1944 (17th Annual Awards)
Nominations by Film

Listed below are the films nominated for Academy Awards in 1944. Beneath each film are the categories for which the film was nominated. The symbol appears next to those categories it ultimately won. Click on the name of a film, person or song in the list to display more information about that film, person or song. Or, click on a year in the column on the right to display the nominations by film for that year.

Address Unknown, Columbia.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Lionel Banks and Walter Holscher; interior decoration by Joseph Kish.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Morris Stoloff and Ernst Toch.

The Adventures of Mark Twain, Warner Bros.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by John J. Hughes; interior decoration by Fred MacLean.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Max Steiner.

Special Effects. Photographic effects by Paul Detlefsen and John Crouse; sound effects by Nathan Levinson.

And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street, George Pal Productions; Paramount. [George Pal Puppetoon Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). George Pal, Producer.

Arturo Toscanini, United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau.

Documentary (Short Subject).

Blue Grass Gentlemen, 20th Century-Fox. [Ed Thorgerson’s Sports Review Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel). Edmund Reek, Producer.

Bombalera, Paramount. [Musical Parade Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel). Louis Harris, Producer.

Brazil, Republic.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Walter Scharf.

Music (Song). “Rio de Janeiro”. Music by Ary Barroso; lyrics by Ned Washington.

Sound Recording. Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg, Sound Director.

The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Bogeaus; United Artists.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Dimitri Tiomkin.

Casanova Brown, International Pictures; RKO Radio.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Perry Ferguson; interior decoration by Julia Heron.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Arthur Lange.

Sound Recording. Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director.

Christmas Holiday, Universal.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). H. J. Salter.

The Climax, Universal.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Color). Art direction by John B. Goodman and Alexander Golitzen; interior decoration by Russell A. Gausman and Ira S. Webb.

Cover Girl, Columbia.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Color). Art direction by Lionel Banks and Cary Odell; interior decoration by Fay Babcock.

Cinematography (Color). Rudolph Maté and Allen M. Davey.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Morris Stoloff and Carmen Dragon.

Music (Song). “Long Ago and Far Away”. Music by Jerome Kern; lyrics by Ira Gershwin.

Sound Recording. Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director.

Days of Glory, RKO Radio.

Special Effects. Photographic effects by Vernon L. Walker; sound effects by James G. Stewart and Roy Granville.

The Desert Song, Warner Bros.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Color). Art direction by Charles Novi; interior decoration by Jack McConaghy.

Dog, Cat and Canary, Screen Gems; Columbia. [Color Rhapsody Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons).

Double Indemnity, Paramount.

Best Motion Picture.

Best Actress. Barbara Stanwyck.

Directing. Billy Wilder.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). John Seitz.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Miklos Rozsa.

Sound Recording. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director.

Writing (Screenplay). Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler.

Dragon Seed, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Aline MacMahon.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Sidney Wagner.

The Fighting Lady, United States Navy; 20th Century-Fox.

Documentary (Feature).

The Fighting Seabees, Republic.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Walter Scharf and Roy Webb.

Fish Fry, Walter Lantz Productions; Universal. [Cartunes]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Walter Lantz, Producer.

Follow the Boys, Charles K. Feldman Productions; Universal.

Music (Song). “I’ll Walk Alone”. Music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

Gaslight, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Motion Picture.

Best Actor. Charles Boyer.

Best Actress. Ingrid Bergman.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Angela Lansbury.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and William Ferrari; interior decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Paul Huldschinsky.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Joseph Ruttenberg.

Writing (Screenplay). John Van Druten, Walter Reisch and John L. Balderston.

Going My Way, Paramount.

Best Motion Picture.

Best Actor. Bing Crosby.

Best Actor. Barry Fitzgerald.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Barry Fitzgerald.

Directing. Leo McCarey.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Lionel Lindon.

Film Editing. Leroy Stone.

Music (Song). “Swinging on a Star”. Music by James Van Heusen; lyrics by Johnny Burke.

Writing (Original Motion Picture Story). Leo McCarey.

Writing (Screenplay). Frank Butler and Frank Cavett.

A Guy Named Joe, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Writing (Original Motion Picture Story). Chandler Sprague and David Boehm.

Hail the Conquering Hero, Paramount.

Writing (Original Screenplay). Preston Sturges.

The Hairy Ape, Jules Levey; United Artists.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Edward Paul and Michel Michelet.

Higher and Higher, RKO Radio.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). C. Bakaleinikoff.

Music (Song). “I Couldn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night”. Music by Jimmy McHugh; lyrics by Harold Adamson.

His Butler’s Sister, Universal.

Sound Recording. Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director.

Hollywood Canteen, Warner Bros.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Ray Heindorf.

Music (Song). “Sweet Deams Sweetheart”. Music by M. K. Jerome; lyrics by Ted Koehler.

Sound Recording. Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director.

Home in Indiana, 20th Century-Fox.

Cinematography (Color). Edward Cronjager.

How to Play Football, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. [Goofy Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Walt Disney, Producer.

I Won’t Play, Warner Bros. [Featurette Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel). Gordon Hollingshead, Producer.

Irish Eyes Are Smiling, 20th Century-Fox.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Alfred Newman.

It Happened Tomorrow, Arnold Productions; United Artists.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Robert Stolz.

Sound Recording. Sound Service, Inc., Jack Whitney, Sound Director.

Jack London, Bronston; United Artists.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Frederic Efrem Rich.

Jammin’ the Blues, Warner Bros. [Melody Master Bands Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel). Gordon Hollingshead, Producer.

Janie, Warner Bros.

Film Editing. Owen Marks.

Kismet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Color). Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Daniel B. Cathcart; interior decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Richard Pefferle.

Cinematography (Color). Charles Rosher.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Herbert Stothart.

Sound Recording. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director.

Knickerbocker Holiday, PCA (Producers Corporation of America); United Artists.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Werner R. Heymann and Kurt Weill.

Lady in the Dark, Paramount.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Color). Art direction by Hans Dreier and Raoul Pene du Bois; interior decoration by Ray Moyer.

Cinematography (Color). Ray Rennahan.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Robert Emmett Dolan.

Lady, Let’s Dance, Scott R. Dunlap; Monogram.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Edward Kay.

Music (Song). “Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams”. Music by Lew Pollack; lyrics by Charles Newman.

Laura, 20th Century-Fox.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Clifton Webb.

Directing. Otto Preminger.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller; interior decoration by Thomas Little.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Joseph LaShelle.

Writing (Screenplay). Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein and Betty Reinhardt.

Lifeboat, 20th Century-Fox.

Directing. Alfred Hitchcock.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Glen MacWilliams.

Writing (Original Motion Picture Story). John Steinbeck.

Main Street Today, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Two-reel Special Series]

Short Subjects (Two-reel). Jerry Bresler, Producer; Herbert Moulton, Associate Producer.

Meet Me in St. Louis, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Cinematography (Color). George Folsey.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Georgie Stoll.

Music (Song). “The Trolley Song”. Music and lyrics by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin.

Writing (Screenplay). Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finkelhoffe.

The Merry Monahans, Universal.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). H. J. Salter.

Minstrel Man, PRC (Producers Releasing Corporation).

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Ferde Grofe and Leo Erdody.

Music (Song). “Remember Me to Carolina”. Music by Harry Revel; lyrics by Paul Webster.

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek, Paramount.

Writing (Original Screenplay). Preston Sturges.

Mr. Skeffington, Warner Bros.

Best Actress. Bette Davis.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Claude Rains.

Mouse Trouble, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Tom & Jerry Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Frederick C. Quimby, Producer.

Movie Pests, Pete Smith; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Pete Smith Specialties Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel). Pete Smith, Producer.

Mrs. Parkington, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Best Actress. Greer Garson.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Agnes Moorehead.

Music in Manhattan, RKO Radio.

Sound Recording. RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Stephen Dunn, Sound Director.

My Boy Johnny, 20th Century-Fox. [Terrytoons Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons). Paul Terry, Producer.

New Americans, RKO Radio. [This Is America Series]

Documentary (Short Subject).

No Time for Love, Paramount.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Hans Dreier and Robert Usher; interior decoration by Sam Comer.

None but the Lonely Heart, RKO Radio.

Best Actor. Cary Grant.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Ethel Barrymore.

Film Editing. Roland Gross.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Hanns Eisler and C. Bakaleinikoff.

None Shall Escape, Columbia.

Writing (Original Motion Picture Story). Alfred Neumann and Joseph Than.

The Princess and the Pirate, Regent Pictures; RKO Radio.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Color). Art direction by Ernst Fegte; interior decoration by Howard Bristol.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). David Rose.

Resisting Enemy Interrogation, United States Army Air Force.

Documentary (Feature).

Screen Snapshots’ 50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures, Columbia. [Screen Snapshots Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel). Ralph Staub, Producer.

Secret Command, Columbia.

Special Effects. Photographic effects by David Allen, Ray Cory and Robert Wright; sound effects by Russell Malmgren and Harry Kusnick.

Sensations of 1945, Andrew Stone Productions; United Artists.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Mahlon Merrick.

The Seventh Cross, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Hume Cronyn.

Since You Went Away, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists.

Best Motion Picture.

Best Actress. Claudette Colbert.

Actor in a Supporting Role. Monty Woolley.

Actress in a Supporting Role. Jennifer Jones.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Mark-Lee Kirk; interior decoration by Victor A. Gangelin.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Stanley Cortez and Lee Garmes.

Film Editing. Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Max Steiner.

Special Effects. Photographic effects by John R. Cosgrove; sound effects by Arthur Johns.

Song of the Open Road, Charles Rogers Productions; United Artists.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White).

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Charles Previn.

Music (Song). “Too Much in Love”. Music by Walter Kent; lyrics by Kim Gannon.

Step Lively, RKO Radio.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Black-and-White). Art direction by Albert S. D’Agostino and Carroll Clark; interior decoration by Darrell Silvera and Claude Carpenter.

The Story of Dr. Wassell, Paramount.

Special Effects. Photographic effects by Gordon Jennings and Farciot Edouart; sound effects by George Dutton.

The Sullivans, 20th Century-Fox.

Writing (Original Motion Picture Story). Edward Doherty and Jules Schermer.

Summer Storm, Angelus; United Artists.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Karl Hajos.

Sweet and Lowdown, 20th Century-Fox.

Music (Song). “I’m Making Believe”. Music by James V. Monaco; lyrics by Mack Gordon.

Swooner Crooner, Warner Bros. [Looney Tunes Series]

Short Subjects (Cartoons).

Thirty Seconds over Tokyo, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Robert Surtees and Harold Rosson.

Special Effects. Photographic effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus and Warren Newcombe; sound effects by Douglas Shearer.

Three Russian Girls, R & F Productions; United Artists.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Franke Harling.

Two Girls and a Sailor, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Writing (Original Screenplay). Richard Connell and Gladys Lehman.

The Uninvited, Paramount.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). Charles Lang.

Up in Arms, Avalon Productions; RKO Radio.

Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). Ray Heindorf and Louis Forbes.

Music (Song). “Now I Know”. Music by Harold Arlen; lyrics by Ted Koehler.

Up in Mabel’s Room, Edward Small; United Artists.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Edward Paul.

Voice in the Wind, Ripley-Monter; United Artists.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Michel Michelet.

Sound Recording. RCA Sound, W. M. Dalgleish, Sound Director.

The White Cliffs of Dover, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Cinematography (Black-and-White). George Folsey.

Who’s Who in Animal Land, Paramount. [Speaking of Animals Series]

Short Subjects (One-reel). Jerry Fairbanks, Producer.

Wilson, 20th Century-Fox.

Best Motion Picture.

Best Actor. Alexander Knox.

Directing. Henry King.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration (Color). Art direction by Wiard Ihnen; interior decoration by Thomas Little.

Cinematography (Color). Leon Shamroy.

Film Editing. Barbara McLean.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Alfred Newman.

Sound Recording. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director.

Special Effects. Photographic effects by Fred Sersen; sound effects by Roger Heman.

Writing (Original Screenplay). Lamar Trotti.

Wing and a Prayer, 20th Century-Fox.

Writing (Original Screenplay). Jerome Cady.

With the Marines at Tarawa, United States Marine Corps.

Documentary (Short Subject).

Woman of the Town, Sherman; United Artists.

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Miklos Rozsa.