Awards & Winners

1944 Academy Awards

Check winners and nominations of 1944 Academy Awards. Check awards winners of 17th Academy Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

17th Academy Awards

Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)

Fred Quimby

Honored for : Mouse Trouble

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Nominee Nominated Work
Paul Terry My Boy Johnny
Fred Quimby Mouse Trouble
Walter Lantz Fish Fry
Columbia Pictures Dog, Cat, and Canary
Walt Disney How to Play Football
Warner Bros. Entertainment Swooner Crooner
George Pal And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street
Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject

US Marines

Honored for : With the Marines at Tarawa

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Nominee Nominated Work
United States Office of War Information Hymn of the Nations
United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau
US Marines With the Marines at Tarawa
RKO Radio Network New Americans
Academy Award for Best Cinematography

Leon Shamroy

Honored for : Wilson

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Nominee Nominated Work
Leon Shamroy Wilson
Rudolph Maté Cover Girl
Allen M. Davey Cover Girl
Edward Cronjager Home in Indiana
Charles Rosher Kismet
Ray Rennahan Lady in the Dark
George J. Folsey Meet Me in St. Louis
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

United States Navy

Honored for : The Fighting Lady

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Nominee Nominated Work
United States Navy The Fighting Lady
United States Air Force Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Academy Award for Best Actor

Bing Crosby

Honored for : Going My Way
(Role: Father O'Malley)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Charles Boyer Gaslight
Role: Gregory Anton
Barry Fitzgerald Going My Way
Role: Father Fitzgibbon
Alexander Knox Wilson
Role: Woodrow Wilson
Cary Grant None but the Lonely Heart
Role: Ernie Mott
Bing Crosby Going My Way
Role: Father O'Malley
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

Edmund H. Hansen

Honored for : Wilson
(20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Daniel J. Bloomberg Brazil
Republic Studio Sound Department
John P. Livadary Cover Girl
Columbia Studio Sound Department
Edmund H. Hansen Wilson
20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department
Douglas Shearer Kismet
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department
Jack Whitney It Happened Tomorrow
Sound Service, Inc.
Thomas T. Moulton Casanova Brown
Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department
Nathan Levinson Hollywood Canteen
Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department
Mac Dalgleish Voice in the Wind
RCA Sound
Stephen Dunn Music in Manhattan
RKO Radio Studio Sound Department
Loren L. Ryder Double Indemnity
Paramount Studio Sound Department
Bernard B. Brown His Butler's Sister
Universal Studio Sound Department
Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Hughes The Adventures of Mark Twain
Fred M. MacLean The Adventures of Mark Twain
Joseph Kish Address Unknown
Walter Holscher Address Unknown
Lionel Banks Address Unknown
Victor A. Gangelin Since You Went Away
Mark-Lee Kirk Since You Went Away
Claude E. Carpenter Step Lively
Darrell Silvera Step Lively
Albert S. D'Agostino Step Lively
Carroll Clark Step Lively
Perry Ferguson Casanova Brown
Julia Heron Casanova Brown
Cedric Gibbons Gaslight
Paul Huldschinsky Gaslight
William Ferrari Gaslight
Edwin B. Willis Gaslight
Hans Dreier No Time for Love
Samuel M. Comer No Time for Love
Robert Usher No Time for Love
Leland Fuller Laura
Thomas Little Laura
Lyle R. Wheeler Laura
Academy Award for Best Film Editing

Barbara McLean

Honored for : Wilson

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Nominee Nominated Work
Barbara McLean Wilson
LeRoy Stone Going My Way
Roland Gross None but the Lonely Heart
Owen Marks Janie
James E. Newcom Since You Went Away
Hal C. Kern Since You Went Away
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, One-reel

Jerry Fairbanks

Honored for : Who's Who in Animal Land

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jerry Fairbanks Who's Who in Animal Land
Ralph Staub 50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures
Edmund Reek Blue-Grass Gentlemen
Pete Smith Movie Pests
Gordon Hollingshead Jammin' the Blues
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects

Donald Jahraus, Warren Newcombe, Douglas Shearer, A. Arnold Gillespie

Honored for : Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jack Cosgrove Since You Went Away
Arthur Johns Since You Went Away
Russell Malmgren Secret Command
Harry Kusnick Secret Command
Ray Cory Secret Command
Robert Wright Secret Command
David Allen Secret Command
Gordon Jennings The Story of Dr. Wassell
George Dutton The Story of Dr. Wassell
Farciot Edouart The Story of Dr. Wassell
Vernon L. Walker Days of Glory
Roy Granville Days of Glory
James G. Stewart Days of Glory
Warren Newcombe Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Donald Jahraus Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
A. Arnold Gillespie Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Douglas Shearer Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Fred Sersen Wilson
Roger Heman Sr. Wilson
Paul Detlefsen The Adventures of Mark Twain
John Crouse The Adventures of Mark Twain
Nathan Levinson The Adventures of Mark Twain
Academy Award for Best Actress

Ingrid Bergman

Honored for : Gaslight
(Role: Paula Alquist)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Barbara Stanwyck Double Indemnity
Role: Phyllis Dietrichson
Greer Garson Mrs. Parkington
Role: Susie Parkington
Bette Davis Mr. Skeffington
Role: Fanny Trellis Skeffington
Claudette Colbert Since You Went Away
Role: Anne Hilton
Ingrid Bergman Gaslight
Role: Paula Alquist
Academy Award for Best Original Song

Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke

Honored for : Swinging on a Star
(Going My Way)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Hugh Martin The Trolley Song
Meet Me in St. Louis
Ralph Blane The Trolley Song
Meet Me in St. Louis
Lew Pollack Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams
Lady, Let's Dance
Charles Newman Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams
Lady, Let's Dance
Harry Revel Remember Me to Carolina
Minstrel Man
Paul Francis Webster Remember Me to Carolina
Minstrel Man
Jerome Kern Long Ago (and Far Away)
Cover Girl
Ira Gershwin Long Ago (and Far Away)
Cover Girl
M.K. Jerome Sweet Dreams Sweetheart
Hollywood Canteen
Ted Koehler Sweet Dreams Sweetheart
Hollywood Canteen
James Vincent Monaco I'm Making Believe
Sweet and Low-Down
Mack Gordon I'm Making Believe
Sweet and Low-Down
Ary Barroso Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Ned Washington Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Harold Arlen Now I Know
Up in Arms
Ted Koehler Now I Know
Up in Arms
Sammy Cahn I'll Walk Alone
Follow the Boys
Jule Styne I'll Walk Alone
Follow the Boys
Walter Kent Too Much in Love
Song of the Open Road
Kim Gannon Too Much in Love
Song of the Open Road
Jimmy McHugh I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night
Higher and Higher
Harold Adamson I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night
Higher and Higher
Jimmy Van Heusen Swinging on a Star
Going My Way
Johnny Burke Swinging on a Star
Going My Way
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Ethel Barrymore

Honored for : None but the Lonely Heart
(Role: Ma Mott)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Agnes Moorehead Mrs. Parkington
Role: Aspacia Conti
Aline MacMahon Dragon Seed
Role: Ling's Wife
Angela Lansbury Gaslight
Role: Nancy Oliver
Jennifer Jones Since You Went Away
Role: Jane Hilton
Ethel Barrymore None but the Lonely Heart
Role: Ma Mott
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Barry Fitzgerald

Honored for : Going My Way
(Role: Father Fitzgibbon)

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Nominee Nominated Work
Clifton Webb Laura
Role: Waldo Lydecker
Hume Cronyn The Seventh Cross
Role: Paul Roeder
Monty Woolley Since You Went Away
Role: Colonel William G. Smollett
Claude Rains Mr. Skeffington
Role: Job Skeffington
Barry Fitzgerald Going My Way
Role: Father Fitzgibbon
Academy Award for Best Picture

Paramount Pictures

Honored for : Going My Way

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Nominee Nominated Work
Darryl F. Zanuck Wilson
20th Century Fox Wilson
David O. Selznick Since You Went Away
Selznick International Pictures Since You Went Away
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Gaslight
Arthur Hornblow, Jr. Gaslight
Joseph Sistrom Double Indemnity
Paramount Pictures Double Indemnity
Leo McCarey Going My Way
Paramount Pictures Going My Way
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

Lamar Trotti

Honored for : Wilson

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jerome Cady Wing and a Prayer
Richard Connell Two Girls and a Sailor
Gladys Lehman Two Girls and a Sailor
Preston Sturges The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Lamar Trotti Wilson
Preston Sturges Hail the Conquering Hero
Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-reel

Gordon Hollingshead

Honored for : I Won't Play

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jerry Bresler Main Street Today
Herbert Moulton Main Street Today
Louis Harris Bombalera
Gordon Hollingshead I Won't Play
Academy Award for Best Story

Leo McCarey

Honored for : Going My Way

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
John Steinbeck Lifeboat
Eddie Doherty The Fighting Sullivans
Jules Schermer The Fighting Sullivans
Alfred Neumann None Shall Escape
Joseph Than None Shall Escape
David Boehm A Guy Named Joe
Chandler Sprague A Guy Named Joe
Leo McCarey Going My Way
Academy Award for Best Production Design

Wiard Ihnen, Thomas Little

Honored for : Wilson

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ira S. Webb The Climax
John B. Goodman The Climax
Russell A. Gausman The Climax
Alexander Golitzen The Climax
Richard Pefferle Kismet
Daniel B. Cathcart Kismet
Cedric Gibbons Kismet
Edwin B. Willis Kismet
Ernst Fegté The Princess and the Pirate
Howard Bristol The Princess and the Pirate
Charles Novi The Desert Song
Jack McConaghy The Desert Song
Raoul Pene Du Bois Lady in the Dark
Hans Dreier Lady in the Dark
Ray Moyer Lady in the Dark
Wiard Ihnen Wilson
Thomas Little Wilson
Lionel Banks Cover Girl
Cary Odell Cover Girl
Fay Babcock Cover Girl
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Joseph LaShelle

Honored for : Laura

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Joseph LaShelle Laura
John F. Seitz Double Indemnity
Sidney Wagner Dragon Seed
Joseph Ruttenberg Gaslight
Lionel Lindon Going My Way
Glen MacWilliams Lifeboat
Stanley Cortez Since You Went Away
Lee Garmes Since You Went Away
Robert L. Surtees Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Harold Rosson Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Charles Lang The Uninvited
George J. Folsey The White Cliffs of Dover
Academy Award for Best Director

Leo McCarey

Honored for : Going My Way

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Nominee Nominated Work
Billy Wilder Double Indemnity
Otto Preminger Laura
Alfred Hitchcock Lifeboat
Henry King Wilson
Leo McCarey Going My Way
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

Max Steiner

Honored for : Since You Went Away

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Max Steiner Since You Went Away
Morris Stoloff Address Unknown
Ernst Toch Address Unknown
Max Steiner The Adventures of Mark Twain
Dimitri Tiomkin The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Arthur Lange Casanova Brown
Hans J. Salter Christmas Holiday
Miklós Rózsa Double Indemnity
Walter Scharf The Fighting Seabees
Roy Webb The Fighting Seabees
Michel Michelet The Hairy Ape
Edward Paul The Hairy Ape
Robert Stolz It Happened Tomorrow
Fred Rich Jack London
Herbert Stothart Kismet
Constantin Bakaleinikoff None but the Lonely Heart
Hanns Eisler None but the Lonely Heart
David Rose The Princess and the Pirate
Karl Hajos Summer Storm
W. Franke Harling Three Russian Girls
Edward Paul Up in Mabel's Room
Michel Michelet Voice in the Wind
Alfred Newman Wilson
Miklós Rózsa The Woman of the Town
Academy Award for Best Original Musical

Carmen Dragon, Morris Stoloff

Honored for : Cover Girl

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Carmen Dragon Cover Girl
Morris Stoloff Cover Girl
Walter Scharf Brazil
Constantin Bakaleinikoff Higher and Higher
Ray Heindorf Hollywood Canteen
Alfred Newman Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Werner R. Heymann Knickerbocker Holiday
Kurt Weill Knickerbocker Holiday
Robert E. Dolan Lady in the Dark
Edward J. Kay Lady, Let's Dance
Georgie Stoll Meet Me in St. Louis
Hans J. Salter The Merry Monahans
Leo Erdody Minstrel Man
Ferde Grofé Minstrel Man
Mahlon Merrick Sensations of 1945
Charles Previn Song of the Open Road
Louis Forbes Up in Arms
Ray Heindorf Up in Arms
Academy Award for Best Screenplay

Frank Butler, Frank Cavett

Honored for : Going My Way

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Frank Cavett Going My Way
Raymond Chandler Double Indemnity
Billy Wilder Double Indemnity
John L. Balderston Gaslight
Walter Reisch Gaslight
John William Van Druten Gaslight
Jay Dratler Laura
Samuel Hoffenstein Laura
Elizabeth Reinhardt Laura
Irving Brecher Meet Me in St. Louis
Fred F. Finklehoffe Meet Me in St. Louis
Frank Butler Going My Way
Academy Honorary Award

Bob Hope

(for his many services to the Academy)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Linwood G. Dunn, Cecil Love, Acme Tool and Manufacturing Company

(for the design and construction of the Acme-Dunn Optical Printer)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Grover Laube, 20th Century-Fox Studio Camera Department

(for the development of a continuous loop projection device.)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Western Electric

(for the design and construction of the 1126A Limiting Amplifier for variable density sound recording)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Russell Brown, Ray Hinsdale, Joseph E. Robbins

(for the development and production use of the Paramount floating hydraulic boat rocker)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Gordon Jennings

(for the design and construction of the Paramount nodal point tripod)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

RCA, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department

(for the design and construction of the RKO reverberation chamber)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Daniel J. Bloomberg, Republic Studio Sound Department

(for the design and development of a multi-interlock selector switch)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Bernard B. Brown, John P. Livadary

(for the design and engineering of a separate soloist and chorus recording room)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Paul Zeff, S. J. Twining, George Seid

(of the Columbia Studio Laboratory for the formula and application to production of a simplified variable area sound negative developer)
Academy Award for Best Technical Achievement

Paul K. Lerpae

(for the design and construction of the Paramount traveling matte projection and photographing device)
Academy Scientific and Technical Award (Scientific and Engineering award)

Stephen Dunn, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, RCA

(For the design and development of the electronic compressor-limiter.)
Academy Juvenile Award

Margaret O'Brien

(Outstanding child actress of 1944.)