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Outstanding Motion Picture - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sound Recording - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director Mardi Gras
The 16th Academy Awards were held on March 2, 1944, to honor the films of 1943. This was the first Oscar ceremony held at a large public venue, Grauman's Chinese Theatre , and the first ceremony without a banquet as part of the festivities.
Feb 5, 2014 · Screen Snapshots’ 50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures – Ralph Staub Who’s Who in Animal Land – Jerry Fairbanks. SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) Bombalera – Louis Harris I Won’t Play – Gordon Hollingshead Main Street Today – Jerry Bresler, Herbert Moulton. SPECIAL AWARD. To Margaret O’Brien, outstanding child actress of 1944.
Besides being the top-grossing film of the year, it took seven Oscar awards: the Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Best Original Story, Best Screenplay, and Best Song awards. Both Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald won acting awards - in the lead and supporting categories respectively.
1944 Oscar Nominees and Winners. Outstanding Motion Picture: Casablanca – Hal B. Wallis for Warner Bros. (WINNER) For Whom the Bell Tolls – Sam Wood for Paramount. Heaven Can Wait – Ernst Lubitsch for 20th Century Fox. The Human Comedy – Clarence Brown for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In Which We Serve – Noël Coward for Two Cities Films.
The 17th Academy Awards were held on March 15, 1945 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, honoring the films of 1944. This was the first time the complete awards ceremony was broadcast nationally, on the Blue Network (later ABC Radio). Bob Hope hosted the 70-minute broadcast, which included film clips that required explanation for the radio audience.
Comedian Jack Benny hosted the 16th Annual Academy Awards which took place at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Thursday, March 2, 1944. Thw two big winners of the night were The Song of Bernadette with four wins and Casablanca with three including Best Picture.
