17th Academy Awards

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17th Academy Awards
Date	March 15, 1945
Site	Grauman’s Chinese Theater, Hollywood, California, USA
Host	John Cromwell and Bob Hope

The 17th Academy Awards marked the first time this awards ceremony was broadcast nationally on the ABC Radio network.

Through the 1940’s, the ceremony and academy rules continued to evolve into the form by which we know them today. This is the first year that the Best Picture category was limited to 5 pictures. This was also the first and last time an individual was nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for playing the same role in the same movie. Barry Fitzgerald was nominated in both categories for the character of Father Fitzgibbon in "Going My Way". He won in the supporting actor category.

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Best Picture : Going My Way"

Best Director : Leo McCarey, Going My Way

Best Actor : Bing Crosby, Going My Way

Best Supporting Actor : Barry Fitzgerald, Going My Way

Best Actress : Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight

Best Supporting Actress : Ethel Barrymore, None But the Lonely Heart

Best Original Screenplay : Lamar Iotti, Wilson

Best Original Story : Leo McCarey, Going My Way

Best Screenplay Leo McCarey, Going My Way