1943 in film
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The year 1943 in film involved some significant events.
Events
Top grossing films
- North America
- For Whom the Bell Tolls
- The Song of Bernadette
- This is the Army
- Stage Door Canteen
- Star Spangled Rhythm
- Casablanca
- Journey Into Fear
- Hit the ice
- The Ape Man
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
- 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
- No Time for Love
- Old Acquaintance
- The Ox-Bow Incident
- Sahara
- Shadow of a Doubt, directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- The Song of Bernadette
- So Proudly We Hail!
- 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
- February 20 - Mike Leigh, director
- 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 British actor (b. 1893)