Academy Awards 1945
Overview of all award-winning films
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The 1945 Academy Awards took place on March 15, 1945 at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles . It was the 17th Annual Academy Awards . In the year of the award, films from the previous year are always recognized, in this case the films from 1944.
Statistics (films with more than one nomination are listed) N = nomination; S = victory |
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Movie | N | S. |
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The way to luck | 10 | 7th |
Wilson | 10 | 5 |
When you said goodbye | 9 | 1 |
Lady Alquist's house | 7th | 2 |
Woman without a conscience | 7th | 0 |
The goddess is dancing | 5 | 1 |
Laura | 5 | 1 |
None But the Lonely Heart | 4th | 1 |
Kismet | 4th | 0 |
Meet Me in St. Louis | 4th | 0 |
Hollywood Canteen | 3 | 0 |
A woman's dreams | 3 | 0 |
Brazilian serenade | 3 | 0 |
Mark Twain's adventures | 3 | 0 |
The lifeboat | 3 | 0 |
Such a papa | 3 | 0 |
Thirty seconds over Tokyo | 2 | 1 |
It happened tomorrow | 2 | 0 |
Belita is dancing | 2 | 0 |
Higher and higher | 2 | 0 |
The corsair ship | 2 | 0 |
The life of Mrs. Skeffington | 2 | 0 |
A woman's diary | 2 | 0 |
Address Unknown | 2 | 0 |
Minstrel Man | 2 | 0 |
Song of the Open Road | 2 | 0 |
Dragon Seed | 2 | 0 |
Up in Arms | 2 | 0 |
Voice in the Wind | 2 | 0 |
Moderation
Winners and nominations
Best movie
presented by Hal B. Wallis
Going My Way (Going My Way) - Leo McCarey
- Woman Without a Conscience (Double Indemnity) - Joseph Sistrom
- Lady Alquist's House (Gaslight) - Arthur Hornblow Jr.
- When you said goodbye (Since You Went Away) - David O. Selznick
- Wilson - Darryl F. Zanuck
Best director
presented by Mervyn LeRoy
Leo McCarey - Going My Way (Going My Way)
- Billy Wilder - Woman Without a Conscience (Double Indemnity)
- Otto Preminger - Laura
- Alfred Hitchcock - The Lifeboat
- Henry King - Wilson (Wilson)
Best Actor
presented by Barry Fitzgerald
Bing Crosby - Going My Way (Going My Way)
- Charles Boyer - The House of Lady Alquist (Gaslight)
- Barry Fitzgerald - Going My Way
- Cary Grant - None But the Lonely Heart
- Alexander Knox - Wilson
Best main actress
presented by Jennifer Jones
Ingrid Bergman - The House of Lady Alquist (Gaslight)
- Barbara Stanwyck - Woman Without a Conscience (Double Indemnity)
- Bette Davis - The Life of Mrs. Skeffington (Mr. Skeffington)
- Greer Garson - Diary of a Woman (Mrs. Parkington)
- Claudette Colbert - Since You Went Away (Since You Went Away)
Best supporting actor
presented by Charles Coburn
Barry Fitzgerald - Going My Way (Going My Way)
- Clifton Webb - Laura
- Claude Rains - The Life of Mrs. Skeffington (Mr. Skeffington)
- Hume Cronyn - The Seventh Cross (The Seventh Cross)
- Monty Woolley - Since You Went Away (Since You Went Away)
The best supporting actress
presented by Teresa Wright
Ethel Barrymore - None But the Lonely Heart
- Aline MacMahon - dragon's (Dragon Seed)
- Angela Lansbury - The House of Lady Alquist (Gaslight)
- Agnes Moorehead - Diary of a Woman (Mrs. Parkington)
- Jennifer Jones - Since You Went Away (Since You Went Away)
Best original script
presented by Hugo Butler
Lamar Trotti - Wilson (Wilson)
- Preston Sturges - Hail the conquering hero (Hail the Conquering Hero)
- Preston Sturges - Sensation in Morgan's Creek (The Miracle of Morgan's Creek)
- Richard Connell , Gladys Lehman - My Girls and a Sailor (Two Girls and a Sailor)
- Jerome Cady - Mission in the Pacific (Wing and a Prayer)
Best original story
presented by Hugo Butler
Leo McCarey - Going My Way (Going My Way)
- David Boehm , Chandler Sprague - Fight in the Clouds (A Guy Named Joe)
- John Steinbeck - The Lifeboat
- Alfred Neumann , Joseph Than - None Shall Escape
- Edward Doherty , Jules Schermer - Five Heroes (The Sullivans)
Best adapted script
presented by Hugo Butler
Frank Butler , Frank Cavett - Going My Way (Going My Way)
- Raymond Chandler , Billy Wilder - Woman Without a Conscience (Double Indemnity)
- John L. Balderston , Walter Reisch , John Van Druten - The House of Lady Alquist (Gaslight)
- Jay Dratler , Samuel Hoffenstein , Elizabeth Reinhardt - Laura
- Irving Brecher , Fred F. Finklehoffe - Meet Me in St. Louis
Best camera (black and white film)
presented by Bob Hope
- John F. Seitz - Woman Without a Conscience (Double Indemnity)
- Sidney Wagner - dragon's (Dragon Seed)
- Joseph Ruttenberg - The House of Lady Alquist (Gaslight)
- Lionel Lindon - Going My Way (Going My Way)
- Glen MacWilliams - The Lifeboat
- Stanley Cortez , Lee Garmes - Since You Went Away (Since You Went Away)
- Charles Lang - The mysterious guest (The Uninvited)
- George J. Folsey - The White Cliffs of Dover
- Robert Surtees , Harold Rosson - Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo)
Best camera (color film)
presented by Bob Hope
- Rudolph Maté , Allen M. Davey - The Goddess Dances (Cover Girl)
- Edward Cronjager - At home in Indiana (Home in Indiana)
- Charles Rosher - Kismet
- Ray Rennahan - A Woman's Dreams (Lady in the Dark)
- George J. Folsey - Meet Me in St. Louis
Best production design (black and white film)
presented by John Cromwell
Cedric Gibbons , William Ferrari , Edwin B. Willis , Paul Huldschinsky - Das Haus der Lady Alquist (Gaslight)
- Lionel Banks , Walter Holscher , Joseph Kish - Address Unknown
- Perry Ferguson , Julia Heron - Such a Daddy (Casanova Brown)
- Lyle R. Wheeler , Leland Fuller , Thomas Little - Laura
- Hans Dreier , Robert Usher , Sam Comer - No Time for Love (No Time for Love)
- Mark-Lee Kirk , Victor A. Gangelin - Since You Went Away (Since You Went Away)
- Albert S. D'Agostino , Carroll Clark , Darrell Silvera , Claude E. Carpenter - Step Lively
- John Hughes , Fred M. MacLean - Die Abenteuer Mark Twain (The Adventures of Mark Twain)
Best production design (color film)
presented by John Cromwell
Wiard you , Thomas Little - Wilson
- Lionel Banks , Cary Odell , Fay Babcock - The Goddess Dances (Cover Girl)
- Cedric Gibbons , Daniel B. Cathcart , Edwin B. Willis , Richard Pefferle - Kismet
- Hans Dreier , Raoul Pene Du Bois , Ray Moyer - A Woman's Dreams (Lady in the Dark)
- John B. Goodman , Alexander Golitzen , Russell A. Gausman , Ira Webb - The Climax
- Charles Novi , Jack McConaghy - love song of the desert (The Desert Song)
- Ernst Fegté , Howard Bristol - Das Korsarenschiff (The Princess and the Pirate)
Best tone
presented by John Cromwell
- Bernard B. Brown - The House Fairy (His Butler's Sister)
- Daniel J. Bloomberg - Brazilian Serenade (Brazil)
- Thomas T. Moulton - Such a Papa (Casanova Brown)
- John P. Livadary - The Goddess Dances (Cover Girl)
- Loren L. Ryder - Woman Without a Conscience (Double Indemnity)
- Nathan Levinson - Hollywood Canteen
- Jack Whitney - It Happened Tomorrow (It Happened Tomorrow)
- Douglas Shearer - Kismet
- Stephen Dunn - Music in Manhattan
- Mac Dalgleish - Voice in the Wind
Best cut
presented by John Cromwell
- LeRoy Stone - Going My Way (Going My Way)
- Owen Marks - Janie
- Roland Gross - None But the Lonely Heart
- Hal C. Kern , James E. Newcom - Since You Went Away (Since You Went Away)
Best visual effects
presented by John Cromwell
A. Arnold Gillespie , Donald Year in , Warren Newcombe , Douglas Shearer - Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo)
- Vernon L. Walker , James G. Stewart , Roy Granville - Days of Glory
- David Allen , Ray Cory , Robert Wright , Russell Malmgren , Harry Kusnick - Secret Command
- Jack Cosgrove , Arthur Johns - Since You Went Away ( Since You Went Away )
- Paul Detlefsen , John Crouse , Nathan Levinson - Die Abenteuer Mark Twain (The Adventures of Mark Twain)
- Farciot Edouart , Gordon Jennings , George Dutton - Dr. Wassell's Escape from Java (The Story of Dr. Wassell)
- Fred Sersen , Roger Heman Sr. - Wilson
Best song
presented by Bob Hope
Jimmy Van Heusen , Johnny Burke - Swinging on a Star in Der Weg zum Glück (Going My Way)
- Ary Barroso , Ned Washington - Rio de Janeiro in Brazilian Serenade (Brazil)
- Jerome Kern , Ira Gershwin - Long Ago (and Far Away) in The Goddess Dances (Cover Girl)
- Jule Styne , Sammy Cahn - I'll Walk Alone in Follow the Boys
- Jimmy McHugh , Harold Adamson - I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night in Higher and Higher
- Maurice K. Jerome , Ted Koehler - Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart in Hollywood Canteen
- Lew Pollack , Charles Newman - Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams in Belita tanzt (Lady, Let's Dance)
- Ralph Blane , Hugh Martin - The Trolley Song in Meet Me in St. Louis
- Harry Revel , Paul Francis Webster - Remember Me to Carolina in Minstrel Man
- Walter Kent , Kim Gannon - Too Much in Love in Song of the Open Road
- James V. Monaco , Mack Gordon - I'm Making Believe in Sweet and Low-Down
- Harold Arlen , Ted Koehler - Now I Know in Up in Arms
Best Score (Drama / Comedy)
presented by Bob Hope
Max Steiner - As you said goodbye (Since You Went Away)
- Constantin Bakaleinikoff , Hanns Eisler - None But the Lonely Heart
- Karl Hajos - summer storms (Summer Storm)
- Arthur Lange - Such a Papa (Casanova Brown)
- Michel Michelet , Edward Paul - The Hairy Ape
- Miklós Rózsa - Woman Without a Conscience (Double Indemnity)
- Freddie Rich - Jack London
- David Rose - Das Korsarenschiff (The Princess and the Pirate)
- Hans J. Salter - Christmas holidays (Christmas Holiday)
- Walter Scharf , Roy Webb - Alarm in the Pacific (The Fighting Seabees)
- Max Steiner - The Adventures of Mark Twain (The Adventures of Mark Twain)
- Morris Stoloff , Ernst Toch - Address Unknown
- Robert Stolz - It Happened Tomorrow (It Happened Tomorrow)
- Herbert Stothart - Kismet
- Dimitri Tiomkin - The Bridge of San Luis Rey
- Miklós Rózsa - A Woman for the Marshall (The Woman of the Town)
- W. Franke Harling - Three Russian Girls
- Edward Paul - Up in Mabel's Room
- Michel Michelet - Voice in the Wind
- Alfred Newman - Wilson
Best Score (Music Film)
presented by Bob Hope
Carmen Dragon , Morris Stoloff - The Goddess Dances (Cover Girl)
- Walter Scharf - Brazilian Serenade (Brazil)
- Constantin Bakaleinikoff - Higher and Higher
- Ray Heindorf - Hollywood Canteen
- Alfred Newman - Irish Eyes Are Smiling
- Werner R. Heymann , Kurt Weill - Knickerbocker Holiday
- Robert Emmett Dolan - A Woman's Dreams (Lady in the Dark)
- Edward J. Kay - Belita dances (Lady, Let's Dance)
- George Stoll - Meet Me in St. Louis
- Leo Erdody , Ferde Grofé - Minstrel Man
- Mahlon Merrick - Sensations for Millions (Sensations of 1945)
- Charles Previn - Song of the Open Road
- Hans J. Salter - The Merry Monahans
- Louis Forbes , Ray Heindorf - Up in Arms
Best short film (1 film roll)
presented by John Cromwell
Who's Who in Animal Land - Jerry Fairbanks
- Screen Snapshots' 50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures - Ralph Staub
- Blue Grass Gentlemen - Edmund Reek
- Jammin 'the Blues - Gordon Hollingshead
- Movie Pests - Pete Smith
Best short film (2 film roles)
presented by John Cromwell
I won't play! - Gordon Hollingshead
Best animated short film
presented by Mervyn LeRoy
Tom Educates (Mouse Trouble) - Fred Quimby
- And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street - George Pal
- Dog, Cat, and Canary - Columbia Pictures
- Baked Fish (Fish Fry) - Walter Lantz
- How to play football (How to Play Football) - Walt Disney
- My Boy Johnny - Paul Terry
- Piggy Dick lays an egg (Swooner Crooner) - Warner Bros.
Best Documentary (Short Film)
presented by John Cromwell
With the Marines at Tarawa - US Marine Corps
Best documentary
presented by John Cromwell
The Fighting Lady - 20th Century Fox , US Navy
Prizes of honor
Honorary Oscar
presented by Walter Wanger
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
presented by Norma Shearer
Juvenile Award
Scientific and Engineering Award
presented by John Cromwell
Technical Achievement Award
presented by John Cromwell
- Daniel J. Bloomberg
- Bernard B. Brown , John P. Livadary
- Russ Brown , Ray Hinsdale , Joseph E. Robbins
- Linwood G. Dunn , Cecil Love
- Gordon Jennings
- Grover arbor
- Paul K. Lerpae
- Paul Zeff , SJ Twining , George Seid
Web links
- Academy Awards 1945 in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Academy Awards 1945 in the Academy Awards Data Base