1944 in film

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The year 1944 in film involved some significant events.
Contents[hide]
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
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[edit] Events
July 20 - Since You Went Away is released.
September 6 - Double Indemnity is released.

[edit] Top grossing films
North America
Going My Way, starring Bing Crosby
Meet Me in St. Louis, starring Judy Garland
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Hollywood Canteen
A Guy Named Joe
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
Cover Girl
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
The Eve of st Mark
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
Black Arrow
Captain America, starring Dick Purcell
The Desert Hawk, starring Gilbert Roland and Charles Middleton
The Great Alaskan Mystery
Haunted Harbor, starring Kane Richmond
Mystery of the River Boat
Raiders of Ghost City
The Tiger Woman, starring Linda Stirling
Zorro's Black Whip, starring Linda Stirling

[edit] Short film series
Our Gang (1922-1944)
The Three Stooges (1934-1959)

[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 (1934-1956)
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)
Sylvester the Cat (1944-1966)

[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