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Special Effects - Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
- The 16th Academy Awards
Special Effects - Photographic Effects by Gordon Jennings,...
- The 16th Academy Awards
The 15th Academy Awards was held in the Cocoanut Grove at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on March 4, 1943, honoring the films of 1942. The ceremony is most famous for the speech by Greer Garson ; accepting the award for Best Actress , Garson spoke for nearly six minutes, considered to be the longest Oscars acceptance speech.
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.
The 16th Academy Awards were held on March 2, 1944, to honor the films of 1943. This was the first Oscar ceremony held at a large public venue, Grauman's Chinese Theatre , and the first ceremony without a banquet as part of the festivities.
Special Effects - Photographic Effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart; Sound Effects by George Dutton Writing (Original Screenplay) - Allan Scott
SPECIAL EFFECTS. The Absent Minded Professor – Visual Effects by Robert A. Mattey, Eustace Lycett. The Guns of Navarone – Visual Effects by Bill Warrington; Audible Effects by Vivian C. Greenham.
The Academy Award for Best Special Effects (photographic and sound) was awarded to this film. There were 14 nominees for the honor, including Boom Town, Dr. Cyclops, Foreign Correspondent, The Invisible Man Returns, One Million B.C., Rebecca, The Sea Hawk, Typhoon, and Swiss Family Robinson.
