17th Academy Awards
The Academy Awards 1945 took place on March 15, 1945 in Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. It was the 17th Annual Academy Awards. In the year of award films of the past year are always excellent, in this case, the films of the year 1944.
- 3.1 Honorary Oscar
- 3.2 Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
- 3.3 Juvenile Award
- 3.4 Scientific and Engineering Award
- 3.5 Technical Achievement Award
Presentation
John Cromwell and Bob Hope
Winners and nominations
Best Picture
The way to happiness ( Going My Way ) - Leo McCarey
Best Director
Leo McCarey - The Road to Happiness ( Going My Way )
Best Actor
Bing Crosby - Going My Way ( Going My Way )
Best Actress
Ingrid Bergman - The Gaslight ( Gaslight )
Best Supporting Actor
Barry Fitzgerald - Going My Way ( Going My Way )
Best Supporting Actress
Ethel Barrymore - None But the Lonely Heart
Best Original Screenplay
Lamar Trotti - Wilson ( Wilson)
Best Original Story
Leo McCarey - The Road to Happiness ( Going My Way )
Best Adapted Screenplay
Frank Butler, Frank Cavett - Going My Way ( Going My Way )
Best Cinematography (black & white )
Joseph LaShelle - Laura
Best Cinematography ( color film )
Leon Shamroy - Wilson
Best Art Direction (black & white )
Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Edwin B. Willis, Paul Huldschinsky - The Gaslight ( Gaslight )
Best Art Direction (Color film )
Wiard you, Thomas Little - Wilson
Best Sound
Edmund H. Hansen - Wilson
Best Editing
Barbara McLean - Wilson
Best Visual Effects
A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Year in, Warren Newcombe, Douglas Shearer - Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo ( Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo )
Best Song
Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke - "Swinging on a Star " in Going My Way ( Going My Way )
Best Score ( Drama / Comedy )
Max Steiner - Since You Went Away ( Since You Went Away )
Best Original Score ( Music Film )
Carmen Dragon, Morris Stoloff - Cover Girl ( Cover Girl )
Best Short Film (1 roll of film )
Who's Who in Animal Land - Jerry Fairbanks
Best Short Film (2 films)
I Will not Play! - Gordon Hollingshead
Best Animated Short Film
Tom forms (Mouse Trouble ) - Fred Quimby
Best Documentary (Short Film )
Best Documentary
The Fighting Lady - 20th Century Fox, U.S. Navy