1944 in film

The year 1944 in film involved some significant events, including the wholesome, award-winning Going My Way plus popular murder mysteries such as Double Indemnity, Gaslight and Laura.

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Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1944 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1944
RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
1 Going My Way Paramount $6,500,000[1]
2 Meet Me in St. Louis MGM $5,016,000[2]
3 Since You Went Away United Artists $4,900,000[1]
4 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo MGM $4,297,000[2]
5 The White Cliffs of Dover $4,045,000[2]
6 A Guy Named Joe $3,970,000[2]
7 Hollywood Canteen Warner Bros. $3,831,000[3]
8 To Have and Have Not $3,652,000[3]
9 Frenchman's Creek Paramount $3,500,000[4]
10 Bathing Beauty MGM $3,284,000[2]

Events

Awards

Category/Organization2nd Golden Globe Awards
January 20, 1945
17th Academy Awards
March 15, 1945
Best FilmGoing My Way
Best DirectorLeo McCarey
Going My Way
Best ActorAlexander Knox
Wilson
Bing Crosby
Going My Way
Best ActressIngrid Bergman
Gaslight
Best Supporting ActorBarry Fitzgerald
Going My Way
Best Supporting ActressAgnes Moorehead
Mrs. Parkington
Ethel Barrymore
None but the Lonely Heart

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

1944 film releases

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Notable films released in 1944

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Serials

Short film series

Animated short film series

Births

Deaths

Film Debuts

References

  1. Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 356–357. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
  2. The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  3. Glancy, H. Mark (1995). "Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921-51: the William Schaefer ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 15 (1): 64. doi:10.1080/01439689500260031.
  4. "All-time Film Rental Champs". Variety. October 15, 1990. p. M162 to 166.
  5. Margry, Karel (January 1992). "'Theresienstadt' (1944–1945): the Nazi propaganda film depicting the concentration camp as paradise". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 12 (2): 145–162. doi:10.1080/01439689200260091. ISSN 0143-9685.
  6. Michael D. Gambone, The Greatest Generation Comes Home: The Veteran in American Society, Texas A&M University Press, 2005 p 152
  7. "Blade Runner star Rutger Hauer dies aged 75". BBC News. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
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