1945 IN FILM

The year '1945 in film' involved some significant events.

Contents

Events

Top grossing films

Awards

Films released in 1945

Serials

Short film series

Births

Deaths

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.

Top grossing films

:North America
# ''The Bells of St. Mary's''
# ''Mom and Dad''
# ''Leave Her to Heaven''
# ''The Lost Weekend''
# ''State Fair'' (musical remake of 1933 film)
# ''The Dolly Sisters''
# ''The Valley of Decision''
# ''A Tree Grows In Brooklyn''
# ''Spellbound''
# ''Anchors Aweigh''
# ''Thrill of a Romance''
# ''Dillinger''
# ''Mildred Pierce''
# ''The Clock''

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)

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''

★ ''Son of Lassie''

★ ''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

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?''

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)

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

Deaths

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