1945 in film

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The year 1945 in film involved some significant events.
Contents[hide]
1 Events
2 Top grossing films
3 Awards
4 Films released in 1945
5 Serials
6 Short film series
7 Births
8 Deaths
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[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
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

[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
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

[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
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