The 17th Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 1944 will be presented on Sunday, March 15, at the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
Nominations for the 17th Annual Academy Awards were announced on February 5.
The nominations are listed as below:
Best Motion Picture
- “Double Indemnity”
- “Gaslight”
- “Going My Way”
- “Since You Went Away”
- “Wilson”
Best Director
- Billy Wilder, “Double Indemnity”
- Leo McCarey, “Going My Way”
- Otto Preminger, “Laura”
- Alfred Hitchcock, “Lifeboat”
- Henry King, “Wilson”
Best Actor
- Charles Boyer, “Gaslight”
- Bing Crosby, “Going My Way”
- Barry Fitzgerald, “Going My Way”
- Cary Grant, “None but the Lonely Heart”
- Alexander Knox, “Wilson”
Best Actress
- Ingrid Bergman, “Gaslight”
- Claudette Colbert, “Since You Went Away”
- Bette Davis, “Mr. Skeffington”
- Greer Garson, “Mrs. Parkington”
- Barbara Stanwyck, “Double Indemnity”
Best Supporting Actor
- Hume Cronyn, “The Seventh Cross”
- Barry Fitzgerald, “Going My Way”
- Claude Rains, “Mr. Skeffington”
- Clifton Webb, “Laura”
- Monty Woolley , “Since You Went Away”
Best Supporting Actress
- Ethel Barrymore, “None But the Lonely Heart”
- Jennifer Jones, “Since You Went Away”
- Angela Lansbury, “Gaslight”
- Aline MacMahon, “Dragon Seed”
- Agnes Moorehead, “Mrs. Parkington”
Best Original Screenplay
- “Hail the Conquering Hero”, Preston Sturges
- “The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek”, Preston Sturges
- “Two Girls and a Sailor”, Richard Connell & Gladys Lehman
- “Wing and a Prayer, The Story of Carrier X”, Jerome Cady
- “Wilson”, Lamar Trotti
Best Screenplay
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“Going My Way”, Frank Butler & Frank Cavett, based on a story by Leo McCarey
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“Double Indemnity”, Raymond Chandler & Billy Wilder, based on Double Indemnity in Three of a Kind by James M. Cain
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“Gaslight”, John L. Balderston, Walter Reisch, and John Van Druten, based on Angel Street by Patrick Hamilton
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“Laura”, Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, and Elizabeth Reinhardt, based on the novel by Vera Caspary
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“Meet Me in St. Louis”, Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe, based on the novel by Sally Benson
Best Original Motion Picture Story
- “A Guy Named Joe”, David Boehm & Chandler Sprague
- “Going My Way”, Leo McCarey
- “Lifeboat”, John Steinbeck
- “None Shall Escape”, Alfred Neumann & Joseph Than
- “The Sullivans”, Edward Doherty & Jules Schermer
Best Documentary Feature
- “The Fighting Lady”, United States Navy
- “Resisting Enemy Interrogation”, United States Army Air Force
Best Documentary Short Subject
- “Hymn of the Nations”, United States Office of War Information, Overseas Motion Picture Bureau
- “New Americans”, RKO Radio
- “With the Marines at Tarawa”, United States Marine Corps
Best Live Action Short Subject, One-Reel
- “Blue Grass Gentlemen”, Edmund Reek
- “Jammin’ the Blues”, Gordon Hollingshead
- “Movie Pests”, Pete Smith
- “Screen Snapshots’ 50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures”, Ralph Staub
- “Who’s Who in Animal Land”, Jerry Fairbanks
Best Live Action Short Subject, Two-Reel
- “Bombalera”, Louis Harris
- “I Won’t Play”, Gordon Hollingshead
- “Main Street Today”, Jerry Bresler
Best Short Subjects – Cartoons
- “And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street”, George Pal
- “Dog, Cat and Canary”, Raymond Katz
- “Fish Fry”, Walter Lantz
- “How to Play Football”, Walt Disney
- “Mouse Trouble”, Fred Quimby
- “My Boy, Johnny”, Paul Terry
- “Swooner Crooner”, Edward Selzer
Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
- “Address Unknown”, Morris Stoloff & Ernst Toch
- “The Adventures of Mark Twain”, Max Steiner
- “The Bridge of San Luis Rey”, Dimitri Tiomkin
- “Casanova Brown”, Arthur Lange
- “Christmas Holiday”, H. J. Salter
- “Double Indemnity”, Miklós Rózsa
- “The Fighting Seabees”, Walter Scharf & Roy Webb
- “The Hairy Ape”, Edward Paul & Michel Michelet
- “It Happened Tomorrow”, Robert Stolz
- “Jack London”, Frederic Efrem Rich
- “Kismet”, Herbert Stothart
- “None but the Lonely Heart”, Hanns Eisler and C. Bakaleinikoff
- “The Princess and the Pirate”, David Rose
- “Since You Went Away”, Max Steiner
- “Summer Storm”, Karl Hajos
- “Three Russian Girls”, W. Franke Harling
- “Up in Mabel’s Room”, Edward Paul
- “Voice in the Wind”, Michel Michelet
- “Wilson”, Alfred Newman
- “The Woman of the Town”, Miklós Rózsa
Best Scoring of a Musical Picture
- “Brazil”, Walter Scharf
- “Cover Girl”, Morris Stoloff & Carmen Dragon
- “Higher and Higher”, C. Bakaleinikoff
- “Hollywood Canteen”, Ray Heindorf
- “Irish Eyes Are Smiling”, Alfred Newman
- “Knickerbocker Holiday”, Werner R. Heymann & Kurt Weill
- “Lady in the Dark”, Robert Emmett Dolan
- “Lady, Let’s Dance”, Edward Kay
- “Meet Me in St. Louis”, Georgie Stoll
- “The Merry Monahans”, H. J. Salter
- “Minstrel Man”, Ferde Grofé and Leo Erdody
- “Sensations of 1945”, Mahlon Merrick
- “Song of the Open Road”, Charles Previn
- “Up in Arms”, Ray Heindorf & Louis Forbes
Best Song
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“I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night” from “Higher and Higher”, Music by Jimmy McHugh; Lyrics by Harold Adamson
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“I’ll Walk Alone” from “Follow the Boys”, Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
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“I’m Making Believe” from “Sweet and Lowdown”, Music by James V. Monaco; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
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“Long Ago and Far Away” from “Cover Girl”, Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
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“Now I Know” from “Up in Arms”, Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Ted Koehler
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“Remember Me to Carolina” from “Minstrel Man”, Music by Harry Revel; Lyrics by Paul Webster
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“Rio de Janeiro” from “Brazil”, Music by Ary Barroso; Lyrics by Ned Washington
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“Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams” from “Lady, Let’s Dance”, Music by Lew Pollack; Lyrics by Charles Newman
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“Sweet Dreams Sweetheart” from “Hollywood Canteen”, Music by Maurice K. Jerome; Lyrics by Ted Koehler
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“Swinging on a Star” from “Going My Way”, Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Johnny Burke
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“Too Much in Love” from “Song of the Open Road”, Music by Walter Kent; Lyrics by Kim Gannon
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“The Trolley Song” from “Meet Me in St. Louis”, Music and Lyrics by Ralph Blane & Hugh Martin
Best Sound Recording
- “Brazil”, Daniel J. Bloomberg
- “Casanova Brown”, Thomas T. Moulton
- “Cover Girl”, John P. Livadary
- “Double Indemnity”, Loren L. Ryder
- “His Butler’s Sister”, Bernard B. Brown
- “Hollywood Canteen”, Nathan Levinson
- “It Happened Tomorrow”, Jack Whitney
- “Kismet”, Douglas Shearer
- “Music in Manhattan”, Stephen Dunn
- “Voice in the Wind”, W. M. Dalgleish
- “Wilson”, Edmund H. Hansen
Best Art Direction, Black-and-White
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“Address Unknown”, Art Direction: Lionel Banks & Walter Holscher; Interior Decoration: Joseph Kish
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“The Adventures of Mark Twain”, Art Direction: John Hughes; Interior Decoration: Fred M. MacLean
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“Casanova Brown”, Art Direction: Perry Ferguson; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron
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“Gaslight”, Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons & William Ferrari; Interior Decoration: Paul Huldschinsky & Edwin B. Willis
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“Laura”, Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler & Leland Fuller; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
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“No Time for Love”, Art Direction: Hans Dreier & Robert Usher; Interior Decoration: Samuel M. Comer
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“Since You Went Away”, Art Direction: Mark-Lee Kirk; Interior Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin
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“Step Lively”, Art Direction: Albert S. D’Agostino & Carroll Clark; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera & Claude Carpenter
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“Song of the Open Road”, N/A (nomination withdrawn)
Best Art Direction, Color
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“The Climax”, Art Direction: John B. Goodman & Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman & Ira S. Webb
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“Cover Girl,” Art Direction: Lionel Banks & Cary Odell; Interior Decoration: Fay Babcock
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“The Desert Song”, Art Direction: Charles Novi; Interior Decoration: Jack McConaghy
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“Kismet”, Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons & Daniel B. Cathcart; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis & Richard Pefferle
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“Lady in the Dark”, Art Direction: Hans Dreier & Raoul Pene Du Bois; Interior Decoration: Ray Moyer
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“The Princess and the Pirate”, Art Direction: Ernst Fegté; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol
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“Wilson”, Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
- “Double Indemnity”, John F. Seitz
- “Dragon Seed”, Sidney Wagner
- “Gaslight”, Joseph Ruttenberg
- “Going My Way”, Lionel Lindon
- “Laura”, Joseph LaShelle
- “Lifeboat”, Glen MacWilliams
- “Since You Went Away”, Stanley Cortez and Lee Garmes
- “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo”, Robert L. Surtees and Harold Rosson
- “The Uninvited”, Charles Lang
- “The White Cliffs of Dover”, George J. Folsey
Best Cinematography, Color
- “Cover Girl”, Rudolph Maté and Allen M. Davey
- “Home in Indiana”, Edward Cronjager
- “Kismet”, Charles Rosher
- “Lady in the Dark”, Ray Rennahan
- “Meet Me in St. Louis”, George J. Folsey
- “Wilson”, Leon Shamroy
Best Film Editing
- “Going My Way”, Leroy Stone
- “Janie”, Owen Marks
- “None but the Lonely Heart”, Roland Gross
- “Since You Went Away”, Hal C. Kern & James E. Newcom
- “Wilson”, Barbara McLean
Best Special Effects
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“The Adventures of Mark Twain”, Photographic Effects: Paul Detlefsen & John Crouse; Sound Effects: Nathan Levinson
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“Days of Glory”, Photographic Effects Vernon L. Walker; Sound Effects: James G. Stewart & Roy Granville
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“Secret Command”, Photographic Effects: David Allen, Ray Cory and Robert Wright; Sound Effects: Russell Malmgren & Harry Kusnick
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“Since You Went Away”, Photographic Effects: Jack Cosgrove; Sound Effects: Arthur Johns
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“The Story of Dr. Wassell”, Photographic Effects: Farciot Edouart & Gordon Jennings; Sound Effects: George Dutton
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“Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo”, Photographic Effects A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus & Warren Newcombe; Sound Effects: Douglas Shearer
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“Wilson”, Photographic Effects: Fred Sersen; Sound Effects: Roger Heman Sr.