The seventeenth Academy Awards ceremony was held on Thursday, March 15, 1945 at Grauman's Chinese Theater. Barry Fitzgerald (Going My Way) was nominated for best actor and best supporting actor for the same role. Because of the war, the statuettes were made out of plaster rather than bronze. Bob Hope and director John Cromwell hosted the ceremony.
The 1944 Academy Award Winners
Picture: Going My WayActor: Bing Crosby (Going My Way)
Actress: Ingrid Bergman (Gaslight)
Supporting Actor: Barry Fitzgerald (Going My Way)
Supporting Actress: Ethel Barrymore (None but the Lonely Heart)
Director: Leo McCarey (Going My Way)
Adapted Screenplay: Frank Butler and Frank Cavett (Going My Way)
Original Screenplay: Lamar Trotti (Wilson) / Leo McCarey (Going My Way)
Song: "Swinging on a Star" (Going My Way)
Score: Since You Went Away (Dramatic or Comedy) / Cover Girl (Musical)
Cinematography: Laura (Black and White) / Wilson (Color)
Interior Decoration: Gaslight (Black and White) / Wilson (Color)
Film Editing: Wilson
Sound: Wilson
Special Effects: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Short Films: Mouse Trouble (Cartoons) / Who's Who in Animal Land (One-Reel) / I Won't Play (Two-Reel)
Documentaries: With the Marines at Tarawa (Short) / The Fighting Lady (Feature)
