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Aug 8, 2010 · Montage of stills from films that won Oscars for the year 1943 (presented at the 16th Academy Awards on March 2, 1944) set to the year's Oscar-winning song.
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Apr 3, 2020 · Scenes from the Oscars. Includes Lowell Mellett from the Office of War Information speaking. Also includes composer Irving Berlin addressing the audience. Mr...
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Attendees at the 15th Academy Awards. Greer Garson and James Cagney. Best Actress winner for Mrs. Miniver and Best Actor winner for Yankee Doodle Dandy. Teresa Wright. Supporting Actress winner for Mrs. Minver. View More Memorable Moments.
Top Hits of 1943 is compiled from popular US radio station charts and surveys. WWII GIs listened to these songs while fighting in Europe. Thank you to all Yo...
Apr 9, 2016 · The song, composed by the Harold Arlen-Yip Harburg team who gave us The Wizard of Oz, is also plenty wonderful on its own terms and was covered to great success by the likes of Ella Fitzgerald and Judy Garland, among others (note that Arlen also composed two other nominees this year - "My Shining Hour" and "That Old Black Magic"). But it really is Waters' powerhouse vocal that puts the tune so ...
The classic masterpiece of sacrifice and comradeship deservedly won the Best Picture award for 1943, but it was a dark horse candidate. Actually, it should have competed against Mrs. Miniver (1942) (the Best Picture winner in the previous year), since it premiered in New York in November of that year.
Mrs. Miniver also won Academy Awards for Best Actress (Greer Garson), Best Supporting Actress (Teresa Wright), Black-and-White Cinematography (Joseph Ruttenberg), Directing (William Wyler), and Writing – Screenplay (Arthur Wimperis, George Froeschel, James Hilton, and Claudine West). Bob Hope was the master of ceremonies again, and Jeanette ...
