1943 IN FILM

The year '1943 in film' involved some significant events.

Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Awards

Films released in 1943

Serials

Short film series

Animated short film series

Births

Deaths

Events

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''

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''

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)

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

Short film series

★ ''Laurel and Hardy'' (1921-'1943')

★ ''Our Gang'' (1922–1944)

★ ''The Three Stooges'' (1934-1959)

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)

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

Deaths

★ February 14 - Dora Gerson, German actress (b. 1899)

★ June 1 - Leslie Howard, Academy Award-nominated American actor (b. 1893)