie
Best Supporting Actor
Winner
Charles Coburn
The More the Merrier
Charles Bickford— The Song of Bernadette
J. Carrol Naish— Sahara
Claude Rains— Casablanca
Akim Tamiroff— For Whom the Bell Tolls
Best Supporting Actress
Winner
Katina Paxinou
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Gladys Cooper— The Song of Bernadette
Paulette Goddard— So Proudly We Hail
Anne Revere— The Song of Bernadette
Lucile Watson— Watch on the Rhine
Writing
Best Original Story
Winner
William Saroyan
The Human Comedy
Best Original Screenplay
Winner
Norman Krasna
Princess O'Rourke
Best Screenplay
Winner
Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch
Casablanca
Music
Best Score (Drama/Comedy)
Winner
Alfred Newman
The Song of Bernadette
Best Score (Musical)
Winner
Ray Heindorf
This Is the Army
Best Original Song
Winner
"You'll Never Know" — Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
Hello Frisco Hello
Technical
Best Cinematography (B&W)
Winner
Arthur Miller
The Song of Bernadette
Best Cinematography (Color)
Winner
Hal Mohr, W. Howard Greene
The Phantom of the Opera
Best Film Editing
Winner
George Amy
Air Force
Art Direction & Costume
Best Art Direction (B&W)
Winner
James Basevi, William Darling
The Song of Bernadette
Best Art Direction (Color)
Winner
Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman
The Phantom of the Opera
Sound & Visual Effects
Best Sound Recording
Winner
Stephen Dunn (RKO Radio Studio)
This Land Is Mine
Best Special Effects
Winner
Fred Sersen (photo), Roger Heman (sound)
Crash Dive
Documentary & Short Films
Best Animated Short
Winner
Yankee Doodle Mouse
MGM — Tom & Jerry
Best Documentary Feature
Winner
With the Marines at Tarawa
USMC — WWII Pacific combat footage