1945 in film

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The year 1945 in film involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films (U.S.) 3 Awards 4 Films released in 1945 5 Serials 6 Short film series 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 Notes

[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 decorators' union and the studios boils over and became what is now considered Hollywood Black Friday.
• December 28 - Spellbound is released.
• Son of Lassie, the 2nd Lassie film, becomes the first movie ever to be filmed using the Technicolor Monobook method, where a single magazine of film was used to record all of the primary colors. Prior to this method, the most popular recording method was 3-Strip Technicolor, which simultaneously used 3 individual film magazines to record the primary colors.

[edit] Top grossing films (U.S.)

Rank	Title	Studio	Gross
1.	Mom and Dad*	Hallmark	$16,000,000
2.	The Bells of St. Mary's(#1 for year itself)[1]	RKO	$8,000,000
3.	Leave Her to Heaven (#2 for year itself)[2]	20th Century Fox	$5,505,000
4.	Spellbound(#3 for year itself)[3]	United Artists	$4,971,000
5.	Anchors Aweigh(#4 for year itself)[4]	MGM	$4,779,000
6.	The Valley of Decision(#5 for year itself) [5]	MGM	$4,567,000
7.	Week-End at the Waldorf	MGM	$4,366,000
8.	Thrill of a Romance	MGM	$4,338,000
9.	The Lost Weekend	Paramount	$4,300,000
10.	Saratoga Trunk	Warner Brothers	$4,250,000

(*) Road show revenue from several continuous years; figure is approximate
source: http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1945.shtml

[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
• Blood on the Sun
• Brief Encounter, starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard, and directed by David Lean
• Caesar and Cleopatra
• Captain Kidd
• Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis), by Marcel Carné and Jacques Prévert, released following the liberation of France
• The Clock
• Conflict
• The Corn Is Green
• Dead of Night, Ealing Studios chiller compendium
• Detour
• Dillinger
• The Dolly Sisters
• The Enchanted Cottage
• Fallen Angel
• Flame of Barbary Coast
• Guest Wife
• 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
• Incendiary Blonde
• Lady on a Train
• Leave Her to Heaven
• The Lost Weekend
• Love Letters
• A Medal for Benny
• Mildred Pierce
• Mom and Dad
• The Naughty Nineties, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
• Objective, Burma!
• The Picture of Dorian Gray
• Pride of the Marines
• Rhapsody in Blue
• Rome, Open City (Roma Città aperta) by Rossellini
• San Antonio
• Saratoga Trunk
• Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear
• Sherlock Holmes and the Woman in Green
• Son of Lassie
• A Song to Remember
• The Southerner
• The Spanish Main
• Spellbound
• State Fair
• The Story of G.I. Joe
• The Three Caballeros
• They Were Expendable
• Thrill of a Romance, directed by Richard Thorpe
• A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
• The Valley of Decision
• A Walk in the Sun
• The Way to the Stars, starring John Mills and Michael Redgrave, written by Terence Rattigan
• The Wicked Lady, with Margaret Lockwood and James Mason
• Wonder Man, starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo

[edit] Serials

• Brenda Starr, Reporter, starring Joan Woodbury
• Federal Operator 99, starring Marten Lamont
• Jungle Queen, starring Edward Norris and Eddie Quillan
• Jungle Raiders
• Manhunt on Mystery Island, starring Richard Bailey and Linda Stirling
• The Master Key, starring Dennis Moore
• The Monster and The Ape, starring Robert Lowery
• The Purple Monster Strikes, starring Dennis Moore and Linda Stirling
• The Royal Mounted Rides Again
• Secret Agent X-9, starring Lloyd Bridges
• Who's Guilty?

[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)
• Bugs Bunny (1940-1962)
• 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)
• Yosemite Sam (1945-1963)

[edit] Births

• May 21 - Richard Hatch, actor
• 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

[edit] Notes