1945 in film

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Years in film:	1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
Years in television:	1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948
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Years:	1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948

Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films 3 Awards 4 Films released in 1945 5 Serials 6 Short film series 7 Births 8 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Paramount Studios releases theatrical short cartoon titled The Friendly Ghost, featuring ghost named Casper
• With Rossellini's Roma Città aperta, Italian neorealist cinema begins.
• October 5 - A strike between the Set Decorator's union and the studios boils over and became what is now considered Hollywood Black Friday
• December 28 - Spellbound is released.

[edit] Top grossing films

North America

1. The Bells of St. Mary's
2. Mom and Dad
3. Leave Her to Heaven
4. The Lost Weekend
5. State Fair (musical remake of 1933 film)
6. The Dolly Sisters
7. The Valley of Decision
8. A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
9. Spellbound
10. Anchors Aweigh
11. Thrill of a Romance
12. Dillinger
13. Mildred Pierce
14. The Clock

[edit] Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: The Lost Weekend - Paramount

Best Director: Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend

Best Actor: Ray Milland - The Lost Weekend

Best Actress: Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce

Best Supporting Actor: James Dunn - A Tree Grows In Brooklyn

Best Supporting Actress: Anne Revere - National Velvet

Golden Globe Awards:

Best Picture: The Lost Weekend

Best Director: Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend

Best Actor: Ray Milland - The Lost Weekend

Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman - The Bells of St. Mary's

Best Film for Promoting International Good Will: The House I Live In (short film)

[edit] Films released in 1945

• Abbott and Costello in Hollywood, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Along Came Jones, starring Gary Cooper and Loretta Young
• Anchors Aweigh
• Back to Bataan, directed by Edward Dmytryk, with John Wayne
• The Bells of St. Mary's
• Blithe Spirit, directed by David Lean and based on the play by Noel Coward
• Brief Encounter, starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard, and directed by David Lean
• Caesar and Cleopatra
• Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis), by Marcel Carné and Jacques Prévert, released following the liberation of France
• The Clock
• Dead of Night, Ealing Studios chiller compendium
• Detour
• Dillinger
• The Dolly Sisters - nominated for Oscar
• Here Come The Co-Eds, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• The House I Live In (short film)
• House of Dracula
• The House on 92nd Street, produced by Louis de Rochemont
• Leave Her to Heaven
• The Lost Weekend
• Mildred Pierce
• Mom and Dad
• The Naughty Nineties, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Rome, Open City -(Roma Città aperta) by Rossellini
• Saratoga Trunk
• Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear
• The Spanish Main
• Spellbound
• State Fair
• The Three Caballeros
• Thrill of a Romance, directed by Richard Thorpe
• A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
• The Valley of Decision
• The Way to the Stars, starring John Mills and Michael Redgrave, written by Terence Rattigan
• The Wicked Lady, with Margaret Lockwood and James Mason

[edit] Serials

• Brenda Starr, Reporter, starring Joan Woodbury
• The Monster and The Ape
• Jungle Raiders
• Who's Guilty?
• Manhunt on Mystery Island, starring Richard Bailey and Linda Stirling
• Federal Operator 99
• The Purple Monster Strikes, starring Dennis Moore and Linda Stirling
• Jungle Queen

[edit] 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 3 - Victoria Principal, actress
• May 31 - Rainer Werner Fassbinder, director
• August 14 - Steve Martin, actor and comedian
• August 14 - Wim Wenders, director
• September 21 - Jerry Bruckheimer producer

[edit] Deaths

• July 13 - Alla Nazimova, Ukrainian-born stage and film actress