Road to the Oscars 2012
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Awards for 1945

Oscar

Best Picture

WINNER

Going My Way: (Paramount)

NOMINEES

Double Indemnity: (Paramount)
Gaslight: (M-G-M)
Since You Went Away: (Selznick International Pictures)
Wilson: (20th Century Fox)

Best Actor in a Leading Role

WINNER

Going My Way: Bing Crosby

NOMINEES

Gaslight: Charles Boyer
Going My Way: Barry Fitzgerald
None But the Lonely Heart: Cary Grant
Wilson: Alexander Knox

Best Actress in a Leading Role

WINNER

Gaslight: Ingrid Bergman

NOMINEES

Since You Went Away: Claudette Colbert
Mr. Skeffington: Bette Davis
Mrs. Parkington: Greer Garson
Double Indemnity: Barbara Stanwyck

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER

Going My Way: Barry Fitzgerald

NOMINEES

The Seventh Cross: Hume Cronyn
Mr. Skeffington: Claude Rains
Laura: Clifton Webb
Since You Went Away: Monty Woolley

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER

None But the Lonely Heart: Ethel Barrymore

NOMINEES

Since You Went Away: Jennifer Jones
Gaslight: Angela Lansbury
Dragon Seed: Aline MacMahon
Mrs. Parkington: Agnes Moorehead

Best Director

WINNER

Going My Way: Leo McCarey

NOMINEES

Lifeboat: Alfred Hitchcock
Wilson: Henry King
Laura: Otto Preminger
Double Indemnity: Billy Wilder

Best Writing, Original Screenplay

WINNER

Wilson: Lamar Trotti

NOMINEES

Hail the Conquering Hero: Preston Sturges
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek: Preston Sturges
Two Girls and a Sailor: Richard Connell, Gladys Lehman
Wing and a Prayer: Jerome Cady

Best Writing, Original Story

WINNER

Going My Way: Leo McCarey

NOMINEES

A Guy Named Joe: David Boehm, Chandler Sprague
Lifeboat: John Steinbeck
None Shall Escape: Alfred Neumann, Joseph Than
The Fighting Sullivans: Edward Doherty, Jules Schermer

Best Writing, Screenplay

WINNER

Going My Way: Frank Butler, Frank Cavett

NOMINEES

Double Indemnity: Raymond Chandler, Billy Wilder
Gaslight: John L. Balderston, Walter Reisch, John Van Druten
Laura: Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, Elizabeth Reinhardt
Meet Me in St. Louis: Irving Brecher, Fred F. Finklehoffe

Best Cinematography, Color

WINNER

Wilson: Leon Shamroy

NOMINEES

Cover Girl: Rudolph Maté, Allen M. Davey
Home in Indiana: Edward Cronjager
Kismet: Charles Rosher
Lady in the Dark: Ray Rennahan
Meet Me in St. Louis: George J. Folsey

Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

WINNER

Laura: Joseph LaShelle

NOMINEES

Double Indemnity: John F. Seitz
Dragon Seed: Sidney Wagner
Gaslight: Joseph Ruttenberg
Going My Way: Lionel Lindon
Lifeboat: Glen MacWilliams
Since You Went Away: Stanley Cortez, Lee Garmes
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo: Robert Surtees, Harold Rosson
The Uninvited: Charles Lang
The White Cliffs of Dover: George J. Folsey

Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White

WINNER

Gaslight: Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Edwin B. Willis, Paul Huldschinsky

NOMINEES

Address Unknown: Lionel Banks, Walter Holscher, Joseph Kish
The Adventures of Mark Twain: John Hughes, Fred M. MacLean
Casanova Brown: Perry Ferguson, Julia Heron
Laura: Lyle R. Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Thomas Little
No Time for Love: Hans Dreier, Robert Usher, Sam Comer
Since You Went Away: Mark-Lee Kirk, Victor A. Gangelin
Step Lively: Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark, Darrell Silvera, Claude E. Carpenter

Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color

WINNER

Wilson: Wiard Ihnen, Thomas Little

NOMINEES

The Climax: John B. Goodman, Alexander Golitzen, Russell A. Gausman, Ira Webb
Cover Girl: Lionel Banks, Cary Odell, Fay Babcock
The Desert Song: Charles Novi, Jack McConaghy
Kismet: Cedric Gibbons, Daniel B. Cathcart, Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle
Lady in the Dark: Hans Dreier, Raoul Pene Du Bois, Ray Moyer
The Princess and the Pirate: Ernst Fegté, Howard Bristol

Best Sound, Recording

WINNER

Wilson: Edmund H. Hansen (20th Century-Fox SSD)

NOMINEES

Brazil: Daniel J. Bloomberg (Republic SSD)
Casanova Brown: Thomas T. Moulton (Samuel Goldwyn SSD)
Cover Girl: John P. Livadary (Columbia SSD)
Double Indemnity: Loren L. Ryder (Paramount SSD)
His Butler's Sister: Bernard B. Brown (Universal SSD)
Hollywood Canteen: Nathan Levinson (Warner Bros. SSD)
It Happened Tomorrow: Jack Whitney (Sound Services Inc.)
Kismet: Douglas Shearer (M-G-M SSD)
Music in Manhattan: Stephen Dunn (RKO Radio SSD)
Voice in the Wind: Mac Dalgleish (RCA Sound)

Best Film Editing

WINNER

Wilson: Barbara McLean

NOMINEES

Going My Way: LeRoy Stone
Janie: Owen Marks
None But the Lonely Heart: Roland Gross
Since You Went Away: Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom

Best Effects, Special Effects

WINNER

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo: A. Arnold Gillespie (photographic), Donald Jahraus (photographic), Warren Newcombe (photographic), Douglas Shearer (sound)

NOMINEES

The Adventures of Mark Twain: Paul Detlefsen (photographic), John Crouse (photographic), Nathan Levinson (sound)
Days of Glory: Vernon L. Walker (photographic), James G. Stewart (sound), Roy Granville (sound)
Secret Command: David Allen (photographic), Ray Cory (photographic), Robert Wright (photographic), Russell Malmgren (sound), Harry Kusnick (sound)
Since You Went Away: Jack Cosgrove (photographic), Arthur Johns (sound)
The Story of Dr. Wassell: Farciot Edouart (photographic), Gordon Jennings (photographic), George Dutton (sound)
Wilson: Fred Sersen (photographic), Roger Heman Sr. (sound)

Best Music, Original Song

WINNER

Going My Way: Jimmy Van Heusen (music), Johnny Burke (lyrics)
For the song "Swinging on a Star".

NOMINEES

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

Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture

WINNER

Cover Girl: Carmen Dragon, Morris Stoloff

NOMINEES

Brazil: Walter Scharf
Higher and Higher: C. Bakaleinikoff
Hollywood Canteen: Ray Heindorf
Irish Eyes Are Smiling: Alfred Newman
Knickerbocker Holiday: Werner R. Heymann, Kurt Weill
Lady in the Dark: Robert Emmett Dolan
Lady, Let's Dance: Edward J. Kay
Meet Me in St. Louis: George Stoll
The Merry Monahans: Hans J. Salter
Minstrel Man: Leo Erdody, Ferde Grofé Sr.
Sensations of 1945: Mahlon Merrick
Song of the Open Road: Charles Previn
Up in Arms: Louis Forbes, Ray Heindorf

Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture

WINNER

Since You Went Away: Max Steiner

NOMINEES

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

Best Short Subject, Two-reel

WINNER

I Won't Play: Gordon Hollingshead

NOMINEES

Bombalera: Louis Harris
Main Street Today: Jerry Bresler

Best Short Subject, One-reel

WINNER

Who's Who in Animal Land: Jerry Fairbanks

NOMINEES

Blue-Grass Gentlemen: Edmund Reek
Jammin' the Blues: Gordon Hollingshead
Movie Pests: Pete Smith
50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures: Ralph Staub

Best Short Subject, Cartoons

WINNER

Mouse Trouble: Fred Quimby

NOMINEES

And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street: George Pal
Dog, Cat, and Canary: (Columbia)
Fish Fry: Walter Lantz
How to Play Football: Walt Disney
My Boy Johnny: Paul Terry
Swooner Crooner: (Warner Bros.)

Best Documentary, Short Subjects

WINNER

With the Marines at Tarawa: (U.S. Marine Corps)

NOMINEES

Hymn of the Nations: (Office of War Information)
Nominated as "Arturo Toscanini".
New Americans: (RKO Radio)

Best Documentary, Features

WINNER

The Fighting Lady: (20th Century-Fox, U.S. Navy)

NOMINEE

Resisting Enemy Interrogation: (U.S. Army Air Force)

Juvenile Award

WINNER

Margaret O'Brien
For outstanding child actress of 1944.

Honorary Award

WINNER

Bob Hope
For his many services to the Academy (Life Membership in the AMPAS).

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

WINNER

Darryl F. Zanuck

Academy Award of Merit

WINNER


Not awarded.

Scientific and Engineering Award

WINNER

Stephen Dunn (RKO Radio SSD, Radio Corp. of America)
For the design and development of the electronic compressor-limiter.

Technical Achievement Award

WINNERS

Linwood G. Dunn, Cecil Love (Acme Tool Manufacturing Co.)
For the design and construction of the Acme-Dunn Optical Printer.
Grover Laube (20th Century-Fox Studio Camera Dept.)
For the development of a continuous loop projection device.
(Western Electric Co.)
For the design and construction of the 1126A Limiting Amplifier for variable density sound recording.

For the development and production use of the Paramount floating hydraulic boat rocker.
Gordon Jennings
For the design and construction of the Paramount nodal point tripod.
(Radio Corp. of America, RKO Radio SSD)
For the design and construction of the RKO reverberation chamber.
Daniel J. Bloomberg (Republic SSD)
For the design and development of a multi-interlock selector switch.
Bernard B. Brown, John P. Livadary
For the design and engineering of a separate soloist and chorus recording room.

For the formula and application to production of a simplified variable area sound negative developer.
Paul K. Lerpae
For the design and construction of the Paramount traveling matte projection and photographing device.

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