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1944 Oscars:
The 1944 Academy Awards were presented March 15, 1944 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, Calif.
| Best Motion Picture | Double Indemnity (Paramount) |
| Gaslight (MGM) |
| Going My Way (Paramount) |
| Since You Went Away (Selznick International Pictures; United Artists) | | Wilson (Twentieth Century-Fox) |
| Best Actor | Charles Boyer, Gaslight |
| Bing Crosby, Going My Way |
| Barry Fitzgerald, Going My Way |
| Cary Grant, None but the Lonely Heart | | Alexander Knox, Wilson |
| Best Actress | Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight |
| Claudette Colbert, Since You Went Away |
| Bette Davis, Mr. Skeffington |
| Greer Garson, Mrs. Parkington |
| Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity | |
| Actor in a Supporting Role | Hume Cronyn, The Seventh Cross |
| Barry Fitzgerald, Going My Way |
| Claude Rains, Mr. Skeffington |
| Clifton Webb, Laura | | Monty Woolley, Since You Went Away |
| Actress in a Supporting Role | Ethel Barrymore, None but the Lonely Heart |
| Jennifer Jones, Since You Went Away |
| Angela Lansbury, Gaslight |
| Aline MacMahon, Dragon Seed | | Agnes Moorehead, Mrs. Parkington |
| Directing | Alfred Hitchcock, Lifeboat |
| Henry King, Wilson |
| Leo McCarey, Going My Way |
| Otto Preminger, Laura | | Billy Wilder, Double Indemnity |
| Writing |
| Original Motion Picture Story | David Boehm and Chandler Sprague, A Guy Named Joe |
| Edward Doherty and Jules Schermer, The Sullivans |
| Leo McCarey, Going My Way |
| Alfred Neumann and Joseph Than, None Shall Escape | | John Steinbeck, Lifeboat |
| Original Screenplay | Jerome Cady, Wing and a Prayer |
| Richard Connell and Gladys Lehman, Two Girls and a Sailor |
| Preston Sturges, Hail the Conquering Hero |
| Preston Sturges, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek | | Lamar Trotti, Wilson |
| Screenplay | John L. Balderston, Walter Reisch and John Van Druten, Gaslight |
| Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finkelhoffe, Meet Me in St. Louis |
| Frank Butler and Frank Cavett, Going My Way |
| Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder, Double Indemnity | | Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein and Betty Reinhardt, Laura | |
| Cinematography |
| Black-and-White | Stanley Cortez and Lee Garmes, Since You Went Away |
| George Folsey, The White Cliffs of Dover |
| Charles Lang, The Uninvited |
| Joseph LaShelle, Laura |
| Lionel Lindon, Going My Way |
| Glen MacWilliams, Lifeboat |
| Joseph Ruttenberg, Gaslight |
| John Seitz, Double Indemnity |
| Robert Surtees and Harold Rosson, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo | | Sidney Wagner, Dragon Seed |
| Color | Edward Cronjager, Home in Indiana |
| George Folsey, Meet Me in St. Louis |
| Rudolph Maté and Allen M. Davey, Cover Girl |
| Ray Rennahan, Lady in the Dark |
| Charles Rosher, Kismet | | Leon Shamroy, Wilson | |
| Art Direction |
| Black-and-White | Lionel Banks and Walter Holscher, art direction; Joseph Kish, interior decoration, Address Unknown |
| Albert S. D'Agostino and Carroll Clark, art direction; Darrell Silvera and Claude Carpenter, interior decoration, Step Lively |
| Hans Dreier and Robert Usher, art direction; Sam Comer, interior decoration, No Time for Love |
| Perry Ferguson, art direction; Julia Heron, interior decoration, Casanova Brown |
| Cedric Gibbons and William Ferrari, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Paul Huldschinsky, interior decoration, Gaslight |
| John J. Hughes, art direction; Fred MacLean, interior decoration, The Adventures of Mark Twain |
| Mark-Lee Kirk, art direction; Victor A. Gangelin, interior decoration, Since You Went Away | | Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller, art direction; Thomas Little, interior decoration, Laura |
| Color | Lionel Banks and Cary Odell, art direction; Fay Babcock, interior decoration, Cover Girl |
| Hans Dreier and Raoul Pene du Bois, art direction; Ray Moyer, interior decoration, Lady in the Dark |
| Ernst Fegte, art direction; Howard Bristol, interior decoration, The Princess and the Pirate |
| Cedric Gibbons and Daniel B. Cathcart, art direction; Edwin B. Willis and Richard Pefferle, interior decoration, Kismet |
| John B. Goodman and Alexander Golitzen, art direction; Russell A. Gausman and Ira S. Webb, interior decoration, The Climax |
| Wiard Ihnen, art direction; Thomas Little, interior decoration, Wilson | | Charles Novi, art direction; Jack McConaghy, interior decoration, The Desert Song | |
| Sound Recording | Columbia Studio Sound Dept., Cover Girl |
| MGM Studio Sound Dept., Kismet |
| Paramount Studio Sound Dept., Double Indemnity |
| RCA Sound, Voice in the Wind |
| Republic Studio Sound Dept., Brazil |
| RKO Radio Studio Sound Dept., Music in Manhattan |
| Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Casanova Brown |
| Sound Service Inc., It Happened Tomorrow |
| Twentieth Century-Fox Studio Sound Dept., Wilson |
| Universal Studio Sound Dept., His Butler's Sister | | Warner Bros. Studio Sound Dept., Hollywood Canteen |
| Music |
| Song | “I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night,” Higher and Higher, Jimmy McHugh, music; Harold Adamson, lyrics |
| “I'll Walk Alone,” Follow the Boys, Jule Styne, music; Sammy Cahn, lyrics |
| “I'm Making Believe,” Sweet and Lowdown, James V. Monaco, music; Mack Gordon, lyrics |
| “Long Ago and Far Away,” Cover Girl, Jerome Kern, music; Ira Gershwin, lyrics |
| “Now I Know,” Up in Arms, Harold Arlen, music; Ted Koehler, lyrics |
| “Remember Me to Carolina,” Minstrel Man, Harry Revel, music; Paul Webster, lyrics |
| “Rio de Janeiro,” Brazil, Ary Barroso, music; Ned Washington, lyrics |
| “Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams,” Lady, Let's Dance, Lew Pollack, music; Charles Newman, lyrics |
| “Sweet Dreams Sweetheart,” Hollywood Canteen, M. K. Jerome, music; Ted Koehler, lyrics |
| “Swinging on a Star,” Going My Way, James Van Heusen, music; Johnny Burke, lyrics |
| “Too Much in Love,” Song of the Open Road, Walter Kent, music; Kim Gannon, lyrics | | “The Trolley Song,” Meet Me in St. Louis, Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin, music and lyrics |
| Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | C. Bakaleinikoff and Hanns Eisler, None but the Lonely Heart |
| Karl Hajos, Summer Storm |
| Franke Harling, Three Russian Girls |
| Arthur Lange, Casanova Brown |
| Michel Michelet and Edward Paul, The Hairy Ape |
| Michel Michelet, Voice in the Wind |
| Alfred Newman, Wilson |
| Edward Paul, Up in Mabel's Room |
| Frederic E. Rich, Jack London |
| David Rose, The Princess and the Pirate |
| Miklos Rozsa, Double Indemnity |
| Miklos Rozsa, Woman of the Town |
| H. J. Salter, Christmas Holiday |
| Walter Scharf and Roy Webb, The Fighting Seabees |
| Max Steiner, The Adventures of Mark Twain |
| Max Steiner, Since You Went Away |
| Morris Stoloff and Ernst Toch, Address Unknown |
| Robert Stolz, It Happened Tomorrow |
| Herbert Stothart, Kismet | | Dimitri Tiomkin, The Bridge of San Luis Rey |
| Scoring of a Musical Picture | C. Bakaleinikoff, Higher and Higher |
| Robert Emmett Dolan, Lady in the Dark |
| Carmen Dragon and Morris Stoloff, Cover Girl |
| Leo Erdody and Ferde Grofé, Minstrel Man |
| Louis Forbes and Ray Heindorf, Up in Arms |
| Ray Heindorf, Hollywood Canteen |
| Werner R. Heymann and Kurt Weill, Knickerbocker Holiday |
| Edward Kay, Lady, Let's Dance |
| Mahlon Merrick, Sensations of 1945 |
| Alfred Newman, Irish Eyes Are Smiling |
| Charles Previn, Song of the Open Road |
| H. J. Salter, The Merry Monahans |
| Walter Scharf, Brazil | | Georgie Stoll, Meet Me in St. Louis | |
| Film Editing | Roland Gross, None but the Lonely Heart |
| Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom, Since You Went Away |
| Owen Marks, Janie |
| Barbara McLean, Wilson | | Leroy Stone, Going My Way |
| Special Effects | David Allen, Ray Cory and Robert Wright, photography; Russell Malmgren and Harry Kusnick, sound, Secret Command |
| John R. Cosgrove, photography; Arthur Johns, sound, Since You Went Away |
| Paul Detlefsen and John Crouse, photography; Nathan Levinson, sound, The Adventures of Mark Twain |
| Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings, photography; George Dutton, sound, The Story of Dr. Wassell |
| A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus and Warren Newcombe, photography; Douglas Shearer, sound, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo |
| Fred Sersen, photography; Roger Heman, sound, Wilson | | Vernon L. Walker, photography; James G. Steward and Roy Granville, sound, Days of Glory |
| Short Subjects |
| Cartoon | And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street (George Pal Puppetoon Series) (George Pal Productions; Paramount) |
| Dog, Cat and Canary (Color Rhapsody Series) (Screen Gems; Columbia) |
| Fish Fry (Cartunes) (Walter Lantz Productions; Universal) |
| How to Play Football (Goofy Series) (Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio) |
| Mouse Trouble (Tom and Jerry Series) (Frederick Quimby, producer; MGM) |
| My Boy Johnny (Terrytoons Series) (Paul Terry, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox) | | Swooner Crooner (Looney Tunes Series) (Warner Bros.) |
| One-Reel | Blue Grass Gentlemen (Ed Thorgerson's Sports Review Series) (Edmund Reek, producer; Twentieth Century-Fox) |
| Jammin' the Blues (Melody Master Bands Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.) |
| Movie Pests (Pete Smith's Specialties Series) (Pete Smith, producer; MGM) |
| Screen Snapshots' 50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures (Screen Snapshots Series) (Ralph Staub, producer; Columbia) | | Who's Who in Animal Land (Speaking of Animals Series) (Jerry Fairbanks, producer; Paramount) |
| Two-Reel | Bombalera (Musical Parade Series) (Louis Harris, producer; Paramount) |
| I Won't Play (Featurette Series) (Gordon Hollingshead, producer; Warner Bros.) | | Main Street Today (Jerry Bresler, producer; MGM) | |
| Documentary |
| Short Subject | Arturo Toscanini (U.S. War Information Office Overseas Motion Picture Bureau) |
| New Americans (This Is America Series) (RKO Radio) | | With the Marines at Tarawa (U.S. Marine Corps) |
| Feature | The Fighting Lady (U.S. Navy; Twentieth Century-Fox) | | Resisting Enemy Interrogation (U.S. Army Air Force) | |
| Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Special Awards | To Margaret O'Brien, outstanding child actress of 1944 | | To Bob Hope for his many services to the Academy (a life membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) |
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