1944 in film

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Contents 1 Events 2 Top grossing films 3 Other films released 4 Short film series 5 Animated short film series 6 Academy Awards 7 Births 8 Deaths

Events

• July 20 - Since You Went Away is released.
• September 6 - Double Indemnity is released.

Top grossing films

North America

1. Going My Way starring Bing Crosby
2. Meet Me in St. Louis, starring Judy Garland
3. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
4. Hollywood Canteen
5. A Guy Named Joe
6. The White Cliffs of Dover

Other films released

Movies released in 1944 include:

• A Canterbury Tale, written and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
• Double Indemnity, starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson
• The Keys of the Kingdom, starring Gregory Peck, Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, and Roddy McDowall
• Lady, Let's Dance, ice skating musical starring Belita and comedy ice team Frick & Frack
• Wilson, biographical film about President Woodrow Wilson, starring Charles Coburn
• Gaslight, the Hollywood remake, with Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer
• Henry V, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier
• Laura
• Since You Went Away
• The Way Ahead, directed by Carol Reed

Short film series

• Our Gang (1922-1944)

Animated short film series

• Mickey Mouse (1928-1953)
• Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
• Terrytoons (1930-1964)
• Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
• Scrappy (1931-1941)
• Popeye (1933-1957)
• Color Rhapsodies (1934-1949)
• Donald Duck (1937-1956)
• Goofy (1939-1955)
• Andy Panda (1939-1949)
• Tom and Jerry (MGM) (1940-1958)
• Woody Woodpecker (1941-1949)
• Swing Symphonies (1941-1945)
• The Fox and the Crow (1941-1950)
• Red Hot Riding Hood (1943-1949)
• Droopy (1943-1958)
• Screwball Squirrel (1944-1946)

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Going My Way - Paramount
• Best Actor: Bing Crosby - Going My Way
• Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight

Births

• January 6 - Bonnie Franklin, actress
• January 23 - Rutger Hauer, actor
• February 11 - Buddhadev Dasgupta, film director
• April 23 - Sandra Dee, actress
• May 14 - George Lucas, film director and producer
• August 8 - Peter Weir, film director
• November 23 - Joe Eszterhas, screenwriter

Deaths

• December 13 - Lupe Vélez, actress
• December 15 - Glenn Miller, musician, actorde:Filmjahr 1944

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