Winner 
16th Academy Awards
The 1943 file: winners first, ballot trails on demand, and the films that shaped the ceremony.
Ceremony at a glance
Best Picture went to Casablanca. The winning leader is The Song of Bernadette with 4 wins. The most nominated title is The Song of Bernadette with 12 nominations. 32 winners named across 28 categories.
Most awarded titles
- The Song of Bernadette 4 wins12 nominations
- Casablanca 3 wins8 nominations
- Phantom of the Opera 2 wins4 nominations
- For Whom the Bell Tolls 1 win9 nominations
- The More the Merrier 1 win6 nominations
Best Picture Nominees
The major races
Casablanca took Picture; The Song of Bernadette controlled the board. Picture, Director, Actor and Actress: 4 of 4 decided, 25 nominees in all.
- 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.
Complete Ceremony Ledger
The winner in every category. Open the full ballot to see every nominee.
24 categories188 records32 winners
1 winner10 records
9 more nominees in the full ballot
Casablanca
Credit: Warner Bros.
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Casablanca
Credit: Michael Curtiz
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Princess O'Rourke
Credit: Norman Krasna
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner16 records
15 more nominees in the full ballot
The Song of Bernadette
Credit: Alfred Newman
1 winner10 records
9 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Air Force
Credit: George Amy
1 winner6 records
5 more nominees in the full ballot
Crash Dive
Credit: Fred SersenRoger Heman
1 winner6 records
1 winner5 records
1 winner10 records
9 more nominees in the full ballot
The Song of Bernadette
Credit: Arthur Miller
1 winner6 records
5 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner8 records
7 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner21 records
20 more nominees in the full ballot
December 7th
Credit: United States Navy
1 winner10 records
9 more nominees in the full ballot
This Is the Army
Credit: Ray Heindorf
1 winner6 records
5 more nominees in the full ballot
Yankee Doodle Mouse
Credit: Frederick Quimby
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
Amphibious Fighters
Credit: Grantland Rice
1 winner4 records
3 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner12 records
11 more nominees in the full ballot
1 winner5 records
4 more nominees in the full ballot
The Human Comedy
Credit: William Saroyan
Ceremony Highlights
Categories in this ceremony
Winner Circle
Casablanca
Michael Curtiz
Jennifer Jones
Paul Lukas
Katina Paxinou
Charles Coburn
Princess O'Rourke
Casablanca
The Song of Bernadette
You'll Never Know
George Amy
Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by Roger Heman
Art Direction: James Basevi, William Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
Art Direction: John B. Goodman, Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb
Arthur Miller
Hal Mohr, W. Howard Greene
British Ministry of Information
United States Navy
Hal B. Wallis
Ray Heindorf
Farciot Edouart, Earle Morgan, Barton Thompson and Paramount Studio
Photo Products Department and E. I. duPONT de NEMOURS AND CO. INC.
Charles Galloway Clarke and 20Th Century-Fox
Daniel J. Bloomberg and Republic
Farciot Edouart and Paramount Studio
Willard H. Turner and Rko Radio
Frederick Quimby, Producer
Grantland Rice, Producer
Jerry Bresler and Sam Coslow, Producers
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Stephen Dunn, Sound Director
George Pal
The Human Comedy
Sortable ledger
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