1945 (18th Annual Awards)
Nominations and Winners

Listed below are the Academy Award nominations and winners for the year 1945. The symbol appears next to the winner in each category. 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 and winners from that year.

Best Motion Picture

Anchors Aweigh, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

The Bells of St. Mary’s, Rainbow Productions; RKO Radio.

The Lost Weekend, Paramount.

Mildred Pierce, Warner Bros.

Spellbound, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists.

Best Actor

Bing Crosby in The Bells of St. Mary’s, Rainbow Productions; RKO Radio.

Gene Kelly in Anchors Aweigh, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend, Paramount.

Gregory Peck in The Keys of the Kingdom, 20th Century-Fox.

Cornel Wilde in A Song to Remember, Columbia.

Best Actress

Ingrid Bergman in The Bells of St. Mary’s, Rainbow Productions; RKO Radio.

Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce, Warner Bros.

Greer Garson in The Valley of Decision, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Jennifer Jones in Love Letters, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount.

Gene Tierney in Leave Her to Heaven, 20th Century-Fox.

Actor in a Supporting Role

Michael Chekhov in Spellbound, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists.

John Dall in The Corn Is Green, Warner Bros.

James Dunn in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 20th Century-Fox.

Robert Mitchum in G.I. Joe, Lester Cowan; United Artists.

J. Carrol Naish in A Medal for Benny, Paramount.

Actress in a Supporting Role

Eve Arden in Mildred Pierce, Warner Bros.

Ann Blyth in Mildred Pierce, Warner Bros.

Angela Lansbury in The Picture of Dorian Gray, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Joan Lorring in The Corn Is Green, Warner Bros.

Anne Revere in National Velvet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Directing

The Bells of St. Mary’s, Rainbow Productions; RKO Radio. Leo McCarey.

The Lost Weekend, Paramount. Billy Wilder.

National Velvet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Clarence Brown.

The Southerner, Loew-Hakim; United Artists. Jean Renoir.

Spellbound, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists. Alfred Hitchcock.

Art Direction-Interior Decoration

(Black-and-White)

Blood on the Sun, Cagney Productions; United Artists. Art direction by Wiard Ihnen; interior decoration by A. Roland Fields.

Experiment Perilous, RKO Radio. Art direction by Albert S. D’Agostino and Jack Okey; interior decoration by Darrell Silvera and Claude Carpenter.

The Keys of the Kingdom, 20th Century-Fox. Art direction by James Basevi and William Darling; interior decoration by Thomas Little and Frank E. Hughes.

Love Letters, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. Art direction by Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson; interior decoration by Sam Comer and Ray Moyer.

The Picture of Dorian Gray, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Hans Peters; interior decoration by Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt and John Bonar.

(Color)

Frenchman’s Creek, Paramount. Art direction by Hans Dreier and Ernst Fegte; interior decoration by Sam Comer.

Leave Her to Heaven, 20th Century-Fox. Art direction by Lyle Wheeler and Maurice Ransford; interior decoration by Thomas Little.

National Velvet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons and Urie McCleary; interior decoration by Edwin B. Willis and Mildred Griffiths.

San Antonio, Warner Bros. Art direction by Ted Smith; interior decoration by Jack McConaghy.

A Thousand and One Nights, Columbia. Art direction by Stephen Goosson and Rudolph Sternad; interior decoration by Frank Tuttle.

Cinematography

(Black-and-White)

The Keys of the Kingdom, 20th Century-Fox. Arthur Miller.

The Lost Weekend, Paramount. John F. Seitz.

Mildred Pierce, Warner Bros. Ernest Haller.

The Picture of Dorian Gray, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Harry Stradling.

Spellbound, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists. George Barnes.

(Color)

Anchors Aweigh, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Robert Planck and Charles Boyle.

Leave Her to Heaven, 20th Century-Fox. Leon Shamroy.

National Velvet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Leonard Smith.

A Song to Remember, Columbia. Tony Gaudio and Allen M. Davey.

The Spanish Main, RKO Radio. George Barnes.

Documentary

(Feature)

The Last Bomb, United States Army Air Force.

The True Glory, United States Office of War Information; Columbia. The Governments of Great Britain and the United States of America.

(Short Subject)

Hitler Lives?, Warner Bros. [Featurette Series] Gordon Hollingshead, Producer.

Library of Congress, United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau.

To the Shores of Iwo Jima, United States Marine Corps.

Film Editing

The Bells of St. Mary’s, Rainbow Productions; RKO Radio. Harry Marker.

The Lost Weekend, Paramount. Doane Harrison.

National Velvet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Robert J. Kern.

Objective, Burma!, Warner Bros. George Amy.

A Song to Remember, Columbia. Charles Nelson.

Music

(Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

The Bells of St. Mary’s, Rainbow Productions; RKO Radio. Robert Emmett Dolan.

Brewster’s Millions, Edward Small; United Artists. Lou Forbes.

Captain Kidd, Bogeaus; United Artists. Werner Janssen.

The Enchanted Cottage, RKO Radio. Roy Webb.

Flame of Barbary Coast, Republic. Morton Scott and Dale Butts.

G.I. Honeymoon, Monogram. Edward J. Kay.

G.I. Joe, Lester Cowan; United Artists. Louis Applebaum and Ann Ronell.

Guest in the House, Guest in the House, Inc.; United Artists. Werner Janssen.

Guest Wife, Greentree Productions; United Artists. Daniele Amfitheatrof.

The Keys of the Kingdom, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman.

The Lost Weekend, Paramount. Miklos Rozsa.

Love Letters, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. Victor Young.

The Man Who Walked Alone, PRC (Producers Releasing Corporation). Karl Hajos.

Objective, Burma!, Warner Bros. Franz Waxman.

Paris—Underground, Constance Bennett; United Artists. Alexander Tansman.

A Song to Remember, Columbia. Miklos Rozsa and Morris Stoloff.

The Southerner, Loew-Hakim; United Artists. Werner Janssen.

Spellbound, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists. Miklos Rozsa.

This Love of Ours, Universal. H. J. Salter.

The Valley of Decision, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Herbert Stothart.

The Woman in the Window, International Pictures; RKO Radio. Arthur Lange and Hugo Friedhofer.

(Scoring of a Musical Picture)

Anchors Aweigh, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Georgie Stoll.

Belle of the Yukon, International Pictures; RKO Radio. Arthur Lange.

Can’t Help Singing, Universal. Jerome Kern and H. J. Salter.

Hitchhike to Happiness, Republic. Morton Scott.

Incendiary Blonde, Paramount. Robert Emmett Dolan.

Rhapsody in Blue, Warner Bros. Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner.

State Fair, 20th Century-Fox. Alfred Newman and Charles Henderson.

Sunbonnet Sue, Monogram. Edward J. Kay.

The Three Caballeros, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. Charles Wolcott, Edward Plumb and Paul J. Smith.

Tonight and Every Night, Columbia. Marlin Skiles and Morris Stoloff.

Why Girls Leave Home, PRC (Producers Releasing Corporation). Walter Greene.

Wonder Man, Beverly Productions; RKO Radio. Ray Heindorf and Lou Forbes.

(Song)

Accentuate the Positive from Here Come the Waves, Paramount. Music by Harold Arlen; lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

Anywhere from Tonight and Every Night, Columbia. Music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

Aren’t You Glad You’re You? from The Bells of St. Mary’s, Rainbow Productions; RKO Radio. Music by James Van Heusen; lyrics by Johnny Burke.

The Cat and the Canary from Why Girls Leave Home, PRC (Producers Releasing Corporation). Music by Jay Livingston; lyrics by Ray Evans.

Endlessly from Earl Carroll Vanities, Republic. Music by Walter Kent; lyrics by Kim Gannon.

I Fall in Love Too Easily from Anchors Aweigh, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

I’ll Buy That Dream from Sing Your Way Home, RKO Radio. Music by Allie Wrubel; lyrics by Herb Magidson.

It Might as Well Be Spring from State Fair, 20th Century-Fox. Music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.

Linda from G.I. Joe, Lester Cowan; United Artists. Music and lyrics by Ann Ronell.

Love Letters from Love Letters, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. Music by Victor Young; lyrics by Eddie Heyman.

More and More from Can’t Help Singing, Universal. Music by Jerome Kern; lyrics by E. Y. Harburg.

Sleighride in July from Belle of the Yukon, International Pictures; RKO Radio. Music by James Van Heusen; lyrics by Johnny Burke.

So in Love from Wonder Man, Beverly Productions; RKO Radio. Music by David Rose; lyrics by Leo Robin.

Some Sunday Morning from San Antonio, Warner Bros. Music by Ray Heindorf and M. K. Jerome; lyrics by Ted Koehler.

Short Subjects

(Cartoons)

Donald’s Crime, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. [Donald Duck Series] Walt Disney, Producer.

Jasper and the Beanstalk, George Pal Productions; Paramount. [George Pal Puppetoon—Jasper Series] George Pal, Producer.

Life with Feathers, Warner Bros. [Merrie Melodies Series] Eddie Selzer, Producer.

Mighty Mouse in Gypsy Life, 20th Century-Fox. [Terrytoon Series] Paul Terry, Producer.

The Poet and Peasant, Walter Lantz Productions; Universal. [Lantz Technicolor Cartune Series] Walter Lantz, Producer.

Quiet Please!, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Tom & Jerry Series] Frederick Quimby, Producer.

Rippling Romance, Screen Gems; Columbia. [Color Rhapsodies Series]

(One-reel)

Along the Rainbow Trail, 20th Century-Fox. [Movietone Adventure Series] Edmund Reek, Producer.

Screen Snapshots’ 25th Anniversary, Columbia. [Screen Snapshots Series] Ralph Staub, Producer.

Stairway to Light, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [John Nesbitt Passing Parade Series] Herbert Moulton, Producer; Jerry Bresler, Executive Producer.

Story of a Dog, United States Coast Guard; Warner Bros. [Vitaphone Varieties Series] Gordon Hollingshead, Producer.

White Rhapsody, Paramount. [Grantland Rice Sportlights Series] Grantland Rice, Producer.

Your National Gallery, Universal. [Variety Views Series] Joseph O’Brien and Thomas Mead, Producers.

(Two-reel)

A Gun in His Hand, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [Crime Doesn’t Pay Series] Chester Franklin, Producer; Jerry Bresler, Executive Producer.

The Jury Goes Round ’n’ Round, Columbia. [All Star Comedies Series] Jules White, Producer.

The Little Witch, Paramount. [Musical Parade Series] George Templeton, Producer.

Star in the Night, Warner Bros. [Broadway Brevities Series] Gordon Hollingshead, Producer.

Sound Recording

The Bells of St. Mary’s, Rainbow Productions; RKO Radio. RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Stephen Dunn, Sound Director.

Flame of Barbary Coast, Republic. Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg, Sound Director.

Lady on a Train, Universal. Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director.

Leave Her to Heaven, 20th Century-Fox. 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director.

Rhapsody in Blue, Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director.

A Song to Remember, Columbia. Columbia Studio Sound Department, John P. Livadary, Sound Director.

The Southerner, Loew-Hakim; United Artists. General Service, Jack Whitney, Sound Director.

They Were Expendable, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director.

The Three Caballeros, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. Walt Disney Studio Sound Department, C. O. Slyfield, Sound Director.

Three Is a Family, Master Productions; United Artists. RCA Sound, W. V. Wolfe, Sound Director.

The Unseen, Paramount. Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director.

Wonder Man, Beverly Productions; RKO Radio. Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Gordon Sawyer, Sound Director.

Special Effects

Captain Eddie, 20th Century-Fox. Photographic effects by Fred Sersen and Sol Halprin; sound effects by Roger Heman and Harry Leonard.

Spellbound, Selznick International Pictures; United Artists. Photographic effects by Jack Cosgrove.

They Were Expendable, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Photographic effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus and Robert A. MacDonald; sound effects by Michael Steinore.

A Thousand and One Nights, Columbia. Photographic effects by Lawrence W. Butler; sound effects by Ray Bomba.

Wonder Man, Beverly Productions; RKO Radio. Photographic effects by John Fulton; sound effects by Arthur W. Johns.

Writing

(Original Motion Picture Story)

The Affairs of Susan, Hal Wallis Productions; Paramount. Thomas Monroe and Laszlo Gorog.

The House on 92nd Street, 20th Century-Fox. Charles G. Booth.

A Medal for Benny, Paramount. John Steinbeck and Jack Wagner.

Objective, Burma!, Warner Bros. Alvah Bessie.

A Song to Remember, Columbia. Ernst Marischka.

(Original Screenplay)

Dillinger, King Brothers; Monogram. Philip Yordan.

Marie-Louise, Praesens Films (Swiss). Richard Schweizer.

Music for Millions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Myles Connolly.

Salty O’Rourke, Paramount. Milton Holmes.

What Next, Corporal Hargrove?, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Harry Kurnitz.

(Screenplay)

G.I. Joe, Lester Cowan; United Artists. Leopold Atlas, Guy Endore and Philip Stevenson.

The Lost Weekend, Paramount. Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder.

Mildred Pierce, Warner Bros. Ranald MacDougall.

Pride of the Marines, Warner Bros. Albert Maltz.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 20th Century-Fox. Tess Slesinger and Frank Davis.

Special Award

To Walter Wanger for his six years service as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. [Special Plaque]

To The House I Live In, tolerance short subject; produced by Frank Ross and Mervyn LeRoy; directed by Mervyn LeRoy; screenplay by Albert Maltz; song The House I Live In, music by Earl Robinson, lyrics by Lewis Allen; starring Frank Sinatra; released by RKO Radio. [Statuette]

To Republic Studio, Daniel J. Bloomberg, and the Republic Studio Sound Department for the building of an outstanding musical scoring auditorium which provides optimum recording conditions and combines all elements of acoustic and engineering design. [Certificate]

(Juvenile)

To Peggy Ann Garner, outstanding child actress of 1945. [Miniature Statuette]

Scientific or Technical Award

(Class III)

To Loren L. Ryder, Charles R. Daily and the Paramount Studio Sound Department for the design, construction and use of the first dial controlled step-by-step sound channel line-up and test circuit.

To Michael S. Leshing, Benjamin C. Robinson, Arthur B. Chatelain and Robert C. Stevens of 20th Century-Fox Studio and John G. Capstaff of Eastman Kodak Company for the 20th Century-Fox film processing machine.