1944 in film

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Years in film:	1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947
Years in television:	1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
Years:	1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947

Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films 3 Awards 4 Films released in 1944 5 Serials 6 Short film series 7 Animated short film series 8 Births 9 Deaths

[edit] Events

• July 20 - Since You Went Away is released.
• September 6 - Double Indemnity is released.

[edit] Top grossing films

North America

1. Going My Way, starring Bing Crosby
2. Meet Me in St. Louis, starring Judy Garland
3. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
4. Hollywood Canteen
5. A Guy Named Joe
6. The White Cliffs of Dover

[edit] Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: Going My Way - Paramount

Best Director: Leo McCarey - Going My Way

Best Actor: Bing Crosby - Going My Way

Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight

Best Supporting Actor: Barry Fitzgerald - Going My Way

Best Supporting Actress: Ethel Barrymore - None but the Lonely Heart

Golden Globe Awards:

Best Picture: Going My Way

Best Director: Leo McCarey, Going My Way

Best Actor: Alexander Knox - Wilson

Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight

[edit] Films released in 1944

• Between Two Worlds
• A Canterbury Tale, written and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
• Cry of the Werewolf
• Double Indemnity, starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson
• The Fighting Seabees
• Gaslight, the Hollywood remake, with Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer
• Going My Way
• Henry V, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier
• Hollywood Canteen - (film only mentioned in article)
• House of Frankenstein
• In Society, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Ivan the Terrible, by director Sergei Eisenstein
• The Keys of the Kingdom, starring Gregory Peck, Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, and Roddy McDowall
• Lady, Let's Dance, ice skating musical starring Belita and comedy ice team Frick & Frack
• Laura
• Lost in a Harem, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Meet Me in St. Louis
• National Velvet
• None but the Lonely Heart
• The Return of the Vampire
• Since You Went Away
• Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
• The Way Ahead, directed by Carol Reed
• The White Cliffs of Dover
• Wilson, biographical film about President Woodrow Wilson, starring Charles Coburn

[edit] Serials

• The Tiger Woman, starring Linda Stirling
• Captain America, starring Dick Purcell
• Haunted Harbor, starring Kane Richmond
• Zorro's Black Whip, starring Linda Stirling
• The Desert Hawk, starring Gilbert Roland and Charles Middleton
• Black Arrow

[edit] Short film series

• Our Gang (1922-1944)

[edit] Animated short film series

• Mickey Mouse (1928-1953)
• Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
• Terrytoons (1930-1964)
• Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
• Scrappy (1931-1941)
• Popeye (1933-1957)
• Color Rhapsodies (1934-1949)
• Donald Duck (1937-1956)
• Goofy (1939-1955)
• Andy Panda (1939-1949)
• Tom and Jerry (MGM) (1940-1958)
• Woody Woodpecker (1941-1949)
• Swing Symphonies (1941-1945)
• The Fox and the Crow (1941-1950)
• Red Hot Riding Hood (1943-1949)
• Droopy (1943-1958)
• Screwball Squirrel (1944-1946)

[edit] Births

• January 6 - Bonnie Franklin, actress
• January 23 - Rutger Hauer, actor
• February 11 - Buddhadev Dasgupta, film director
• April 23 - Sandra Dee, actress
• May 14 - George Lucas, film director and producer
• August 8 - Peter Weir, film director
• November 23 - Joe Eszterhas, screenwriter

[edit] Deaths

• July 20 - Mildred Harris, actress
• December 13 - Lupe Vélez, actress
• December 15 - Glenn Miller, musician, actor