1944
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- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsBing CrosbyBarry FitzgeraldFrank McHughWhen young Father O'Malley arrives at St. Dominic's, old Father Fitzgibbon doesn't think much of the church's newest member.*[BEST PICTURE]*
*ACTOR -- Bing Crosby
*ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Barry Fitzgerald
*DIRECTING -- Leo McCarey
*MUSIC (Song) -- "Swinging On A Star," Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Johnny Burke
*BEST MOTION PICTURE -- Paramount
*WRITING (Original Motion Picture Story) -- Leo McCarey
*WRITING (Screenplay) -- Frank Butler, Frank Cavett - DirectorHenry KingStarsAlexander KnoxCharles CoburnGeraldine FitzgeraldA chronicle of the political career of US President Woodrow Wilson.[BEST PICTURE]
*ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
*CINEMATOGRAPHY (Color) -- Leon Shamroy
*FILM EDITING -- Barbara McLean
*SOUND RECORDING -- 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
*WRITING (Original Screenplay) -- Lamar Trotti - DirectorGeorge CukorStarsCharles BoyerIngrid BergmanJoseph CottenTen years after her aunt was murdered in their London home, a woman returns from Italy in the 1880s to resume residence with her new husband. His obsessive interest in the home rises from a secret that may require driving his wife insane.[BEST PICTURE]
*ACTRESS -- Ingrid Bergman
*ART DIRECTION (Black-and-White) -- Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Paul Huldschinsky - DirectorJohn CromwellEdward F. ClineTay GarnettStarsClaudette ColbertJennifer JonesJoseph CottenWith her husband away to fight in World War II, a housewife must care for their two daughters alone.[BEST PICTURE]
*MUSIC (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) -- Max Steiner - DirectorLaurence OlivierStarsLaurence OlivierRobert NewtonLeslie BanksIn the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.[BEST PICTURE] *Top Rated Movies*
*SPECIAL AWARD*
To Laurence Olivier for his outstanding achievement as actor, producer and director in bringing Henry V to the screen. - DirectorCharles VidorStarsRita HayworthGene KellyLee BowmanRusty Parker wins a contest and becomes a celebrated cover girl; this endangers her romance with dancing mentor Danny.*MUSIC (Scoring of a Musical Picture) -- Morris Stoloff, Carmen Dragon
- DirectorEdward SteichenWilliam WylerStarsRobert TaylorCharles BoyerJoseph J. ClarkAn in-depth look at aircraft carrier combat operations during World War II. Real combat footage. Very strong and compelling.*DOCUMENTARY (Feature) -- United States Navy
- DirectorCrane WilburStarsDane ClarkJanis PaigeWarren DouglasIn this Warner Bros. short, a Marine in a South Sea island during World War II, Joe Fingers, tells tales of the influence he's had on various personalities. In the words of one of his buddies, he's either the biggest liar in the world or the most important man in show business. He claims to be a piano player and his stories are brought to life in the minds of the boys, especially those that involve a pretty girl. When a piano arrives on the island in a shipment, he refuses to play, convincing the doubters that he's been telling them lies all along. They change their tune however when a Hollywood movie star stops on the island.*SHORT SUBJECT (Two-reel) -- Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
- DirectorOtto PremingerRouben MamoulianStarsGene TierneyDana AndrewsClifton WebbA police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating.*CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Joseph LaShelle
- DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsSara BernerWilliam HannaHarry LangTom's new book on "how to catch a mouse" doesn't prove too helpful against Jerry; actually, Jerry seems to make better use of it than Tom.*SHORT SUBJECT (Cartoon) -- Frederick C. Quimby, Producer
- DirectorClifford OdetsStarsCary GrantEthel BarrymoreBarry FitzgeraldWhen an itinerant reluctantly returns home to help his sickly mother run her shop, they are both tempted to turn to crime to help make ends meet.*ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Ethel Barrymore
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsSpencer TracyVan JohnsonRobert WalkerIn the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.*SPECIAL EFFECTS -- Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus, Warren Newcombe; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
- DirectorLou LillyStarsSara BernerPinto ColvigHarry LangAn Academy Award-winning Paramount Headliner short featuring a tour of the animal kingdom with the animals tossing around quips and jokes via dubbing and special effects. The narration is by Ken Carpenter, and the ending is a rendition of "Cow-Cow Boogie" by a "cow soloist" and some cow-pasture harmonizers.*SHORT SUBJECT (One-reel) -- Jerry Fairbanks, Producer
- DirectorRichard BrooksLouis HaywardStarsAlexander Bonnyman Jr.John BorichMerritt A. EdsonDocumentary short film depicting the harrowing battle between the U.S. Marines and the Japanese for control of the Pacific island of Tarawa.*DOCUMENTARY (Short Subject) -- United States Marine Corps
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsJoan FontaineArturo de CórdovaBasil RathboneAn English lady falls madly in love with a French pirate.*ART DIRECTION (Color) -- Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegte; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer
- DirectorLeopold LindtbergHermann HallerFranz SchnyderStarsJosiane HeggGermaine TournierHeinrich GretlerAmidst the Nazi invasion of France in 1942, a young girl is evacuated to Switzerland but is still haunted by the terrors she has witnessed.*WRITING (Original Screenplay) -- Richard Schweizer
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsMickey RooneyElizabeth TaylorDonald CrispA jaded former jockey helps a young girl prepare a wild but gifted horse for England's Grand National Sweepstakes.*ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Anne Revere
*FILM EDITING -- Robert J. Kern - DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. RobinsonA Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.*Top Rated Movies*
Nominated for 7 Oscars. - DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsRonald ColmanMarlene DietrichJames CraigIn ancient Baghdad, Hafiz the King of Beggars dreams of untold riches and of marrying his daughter to a real prince.Nominated for 4 Oscars.
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsJudy GarlandMargaret O'BrienMary AstorYoung love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.Nominated for 4 Oscars.
- DirectorIrving RapperStarsFredric MarchAlexis SmithDonald CrispThe dramatized life of immortal humorist Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, from his days as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River until his death in 1910 shortly after Halley's Comet returned.Nominated for 3 Oscars.
- DirectorJoseph SantleyStarsTito GuízarVirginia BruceEdward Everett HortonA songwriter struggles to produce another successful hit for the National Brazilian song contest.Nominated for 3 Oscars
- DirectorSam WoodStarsGary CooperTeresa WrightFrank MorganIn this hilarious romantic comedy, Gary Cooper gets a lesson in diapers and formula after stealing his child from his ex-wife (Teresa Wright), who was planning to give her up for adoption.Nominated for 3 Oscars
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsTallulah BankheadJohn HodiakWalter SlezakSeveral survivors of a torpedoed merchant ship in World War II find themselves in the same lifeboat with one of the crew members of the U-boat that sank their ship.Nominated for 3 Oscars
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsGinger RogersRay MillandWarner BaxterLiza Elliott, "Allure" magazines editor-in-chief, suffers from headaches and continuous daydreams and undergoes psychoanalysis to determine why.Nominated for 3 Oscars