The 17th Academy Awards (1945) Nominees and Winners
Held at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Thursday, March 15, 1945,
honoring movies released in 1944.
Bob Hope presenting a miniature Oscar to Margaret O’Brien, 1944's outstanding child actress.
Actor
- Charles Boyer in "Gaslight"
- Bing Crosby in "Going My Way"
- Barry Fitzgerald in "Going My Way"
- Cary Grant in "None but the Lonely Heart"
- Alexander Knox in "Wilson"
Actor in a Supporting Role
- Hume Cronyn in "The Seventh Cross"
- Barry Fitzgerald in "Going My Way"
- Claude Rains in "Mr. Skeffington"
- Clifton Webb in "Laura"
- Monty Woolley in "Since You Went Away"
Actress
- Ingrid Bergman in "Gaslight"
- Claudette Colbert in "Since You Went Away"
- Bette Davis in "Mr. Skeffington"
- Greer Garson in "Mrs. Parkington"
- Barbara Stanwyck in "Double Indemnity"
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Ethel Barrymore in "None but the Lonely Heart"
- Jennifer Jones in "Since You Went Away"
- Angela Lansbury in "Gaslight"
- Aline MacMahon in "Dragon Seed"
- Agnes Moorehead in "Mrs. Parkington"
Art Direction (Black-and-White)
- "Address Unknown" Art Direction: Lionel Banks, Walter Holscher; Interior Decoration: Joseph Kish
- "The Adventures of Mark Twain" Art Direction: John J. Hughes; Interior Decoration: Fred MacLean
- "Casanova Brown" Art Direction: Perry Ferguson; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron
- "Gaslight" Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Paul Huldschinsky
- "Laura" Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
- "No Time for Love" Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Robert Usher; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer
- "Since You Went Away" Art Direction: Mark-Lee Kirk; Interior Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin
- "Step Lively" Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Claude Carpenter
Art Direction (Color)
- "The Climax" Art Direction: John B. Goodman, Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb
- "Cover Girl" Art Direction: Lionel Banks, Cary Odell; Interior Decoration: Fay Babcock
- "The Desert Song" Art Direction: Charles Novi; Interior Decoration: Jack McConaghy
- "Kismet" Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Daniel B. Cathcart; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle
- "Lady in the Dark" Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Raoul Pene du Bois; Interior Decoration: Ray Moyer
- "The Princess and the Pirate" Art Direction: Ernst Fegte; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol
- "Wilson" Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
Cinematography (Black-and-White)
- "Double Indemnity" John Seitz
- "Dragon Seed" Sidney Wagner
- "Gaslight" Joseph Ruttenberg
- "Going My Way" Lionel Lindon
- "Laura" Joseph LaShelle
- "Lifeboat" Glen MacWilliams
- "Since You Went Away" Stanley Cortez, Lee Garmes
- "Thirty Seconds over Tokyo" Robert Surtees, Harold Rosson
- "The Uninvited" Charles Lang
- "The White Cliffs of Dover" George Folsey
Cinematography (Color)
- "Cover Girl" Rudolph Maté‚ Allen M. Davey
- "Home in Indiana" Edward Cronjager
- "Kismet" Charles Rosher
- "Lady in the Dark" Ray Rennahan
- "Meet Me in St. Louis" George Folsey
- "Wilson" Leon Shamroy
Directing
- "Double Indemnity" Billy Wilder
- "Going My Way" Leo McCarey
- "Laura" Otto Preminger
- "Lifeboat" Alfred Hitchcock
- "Wilson" Henry King
Documentary (Feature)
- "The Fighting Lady" United States Navy
- "Resisting Enemy Interrogation" United States Army Air Force
Documentary (Short Subject)
- "Arturo Toscanini" United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau
- "New Americans" RKO Radio
- "With the Marines at Tarawa" United States Marine Corps
Film Editing
- "Going My Way" Leroy Stone
- "Janie" Owen Marks
- "None but the Lonely Heart" Roland Gross
- "Since You Went Away" Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom
- "Wilson" Barbara McLean
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
- "Address Unknown" Morris Stoloff, Ernst Toch
- "The Adventures of Mark Twain" Max Steiner
- "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" Dimitri Tiomkin
- "Casanova Brown" Arthur Lange
- "Christmas Holiday" H. J. Salter
- "Double Indemnity" Miklos Rozsa
- "The Fighting Seabees" Walter Scharf, Roy Webb
- "The Hairy Ape" Edward Paul, Michel Michelet
- "It Happened Tomorrow" Robert Stolz
- "Jack London" Frederic Efrem Rich
- "Kismet" Herbert Stothart
- "None but the Lonely Heart" Hanns Eisler, C. Bakaleinikoff
- "The Princess and the Pirate" David Rose
- "Since You Went Away" Max Steiner
- "Summer Storm" Karl Hajos
- "Three Russian Girls" Franke Harling
- "Up in Mabel's Room" Edward Paul
- "Voice in the Wind" Michel Michelet
- "Wilson" Alfred Newman
- "Woman of the Town" Miklos Rozsa
Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
- "Brazil" Walter Scharf
- "Cover Girl" Morris Stoloff, Carmen Dragon
- "Higher and Higher" C. Bakaleinikoff
- "Hollywood Canteen" Ray Heindorf
- "Irish Eyes Are Smiling" Alfred Newman
- "Knickerbocker Holiday" Werner R. Heymann, Kurt Weill
- "Lady in the Dark" Robert Emmett Dolan
- "Lady, Let's Dance" Edward Kay
- "Meet Me in St. Louis" Georgie Stoll
- "The Merry Monahans" H. J. Salter
- "Minstrel Man" Ferde Grofe, Leo Erdody
- "Sensations of 1945" Mahlon Merrick
- "Song of the Open Road" Charles Previn
- "Up in Arms" Ray Heindorf, Louis Forbes
Music (Song)
- "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" from "Higher and Higher" Music by Jimmy McHugh; Lyrics by Harold Adamson
- "I'll Walk Alone" from "Follow the Boys" Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
- "I'm Making Believe" from "Sweet and Lowdown" Music by James V. Monaco; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
- "Long Ago and Far Away" from "Cover Girl" Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
- "Now I Know" from "Up in Arms" Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Ted Koehler
- "Remember Me to Carolina" from "Minstrel Man" Music by Harry Revel; Lyrics by Paul Webster
- "Rio de Janeiro" from "Brazil" Music by Ary Barroso; Lyrics by Ned Washington
- "Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams" from "Lady, Let's Dance" Music by Lew Pollack; Lyrics by Charles Newman
- "Sweet Dreams Sweetheart" from "Hollywood Canteen" Music by M. K. Jerome; Lyrics by Ted Koehler
- "Swinging on a Star" from "Going My Way" Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Johnny Burke
- "Too Much in Love" from "Song of the Open Road" Music by Walter Kent; Lyrics by Kim Gannon
- "The Trolley Song" from "Meet Me in St. Louis" Music and Lyrics by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin
Best Motion Picture
- "Double Indemnity" Paramount
- "Gaslight" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- "Going My Way" Paramount
- "Since You Went Away" Selznick International Pictures
- "Wilson" 20th Century-Fox
Short Subject (Cartoon)
- "And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street" George Pal, Producer
- "Dog, Cat and Canary" Screen Gems
- "Fish Fry" Walter Lantz, Producer
- "How to Play Football" Walt Disney, Producer
- "Mouse Trouble" Frederick C. Quimby, Producer
- "My Boy Johnny" Paul Terry, Producer
- "Swooner Crooner" Warner Bros.
Short Subject (One-reel)
- "Blue Grass Gentlemen" Edmund Reek, Producer
- "Jammin' the Blues" Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
- "Movie Pests" Pete Smith, Producer
- "Screen Snapshots' 50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures" Ralph Staub, Producer
- "Who's Who in Animal Land" Jerry Fairbanks, Producer
Short Subject (Two-reel)
- "Bombalera" Louis Harris, Producer
- "I Won't Play" Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
- "Main Street Today" Jerry Bresler, Producer; Herbert Moulton, Associate Producer
Sound Recording
- "Brazil" Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg, Sound Director
- "Casanova Brown" Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
- "Cover Girl" Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
- "Double Indemnity" Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
- "His Butler's Sister" Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
- "Hollywood Canteen" Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
- "It Happened Tomorrow" Sound Service, Inc., Jack Whitney, Sound Director
- "Kismet" Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
- "Music in Manhattan" RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Stephen Dunn, Sound Director
- "Voice in the Wind" RCA Sound, W. M. Dalgleish, Sound Director
- "Wilson" 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
Special Effects
- "The Adventures of Mark Twain" Photographic Effects by Paul Detlefsen, John Crouse; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson
- "Days of Glory" Photographic Effects by Vernon L. Walker; Sound Effects by James G. Stewart, Roy Granville
- "Secret Command" Photographic Effects by David Allen, Ray Cory, Robert Wright; Sound Effects by Russell Malmgren, Harry Kusnick
- "Since You Went Away" Photographic Effects by John R. Cosgrove; Sound Effects by Arthur Johns
- "The Story of Dr. Wassell" Photographic Effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart; Sound Effects by George Dutton
- "Thirty Seconds over Tokyo" Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus, Warren Newcombe; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
- "Wilson" Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by Roger Heman
Writing (Original Motion Picture Story)
- "Going My Way" Leo McCarey
- "A Guy Named Joe" Chandler Sprague, David Boehm
- "Lifeboat" John Steinbeck
- "None Shall Escape" Alfred Neumann, Joseph Than
- "The Sullivans" Edward Doherty, Jules Schermer
Writing (Original Screenplay)
- "Hail the Conquering Hero" Preston Sturges
- "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek" Preston Sturges
- "Two Girls and a Sailor" Richard Connell, Gladys Lehman
- "Wilson" Lamar Trotti
- "Wing and a Prayer" Jerome Cady
Writing (Screenplay)
- "Double Indemnity" Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler
- "Gaslight" John Van Druten, Walter Reisch, John L. Balderston
- "Going My Way" Frank Butler, Frank Cavett
- "Laura" Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, Betty Reinhardt
- "Meet Me in St. Louis" Irving Brecher, Fred F. Finklehoffe
- Star indicates a win.
