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Academy Awards, USA: 1945

Oscar

Date:	15 March
Host:	John Cromwell (I) (first half); Bob Hope (I) (last half)
Location:	Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, California, USA
Notes:	For the third and last time the awards are made of plaster, later to be replaced with the real thing.

Best Picture


Winner:
	Going My Way (1944) - Paramount
Other Nominees:
	Double Indemnity (1944) - Paramount Gaslight (1944) - M-G-M Since You Went Away (1944) - Selznick International Pictures Wilson (1944) - 20th Century Fox

Best Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Going My Way (1944) - Bing Crosby
Other Nominees:
	Gaslight (1944) - Charles Boyer (I) Going My Way (1944) - Barry Fitzgerald (I) None But the Lonely Heart (1944) - Cary Grant Wilson (1944) - Alexander Knox

Best Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Gaslight (1944) - Ingrid Bergman (I)
Other Nominees:
	Double Indemnity (1944) - Barbara Stanwyck Mr. Skeffington (1944) - Bette Davis Mrs. Parkington (1944) - Greer Garson Since You Went Away (1944) - Claudette Colbert

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Going My Way (1944) - Barry Fitzgerald (I)
Other Nominees:
	Laura (1944) - Clifton Webb Mr. Skeffington (1944) - Claude Rains Since You Went Away (1944) - Monty Woolley The Seventh Cross (1944) - Hume Cronyn

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	None But the Lonely Heart (1944) - Ethel Barrymore
Other Nominees:
	Dragon Seed (1944) - Aline MacMahon Gaslight (1944) - Angela Lansbury Mrs. Parkington (1944) - Agnes Moorehead Since You Went Away (1944) - Jennifer Jones (I)

Best Director


Winner:
	Going My Way (1944) - Leo McCarey
Other Nominees:
	Double Indemnity (1944) - Billy Wilder Laura (1944) - Otto Preminger Lifeboat (1944) - Alfred Hitchcock (I) Wilson (1944) - Henry King (I)

Best Writing, Original Screenplay


Winner:
	Wilson (1944) - Lamar Trotti
Other Nominees:
	Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) - Preston Sturges The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944) - Preston Sturges Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) - Richard Connell (I); Gladys Lehman Wing and a Prayer (1944) - Jerome Cady

Best Writing, Original Story


Winner:
	Going My Way (1944) - Leo McCarey
Other Nominees:
	A Guy Named Joe (1943) - David Boehm (I); Chandler Sprague Lifeboat (1944) - John Steinbeck None Shall Escape (1944) - Alfred Neumann (I); Joseph Than The Sullivans (1944) - Edward Doherty; Jules Schermer

Best Writing, Screenplay


Winner:
	Going My Way (1944) - Frank Butler (I); Frank Cavett
Other Nominees:
	Double Indemnity (1944) - Raymond Chandler; Billy Wilder Gaslight (1944) - John L. Balderston; Walter Reisch; John Van Druten Laura (1944) - Jay Dratler; Samuel Hoffenstein; Elizabeth Reinhardt Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) - Irving Brecher; Fred F. Finklehoffe

Best Cinematography, Color


Winner:
	Wilson (1944) - Leon Shamroy
Other Nominees:
	Cover Girl (1944) - Rudolph Mat�; Allen M. Davey (I) Home in Indiana (1944) - Edward Cronjager Kismet (1944) - Charles Rosher Lady in the Dark (1944) - Ray Rennahan Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) - George J. Folsey

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White


Winner:
	Laura (1944) - Joseph LaShelle
Other Nominees:
	Double Indemnity (1944) - John F. Seitz Dragon Seed (1944) - Sidney Wagner Gaslight (1944) - Joseph Ruttenberg Going My Way (1944) - Lionel Lindon Lifeboat (1944) - Glen MacWilliams Since You Went Away (1944) - Stanley Cortez; Lee Garmes The Uninvited (1944) - Charles Lang (I) The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) - George J. Folsey Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) - Robert Surtees; Harold Rosson

Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White


Winner:
	Gaslight (1944) - Cedric Gibbons; William Ferrari; Edwin B. Willis; Paul Huldschinsky
Other Nominees:
	Address Unknown (1944) - Lionel Banks; Walter Holscher; Joseph Kish Casanova Brown (1944) - Perry Ferguson; Julia Heron Laura (1944) - Lyle R. Wheeler; Leland Fuller; Thomas Little (I) No Time for Love (1943) - Hans Dreier; Robert Usher; Sam Comer Since You Went Away (1944) - Mark-Lee Kirk; Victor A. Gangelin Step Lively (1944) - Albert S. D'Agostino; Carroll Clark; Darrell Silvera; Claude E. Carpenter The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) - John Hughes (II); Fred M. MacLean

Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color


Winner:
	Wilson (1944) - Wiard Ihnen; Thomas Little (I)
Other Nominees:
	Cover Girl (1944) - Lionel Banks; Cary Odell; Fay Babcock Kismet (1944) - Cedric Gibbons; Daniel B. Cathcart; Edwin B. Willis; Richard Pefferle Lady in the Dark (1944) - Hans Dreier; Raoul Pene Du Bois; Ray Moyer (I) The Climax (1944) - John B. Goodman (I); Alexander Golitzen; Russell A. Gausman; Ira Webb The Desert Song (1943) - Charles Novi; Jack McConaghy The Princess and the Pirate (1944) - Ernst Fegt�; Howard Bristol

Best Sound, Recording


Winner:
	Wilson (1944) - Edmund H. Hansen (20th Century-Fox SSD)
Other Nominees:
	Brazil (1944) - Daniel J. Bloomberg (Republic SSD) Casanova Brown (1944) - Thomas T. Moulton (Samuel Goldwyn SSD) Cover Girl (1944) - John P. Livadary (Columbia SSD) Double Indemnity (1944) - Loren L. Ryder (Paramount SSD) His Butler's Sister (1943) - Bernard B. Brown (Universal SSD) Hollywood Canteen (1944) - Nathan Levinson (Warner Bros. SSD) It Happened Tomorrow (1944) - Jack Whitney (I) (Sound Services Inc.) Kismet (1944) - Douglas Shearer (M-G-M SSD) Music in Manhattan (1944) - Stephen Dunn (I) (RKO Radio SSD) Voice in the Wind (1944) - Mac Dalgleish (RCA Sound)

Best Film Editing


Winner:
	Wilson (1944) - Barbara McLean (I)
Other Nominees:
	Going My Way (1944) - LeRoy Stone Janie (1944) - Owen Marks None But the Lonely Heart (1944) - Roland Gross (I) Since You Went Away (1944) - Hal C. Kern; James E. Newcom

Best Effects, Special Effects


Winner:
	Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) - A. Arnold Gillespie (photographic); Donald Jahraus (photographic); Warren Newcombe (photographic); Douglas Shearer (sound)
Other Nominees:
	Days of Glory (1944) - Vernon L. Walker (photographic); James G. Stewart (sound); Roy Granville (I) (sound) Secret Command (1944) - David Allen (VI) (photographic); Ray Cory (photographic); Robert Wright (V) (photographic); Russell Malmgren (sound); Harry Kusnick (sound) Since You Went Away (1944) - Jack Cosgrove (I) (photographic); Arthur Johns (I) (sound) The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) - Paul Detlefsen (photographic); John Crouse (I) (photographic); Nathan Levinson (sound) The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944) - Farciot Edouart (photographic); Gordon Jennings (I) (photographic); George Dutton (I) (sound) Wilson (1944) - Fred Sersen (photographic); Roger Heman Sr. (sound)

Best Music, Original Song


Winner:
	Going My Way (1944) - Jimmy Van Heusen (music); Johnny Burke (II) (lyrics) - For the song "Swinging on a Star".
Other Nominees:
	Brazil (1944) - Ary Barroso (music); Ned Washington (lyrics) - For the song "Rio de Janeiro". Cover Girl (1944) - Jerome Kern (music); Ira Gershwin (lyrics) - For the song "Long Ago and Far Away". Follow the Boys (1944) - Jule Styne (music); Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - For the song "I'll Walk Alone". Higher and Higher (1943) - Jimmy McHugh (music); Harold Adamson (lyrics) - For the song "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night". Hollywood Canteen (1944) - M.K. Jerome (music); Ted Koehler (lyrics) - For the song "Sweet Dreams Sweetheart". Lady, Let's Dance (1944) - Lew Pollack (music); Charles Newman (I) (lyrics) - For the song "Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams". Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) - Ralph Blane; Hugh Martin (IV) - For the song "The Trolley Song". Minstrel Man (1944) - Harry Revel (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - For the song "Remember Me to Carolina". Song of the Open Road (1944) - Walter Kent (I) (music); Kim Gannon (lyrics) - For the song "Too Much in Love". Sweet and Low-Down (1944) - James V. Monaco (music); Mack Gordon (lyrics) - For the song "I'm Making Believe". Up in Arms (1944) - Harold Arlen (music); Ted Koehler (lyrics) - For the song "Now I Know".

Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture


Winner:
	Cover Girl (1944) - Carmen Dragon; Morris Stoloff
Other Nominees:
	Brazil (1944) - Walter Scharf Higher and Higher (1943) - C. Bakaleinikoff Hollywood Canteen (1944) - Ray Heindorf Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944) - Alfred Newman Knickerbocker Holiday (1944) - Werner R. Heymann; Kurt Weill Lady in the Dark (1944) - Robert Emmett Dolan Lady, Let's Dance (1944) - Edward J. Kay Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) - George Stoll (IV) Minstrel Man (1944) - Leo Erdody; Ferde Grof� Sr. Sensations of 1945 (1944) - Mahlon Merrick Song of the Open Road (1944) - Charles Previn The Merry Monahans (1944) - Hans J. Salter Up in Arms (1944) - Louis Forbes; Ray Heindorf

Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture


Winner:
	Since You Went Away (1944) - Max Steiner (I)
Other Nominees:
	Address Unknown (1944) - Morris Stoloff; Ernst Toch Casanova Brown (1944) - Arthur Lange Christmas Holiday (1944) - Hans J. Salter Double Indemnity (1944) - Mikl�s R�zsa It Happened Tomorrow (1944) - Robert Stolz Jack London (1943) - Freddie Rich Kismet (1944) - Herbert Stothart None But the Lonely Heart (1944) - C. Bakaleinikoff; Hanns Eisler Summer Storm (1944) - Karl Hajos The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) - Max Steiner (I) The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944) - Dimitri Tiomkin The Fighting Seabees (1944) - Walter Scharf; Roy Webb (I) The Hairy Ape (1944) - Michel Michelet; Edward Paul (II) The Princess and the Pirate (1944) - David Rose (I) The Woman of the Town (1943) - Mikl�s R�zsa Three Russian Girls (1943) - W. Franke Harling Up in Mabel's Room (1944) - Edward Paul (II) Voice in the Wind (1944) - Michel Michelet Wilson (1944) - Alfred Newman

Best Short Subject, Two-reel


Winner:
	I Won't Play (1944) - Gordon Hollingshead
Other Nominees:
	Bombalera (1945) - Louis Harris (I) Main Street Today (1944) - Jerry Bresler (I)

Best Short Subject, One-reel


Winner:
	Who's Who in Animal Land (1944) - Jerry Fairbanks
Other Nominees:
	50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures (1944) - Ralph Staub Blue-Grass Gentlemen (1944) - Edmund Reek Jammin' the Blues (1944) - Gordon Hollingshead Movie Pests (1944) - Pete Smith (I)

Best Short Subject, Cartoons


Winner:
	Mouse Trouble (1944) - Fred Quimby
Other Nominees:
	And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1944) - George Pal Dog, Cat, and Canary (1944) - Columbia Fish Fry (1944) - Walter Lantz How to Play Football (1944) - Walt Disney My Boy Johnny (1944) - Paul Terry (I) Swooner Crooner (1944) - Warner Bros.

Best Documentary, Short Subjects


Winner:
	With the Marines at Tarawa (1944) - U.S. Marine Corps
Other Nominees:
	Hymn of the Nations (1944) - Office of War Information - Nominated as "Arturo Toscanini". New Americans (1944) - RKO Radio

Best Documentary, Features


Winner:
	The Fighting Lady (1944) - 20th Century-Fox; U.S. Navy
Other Nominees:
	Resisting Enemy Interrogation (1944) - U.S. Army Air Force

Juvenile Award


Awarded to:
	Margaret O'Brien (I) - For outstanding child actress of 1944.

Honorary Award


Awarded to:
	Bob Hope (I) - For his many services to the Academy (Life Membership in the AMPAS).

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award


Awarded to:
	Darryl F. Zanuck

Academy Award of Merit


Winner:
	- Not awarded.

Scientific and Engineering Award


Winner:
	Stephen Dunn (I); RKO Radio SSD; Radio Corp. of America - For the design and development of the electronic compressor-limiter.

Technical Achievement Award


Winners:
	Radio Corp. of America; RKO Radio SSD - For the design and construction of the RKO reverberation chamber. Western Electric Co. - For the design and construction of the 1126A Limiting Amplifier for variable density sound recording. Daniel J. Bloomberg; Republic SSD - For the design and development of a multi-interlock selector switch. Bernard B. Brown; John P. Livadary - For the design and engineering of a separate soloist and chorus recording room. Russell Brown (V); Ray Hinsdale; Joseph E. Robbins - For the development and production use of the Paramount floating hydraulic boat rocker. Linwood G. Dunn; Cecil Love; Acme Tool Manufacturing Co. - For the design and construction of the Acme-Dunn Optical Printer. Gordon Jennings (I) - For the design and construction of the Paramount nodal point tripod. Grover Laube; 20th Century-Fox Studio Camera Dept. - For the development of a continuous loop projection device. Paul K. Lerpae - For the design and construction of the Paramount traveling matte projection and photographing device. Paul Zell (Columbia Studio Laboratory); S.J. Twining (Columbia Studio Laboratory); George Seid (Columbia Studio Laboratory) - For the formula and application to production of a simplified variable area sound negative developer.