Program

National Anthem - Susanna Foster
Motion Pictures on the Fighting Front - U.S. Army
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Hollywood Victory Committee presents:
Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy
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"Hollywood Entertains Our Fighting Men"
with
Ray Bolger
Lena Horne
Betty Hutton
Kay Kyser and His Band
Mitzi Gaynor
Red Skelton
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Awards for Short Subjects - Presented by Walter Wanger

For Cartoon Short Subject:
"Yankee Doodle Mouse" - Frederick Quimby, Producer

For One-Reel Short Subject:
"Amphibious Fighters" - Grantland Rice, Producer

For Two-Reel Short Subjects:
"Heavenly Music" - Jerry Bresler and Sam Coslow, Producers
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Awards for Music - Presented by Dinah Shore

For Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
"The Song of Bernadette" - Alfred Newman

For Music Scoring of a Musical PIcture
"This is the Army" - Ray Heindorf

For Song
"You'll Never Know" from "Hello, Frisco, Hello" - Music by Harry Warren, Lyric by Mack Gordon
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Award for Film Editing - Presented by Y. Frank Freeman

"Air Force" - George Amy
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Award for Sound Recording - Presented by Y. Frank Freeman

"This Land is Mine" - RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Stephen Dunn, Sound Director
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Award for Special Effects - Presented by Y. Frank Freeman

"Crash Dive" - Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen, Sound Effects by Roger Herman
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Awards for Scientific or Technical Achievements - Presented by Y. Frank Freeman

Class II Award (Special Photographic):
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 stereoptican equipment.

Class II Award (Film)
Photo Prooducts Department, E. I. duPont de Nemours and Co., Inc. for the development of fine-grain motion picture films.

Class III Award (Sound)
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.

Class III Award (Sound)
Willard H. Turner and the RKO Radio Studio Sound Deptement for the design and construction of the phono-cue starter.

Class III Award (Photography)
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.

Class III Award (Special Photographic)
Farciot Edouart and the Paramount Studio Transparency Department for an automatic electric transparency cueing timer.
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Special Award for Scientific Achievement - Presented by Y. Frank Freeman

George Pal for the development of novel methods and techniques in the production of short subjects known as Puppetoons.
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Awards for Art Direction and Interior Decoration - Presented by Carole Landis

For Blank and White:
"The Song of Bernadette" - Art Direction: James Basevi, William Darling; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little

For Color:
"Phantom of the Opera" - Art Direction: John B. Goodman, Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russel A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb
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Awards for Cinematography - Presented by Rosalind Russell

For Black and White:
"The Song of Bernadette" - Arthur Miller

For Color:
"Phantom of the Opera" - Hal Mohr, W. Howard Greene
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Awards for Writing - Presented by James Hilton

For Original Motion Picture Story:
"The Human Comedy" - William Saroyan

For Original Screenplay:
"Princess O'Rourke" - Norman Krasna

For Screenplay:
"Casablanca" - Julius J. Espstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch
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Award for Direction - Presented by Mark Sandrich

"Casablanca" - Michael Curtiz
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Awards for Documentary - Presented by Howard Estabrook

For Short Subject Documentary:
"December 7th" - United States Navy, Field Photographic Branch, Office of Stategic Services

For Feature-Length Documentary:
" Desert Victory" - British Ministry of Information
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Award for Most Outstanding Motion Picture of the Year - Presented by Sidney A. Franklin

"Casablanca" - Warner Bros.
(Traditionally, the producer of the winning film would accept, but in this case Jack L. Warner reached the stage to accept the honor before Hal B. Wallis, credited producer of "Casablanca," could get there —ED)
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Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award - Presented by Col. Darryl F. Zanuck

To Hal B. Wallis
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Award for Supporting Actor - Presented by Donald Crisp

"The More the Marrier" - Charles Coburn
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Award for Supporting Actress - Presented by Teresa Wright

"For Whom the Bell Tolls" - Katina Paxinou
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Award for Actor - Presented by George Murphy

"Watch on the Rhine" - Paul Lukas
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Award for Actress - Presented by Greer Garson

"The Song of Benadette" - Jennifer Jones
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Announcer - Ken Carpenter

ACADEMY OFFICERS
Walter Wagner - President
James Hilton - Vice-President
Jean Hersholt - Vice President
Howard Hawks - Vice-President
Rosalind Russell - Vice-President
John LeRoy Johnston - Secretary
W. B. Ihnen - Assistant Secretary
Mrs. Donald Gledhill - Executive Secretary
Donald Crisp - Treasurer
Nat W. Finston - Assistant Treasurer
Loyd Wright - Counsel

BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Edward Arnold
Fay Bainter
Charles Brackett
Walter E. Disney
Hector S. Dods
Farciot Edouart
Nat W. Finston
Y. Frank Freeman
Howard Hawks
Jean Hersholt
John LeRoy Johnston
Mervyn LeRoy
Mary C. McCall, Jr.
E. J. Mannix
Seton I. Miller
Thomas T. Moulton
Pete Smith
Sam Wood

AWARDS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Walter Wanger, Chairman
Charles Brackett
Donald Crisp
Alex Evelove
Nat W. Finston
Y. Frank Freeman
Mrs. Donald Gledhill
Hal Hall
John LeRoy Johnston
John C. Lee
Mervyn LeRoy
E. J. Mannix
Mary C. McCall, Jr.
Arch Reeve
Loyd Wright

DOCUMENTARY AWARDS COMMITTEE
Howard Estabrook, Chairman
William Dozier
Edward Dmytryk
James Wong Howe
Joris Ivens
Nunnally Johnson
Edward G, Robinson
Rosalind Russell
Sidney Solow
Frank Tuttle

TRAFFIC COMMITTEE
Whitey Hendry, Chairman
Capt. Lee C. German
Lt. William H. Wingard

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

To Marco, for staging the presentation;
To Mr. Charles Skouras and his staff for donating the facilities of Grauman's Chinese Theatre;
To the Armed Forces Radio Service and the Columbia Broadcasting Service for their assistance in making possible the around-the-world broadcast;
To the artists who are appearing on the program;
To the many committees and individual Academy members whose contributions of time and interest made this Awards presentation possible;
To Mr. Nat W. Finston for his assistance as musical advisor ;
To the Screen Actors Guild, the Screen Directors Guild, the Screen Writers Guild and the Assiciation of Motion Picture Producers for their cooperation.

Wednesday, July 19, 1944:

Matinee of "Take It or Leave It" and Candlelight in Allgeria"
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Marine Corps Night Special Performance at 8:30 PM:

MARINE RAIDERS
Starring Pat O'Brien
and Robert Ryan
Directed by Harold D. Schuster
An R-K-O Radio Picture
90 Minutes
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All Seats: $2.50 including tax
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All Proceeds Benefit The Marine Corps League

Reported Gross "Take It or Leave It" @ 50¢ - $1.00

Week Week Ending Gross

1 Wednesday, July 19, 1944 $9,200

Totals

7 Days Daily Average: $1,314 --

1 Week $9,200

Source: Variety