1945 in film
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The year 1945 in film involved some significant events.
Events
- April 20 - Release of Son of Lassie, the 2nd Lassie film, the first movie ever to be filmed using the Technicolor Monobook method, where a single magazine of film is 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.
- August 10 - Animated Donald Duck short Duck Pimples is released.
- September 27 - Release of Roberto Rossellini's Roma Città aperta marks the beginning of Italian neorealism in film.
- October 5 - A strike between the set decorators' union and the studios boils over and became what is now considered Hollywood Black Friday.
- November 16 - Paramount Pictures releases theatrical short cartoon titled The Friendly Ghost, introducing a ghost named Casper.
- November 29 - At the Nuremberg trials a documentary on the Nazi concentration camps directed by John Ford is joined.
- December 28 - Spellbound, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, is released.
Top grossing films (U.S.)[1]
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
- 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)
Top Ten Money Making Stars
| Rank | Actor/Actress |
|---|---|
| 1. | Bing Crosby |
| 2. | Gary Cooper |
| 3. | Bob Hope |
| 4. | Betty Grable |
| 5. | Spencer Tracy |
| 6. | Greer Garson |
| 7. | Humphrey Bogart |
| 8. (tie) | Bud Abbott Lou Costello |
| 9. | Cary Grant |
| 10. | Bette Davis |
Notable films released in 1945
U.S.A. unless stated
A
- The Abandoned (Las Abandonadas), starring Dolores del Río and Pedro Armendáriz - (Mexico)
- Abbott and Costello in Hollywood, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- Allotment Wives, starring Kay Francis
- Along Came Jones, starring Gary Cooper and Loretta Young
- Amok - (Mexico)
- Anchors Aweigh, starring Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra
- And Then There Were None, starring Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward, Judith Anderson
B
- Back to Bataan, directed by Edward Dmytryk, with John Wayne
- A Bell For Adano, starring Gene Tierney and John Hodiak
- The Bells of St. Mary's, directed by Leo McCarey, starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman
- Blithe Spirit, directed by David Lean, starring Rex Harrison and Constance Cummings, based on the play by Noël Coward - (GB)
- Blood on the Sun, starring James Cagney
- The Body Snatcher, directed by Robert Wise, starring Boris Karloff
- Boule de suif (Angel and Sinner) - (France)
- Bougainvillea (Bugambilia), starring Pedro Armendariz and Dolores del Rio - (Mexico)
- Brewster's Millions, starring Dennis O'Keefe
- Brief Encounter, directed by David Lean, starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard- (GB)
C
- Caesar and Cleopatra, directed by Gabriel Pascal, starring Vivien Leigh and Claude Rains - (GB)
- Captain Kidd, starring Charles Laughton
- The Cheaters, starring Joseph Schildkraut and Billie Burke
- The Cherokee Flash, starring Sunset Carson and Linda Stirling
- Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis), by Marcel Carné, starring Arletty, released following the liberation of France
- Christmas in Connecticut, starring Barbara Stanwyck
- Circus Cavalcade (La cabalgata del circo) - (Argentina)
- The Clock, starring Judy Garland
- Confidential Agent, starring Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall
- Conflict, starring Humphrey Bogart
- Counter-Attack, starring Paul Muni and Marguerite Chapman
- The Corn Is Green, starring Bette Davis and John Dall
- Cornered, directed by Edward Dmytryk, starring Dick Powell
D-F
- Dakota, starring John Wayne
- Les dames du Bois de Boulogne, directed by Robert Bresson - (France)
- Dead of Night, Ealing Studios chiller compendium starring Mervyn Johns and Googie Withers - (GB)
- Death Mills, directed by Billy Wilder
- Detour, starring Tom Neal and Ann Savage
- Diamond Horseshoe, starring Betty Grable
- Dick Tracy, starring Morgan Conway and Mike Mazurki
- Dillinger, starring Lawrence Tierney
- Docks of New York, starring The East Side Kids
- Doll Face, starring Vivian Blaine
- The Dolly Sisters, starring Betty Grable
- The Enchanted Cottage, starring Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young
- Fallen Angel, directed by Otto Preminger, starring Alice Faye in her last major film role, Dana Andrews and Linda Darnell
- Flame of Barbary Coast, starring John Wayne
G-H
- The Great Flamarion, directed by Anthony Mann, starring Erich von Stroheim
- Guest Wife, starring Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche
- Gun Smoke, starring Johnny Mack Brown and Jennifer Holt
- Hangover Square, starring Laird Cregar, Linda Darnell and George Sanders
- Here Come the Co-Eds, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
- High Powered, starring Phyllis Brooks and Robert Lowery
- Hotel Berlin, starring Faye Emerson and Raymond Massey
- The House I Live In, a short film starring Frank Sinatra
- House of Dracula, starring Lon Chaney, Jr. and John Carradine
- The House on 92nd Street, produced by Louis de Rochemont, starring Lloyd Nolan and Signe Hasso
- Humayun, starring Ashok Kumar - (India)
I-J
- I Know Where I'm Going!, directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, starring Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesey - (GB)
- I Live in Grosvenor Square, starring Anna Neagle, Rex Harrison and Robert Morley - (GB)
- I'll Be Your Sweetheart, directed by Val Guest, starring Margaret Lockwood (GB)
- Incendiary Blonde, starring Betty Hutton
- The Invisible Army (Den usynlige hær) - (Denmark)
- Isle of the Dead, starring Boris Karloff and Ellen Drew
- It's in the Bag!, starring Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Don Ameche
- Johnny Angel, starring George Raft and Claire Trevor
K-L
- Kiss and Tell, starring Shirley Temple
- Kitty, directed by Mitchell Leisen, starring Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland
- Lady on a Train, starring Deanna Durbin and Ralph Bellamy
- The Last Chance (Die letzte Chance) - (Switzerland)
- Leave Her to Heaven, starring Gene Tierney and Cornel Wilde
- Life Begins Anew, directed by Mario Mattoli starring Alida Valli, Fosco Giachetti (Italy)
- The Lost Letter (Propavshaya gramota) - (USSR)
- The Lost Weekend, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman
- Love Letters, starring Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten
M-N
- Madonna of the Seven Moons, starring Phyllis Calvert and Stewart Granger - (GB)
- The Man in Half Moon Street, starring Nils Asther
- A Medal for Benny, starring Dorothy Lamour
- The Men who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (Tora no o wo fumu otokotachi), directed by Akira Kurosawa - (Japan)
- Mildred Pierce, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden
- Mom and Dad, a hygiene documentary
- Momotaro, Sacred Sailors (Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei), the first feature-length animated film from Japan
- My Name is Julia Ross, starring Nina Foch
- The Naughty Nineties, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello
O-Q
- Objective, Burma!, starring Errol Flynn
- Our Vines Have Tender Grapes, starring Edward G. Robinson and Margaret O'Brien
- Pardon My Past, starring Fred MacMurray and Marguerite Chapman
- Perfect Strangers, starring Robert Donat and Deborah Kerr - (GB)
- The Picture of Dorian Gray, starring George Sanders and Hurd Hatfield
- Pink String and Sealing Wax, starring Googie Withers and Mervyn Johns - (GB)
- La porta del cielo (The Gate of Heaven), directed by Vittorio De Sica - (Italy)
- Pride of the Marines, starring John Garfield
- Pursuit to Algiers, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce
R
- The Rake's Progress, starring Rex Harrison - (GB)
- The Red Meadows (De røde enge) - (Denmark)
- Rhapsody in Blue, a biopic of George Gershwin starring Robert Alda
- Roll Call in Heaven (Cuando en el cielo pasen lista) - (Argentina)
- Rome, Open City (Roma Città aperta), directed by Roberto Rossellini, starring Anna Magnani and Aldo Fabrizi - (Italy)
- A Royal Scandal, starring Tallulah Bankhead
- Rustlers' Hideout, starring Buster Crabbe and Al St. John
S
- Salome Where She Danced, starring Yvonne De Carlo
- San Antonio, starring Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith
- Saratoga Trunk, starring Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman
- Scarlett Street, directed by Fritz Lang, starring Edward G. Robinson and Joan Bennett
- La selva de fuego (The Forest Fire), starring Dolores del Río and Arturo de Córdova - (Mexico)
- The Seventh Veil, starring James Mason and Ann Todd - (GB)
- Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce
- Son of Lassie, starring Peter Lawford
- A Song to Remember, a biopic of Frédéric Chopin starring Cornel Wilde
- The Southerner, starring Zachary Scott
- The Spanish Main, starring Maureen O'Hara and Paul Henreid
- Spellbound, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck
- State Fair, starring Dana Andrews and Jeanne Crain
- The Stork Club, starring Betty Hutton
- The Story of G.I. Joe, directed by William Wellman, starring Burgess Meredith and Robert Mitchum
- The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry, starring George Sanders
T-V
- They Were Expendable, directed by John Ford, starring Robert Montgomery and John Wayne
- The Thin Man Goes Home, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy
- The Three Caballeros, a Walt Disney animated film starring Donald Duck and Dora Luz
- Thrill of a Romance, directed by Richard Thorpe, starring Esther Williams and Van Johnson
- Thunderhead, Son of Flicka, starring Roddy McDowall
- Tonight and Every Night, starring Rita Hayworth
- A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, directed by Elia Kazan, starring Dorothy McGuire
- Twice Blessed, starring Lee and Lyn Wilde
- Two O'Clock Courage, starring Ann Rutherford and Tom Conway
- The Unseen, starring Joel McCrea and Gail Russell
- The Valley of Decision, starring Greer Garson and Gregory Peck
- La vida en un hilo (Life on a Wire) - (Spain)
W-Z
- A Walk in the Sun, starring Dana Andrews
- War Comes to America, directed by Frank Capra and Anatole Litvak
- Waterloo Road, starring John Mills and Stewart Granger - (GB)
- The Way to the Stars, starring John Mills and Michael Redgrave, written by Terence Rattigan - (GB)
- The Wicked Lady, starring Margaret Lockwood and James Mason - (GB)
- Without Love, starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball
- The Woman in Green, starring Basil Rathbone (as Sherlock Holmes) and Nigel Bruce
- Wonder Man, starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo
- Yolanda and the Thief, starring Fred Astaire and Lucille Bremer
- Ziegfeld Follies, with an MGM all-star cast
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 (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 25 - Leigh Taylor-Young, actress
- January 29 - Tom Selleck, American actor
- February 9 - Mia Farrow, American actress
- February 12 - Maud Adams, Swedish actress
- February 16 - Jeremy Bulloch, English actor
- February 17 - Brenda Fricker, Irish actress
- February 20 - Brion James, American actor (died 1999)
- February 24 - Barry Bostwick, American actor
- March 7 - John Heard, American actor
- April 2 - Linda Hunt, American actress
- May 24 - Priscilla Presley, American actress
- May 31 - Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director, producer and screenwriter (died 1982)
- June 2 - Jon Peters, American producer
- June 6 - David Dukes, American actor (died 2000)
- June 11 - Adrienne Barbeau, American actress
- July 26 - Helen Mirren, English actress
- August 2 - Joanna Cassidy, American actress
- August 5 - Loni Anderson, American actress
- August 14
- Steve Martin, American actor and comedian
- Wim Wenders, German director, producer and screenwriter
- August 23 - Bob Peck, English actor (died 1999)
- October 18 - Huell Howser, American actor, television personality, host, comedian (died 2013)
- October 19 - John Lithgow, American actor
- October 27 - Carrie Snodgress, American actress (died 2004)
- October 30 - Henry Winkler, American actor
- October 31 - Brian Doyle-Murray, American actor and comedian
- November 21 - Goldie Hawn, American actress
- November 27 - James Avery, American actor (died 2013)
- December 1 - Bette Midler, American actress, comedian and singer
- December 17 - Ernie Hudson, American actor
- December 24 - Nicholas Meyer, American screenwriter, director and producer
- December 31 - Barbara Carrera, Nicaraguan-born American actress
Deaths
- January 14 - Heinrich Schroth, 73, German actor, Dr. Hart's Diary, Melody of a Great City, Die Entlassung, Rembrandt
- February 23 - Reginald Barker, 58, American film director, Civilization, The Bargain, The Coward, The Moonstone
- March 4 - Lucille La Verne, 72, American actress, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Abraham Lincoln, Orphans of the Storm, A Tale of Two Cities
- March 30 - Béla Balogh, 60, Hungarian film director
- April 29 - Malcolm McGregor, 52, American silent screen star, Lady of the Night, The Circle, The Whispering Shadow, The Ladybird
- May 4 - Anna Dodge, 77, American actress, The Extra Girl, Ride for Your Life
- July 13 - Alla Nazimova, 66, Ukrainian-born stage and film actress, Blood and Sand, Salomé, Since You Went Away, Madame Peacock
- August 11 - Stefan Jaracz, 61, Polish actor
- November 12 - Jaro Fürth, 74, Austrian actor, Diary of a Lost Girl, Joyless Street
Debuts
- Vittorio Gassman - Inconto con Laura
- Deforest Kelley - Time to Kill
- Silvana Mangano - The Last Judgment
Notes
- ↑ Box Office Digest, March 1946, p.18
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