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- Only five films would be nominated for the Best Picture Award rather than the customary ten or twelve films in the past.
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The 16th Academy Awards | 1944. Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Thursday, March 2, 1944. Honoring movies released in 1943.
This was the last year until 2009 to have 10 nominations for Best Picture; The Ox-Bow Incident is, as of 2023, the last film to be nominated solely in that category. For Whom the Bell Tolls was the third film to receive nominations in all four acting categories.
- March 2, 1944
- Jack Benny
- The Song of Bernadette (12)
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From 1944 on, the Academy standardized the number of Best Picture nominees. Only five films would be nominated for the Best Picture Award rather than the customary ten or twelve films in the past.
1944 Oscars 16th Academy Awards: 16th Academy Awards took place on March 2, 1944; Venue: Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California; Host: Comedy legend Jack Benny; Eligibility Year: Films released in 1943; Major Wins: Casablanca snagged Best Picture; Best Actor went to Paul Lukas for Watch on the Rhine
16th Academy Awards (1944) - Movies from 1943. Highlights. Best Picture: Casablanca. Best Director: Michael Curtiz. Best Leading Actress: Jennifer Jones. Best Leading Actor: Paul Lukas. Best Supporting Actor: Charles Coburn. Best Supporting Actress: Katina Paxinou. Best Original Screenplay: Norman Krasna.
Nine films that were presented as direct sequels have been nominated for Best Picture: The Bells of St. Mary's (1945; the sequel to the 1944 winner, Going My Way), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Godfather Part III (1990), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Toy Story 3 (2010 ...
Oscar Nominated Movies from 1944. by mtatzgern | created - 11 Dec 2019 | updated - 11 Dec 2019 | Public. Feature films nominated for the 17th Academy Awards. Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. 65 titles.
