1943 in film

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The year 1943 in film involved some significant events.
Contents[hide]
1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Awards
4 Films released in 1943
5 Serials
6 Short film series
7 Animated short film series
8 Births
9 Deaths
//

[edit] Events

[edit] Top grossing films
North America
For Whom the Bell Tolls
The Song of Bernadette
This is the Army
Stage Door Canteen
Random Harvest
Star Spangled Rhythm
Casablanca
Journey Into Fear

[edit] Awards
Academy Awards:
Best Picture: Casablanca - Warner Bros.
Best Director: Michael Curtiz - Casablanca
Best Actor: Paul Lukas - Watch on the Rhine
Best Actress: Jennifer Jones - The Song of Bernadette
Best Supporting Actor: Charles Coburn - The More the Merrier,
Best Supporting Actress: Katina Paxinou - For Whom the Bell Tolls
Golden Globe Awards:
Best Picture: The Song of Bernadette
Best Director: Henry King - The Song of Bernadette
Best Actor: Paul Lukas - Watch on the Rhine
Best Actress: Jennifer Jones - The Song of Bernadette

[edit] Films released in 1943
A Guy Named Joe
The Ape Man
Bataan
Cabin in the Sky
Calling Dr. Death the first of the Inner Sanctum mysteries, starring Lon Chaney Jr.
Casablanca
Crazy House
Coney Island
Corvette K-225
The Dancing Masters
The Demi-Paradise
Five Graves to Cairo
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Bela Lugosi
Heaven Can Wait
Hit the Ice, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
Hitler's Children
It Ain't Hay, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
Journey Into Fear
Lassie Come Home
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Madame Curie
The Man in Grey, the first of the Gainsborough melodramas
Millions Like Us
The More the Merrier
Mr. Lucky
Münchhausen
Old Acquaintance
The Ox-Bow Incident
Sahara
Shadow of a Doubt, directed by Alfred Hitchcock
The Song of Bernadette
Stormy Weather
A Stranger in Town
This is the Army
Thousands Cheer
Titanic
Watch on the Rhine
We Dive at Dawn
We've Never Been Licked
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith, screenplay by the playwright Lawrence Riley et al. (film mentioned in article)

[edit] Serials
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
Batman, starring Lewis Wilson
Daredevils of the West, starring Allan Lane, directed by John English
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
G-Men vs The Black Dragon, starring Rod Cameron, directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
The Masked Marvel, directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
The Phantom, starring Tom Tyler
Secret Service in Darkest Africa, starring Rod Cameron, directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet

[edit] Short film series
Laurel and Hardy (1921-1943)
Our Gang (1922–1944)
The Three Stooges (1934-1959)

[edit] Animated short film series
Mickey Mouse (1928–1953)
Looney Tunes (1930–1969)
Terrytoons (1930–1964)
Merrie Melodies (1931–1969)
Scrappy (1931–1941)
Popeye (1933–1957)
Color Rhapsodies (1934–1949)
Donald Duck (1934–1956)
Daffy Duck (1937 – 1966)
Goofy (1939–1955)
Andy Panda (1939–1949)
Tom and Jerry (MGM) (1940–1958)
Woody Woodpecker (1941–1949)
Swing Symphonies (1941–1945)
The Fox and the Crow (1941–1950)
Red Hot Riding Hood (1943–1949)
Chip and Dale (1943–1956)
Droopy (1943–1958)

[edit] Births
January 13 - Richard Moll, actor
March 15 - David Cronenberg, director
March 31 - Christopher Walken, actor
May 31 - Sharon Gless, actress
June 13 - Malcolm McDowell, actor
August 15 - Barbara Bouchet, actress
August 17 - Robert De Niro, actor
October 4 - John Bindon, actor and bodyguard
October 22 - Catherine Deneuve, actress
December 21 - Jack Nance, actor

[edit] Deaths
February 14 - Dora Gerson, German actress (b. 1899)
June 1 - Leslie Howard, Academy Award-nominated British actor (b. 1893)