17th Academy Awards

17th Academy Awards
Date	March 15, 1945
Site	Grauman’s Chinese Theater, Hollywood, California, USA
Hosted by	John Cromwell and Bob Hope
Highlights
Best Picture	Going My Way
Most awards	Going My Way (7)
Most nominations	Going My Way and Wilson (10)

The 17th Academy Awards marked the first time the complete awards ceremony was broadcast nationally, on the Blue Network (ABC Radio). Bob Hope hosted the 70-minute broadcast, which included film clips that required explanation for the radio audience.^[1] This tradition ended abruptly after the 1948 ceremony as a result of the Paramount antitrust decrees, only to return gradually since the late 1960s.

This is the first year that the Best Picture category was limited to five pictures. This was also the first and last time an individual was nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for playing the same role in the same film: Barry Fitzgerald for the character of Father Fitzgibbon in Going My Way. He won for Best Supporting Actor.

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[2]

Best Motion Picture	Best Director
Leo McCarey for Paramount Pictures – Going My Way Joseph Sistrom for Paramount Pictures – Double Indemnity Arthur Hornblow, Jr. for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – Gaslight David O. Selznick for United Artists – Since You Went Away Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox – Wilson	Leo McCarey – Going My Way Billy Wilder – Double Indemnity Otto Preminger – Laura Alfred Hitchcock – Lifeboat Henry King – Wilson
Best Actor	Best Actress
Bing Crosby – Going My Way Charles Boyer – Gaslight Barry Fitzgerald – Going My Way Cary Grant – None But the Lonely Heart Alexander Knox – Wilson	Ingrid Bergman – Gaslight Claudette Colbert – Since You Went Away Bette Davis – Mr. Skeffington Greer Garson – Mrs. Parkington Barbara Stanwyck – Double Indemnity
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Barry Fitzgerald – Going My Way Hume Cronyn – The Seventh Cross Claude Rains – Mr. Skeffington Clifton Webb – Laura Monty Woolley – Since You Went Away	Ethel Barrymore – None But the Lonely Heart Jennifer Jones – Since You Went Away Angela Lansbury – Gaslight Aline MacMahon – Dragon Seed Agnes Moorehead – Mrs. Parkington
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Wilson – Lamar Trotti Hail the Conquering Hero – Preston Sturges The Miracle of Morgan's Creek – Preston Sturges Two Girls and a Sailor – Richard Connell and Gladys Lehman Wing and a Prayer – Jerome Cady	Going My Way – Frank Butler and Frank Cavett Double Indemnity – Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder Gaslight – John L. Balderston, Walter Reisch and John Van Druten Laura – Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein and Elizabeth Reinhardt Meet Me in St. Louis – Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe
Best Story	Best Animated Short Film
Going My Way – Leo McCarey A Guy Named Joe – David Boehm and Chandler Sprague Lifeboat – John Steinbeck None Shall Escape – Alfred Neumann and Joseph Than The Sullivans – Edward Doherty and Jules Schermer	Mouse Trouble – Fred Quimby And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street – George Pal Dog, Cat and Canary – Raymond Katz Fish Fry – Walter Lantz How to Play Football – Walt Disney My Boy, Johnny – Paul Terry Swooner Crooner – Edward Selzer
Best Documentary Feature	Best Documentary Short
The Fighting Lady Resisting Enemy Interrogation	With the Marines at Tarawa Hymn of the Nations New Americans
Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel	Best Live Action Short Film, Two-Reel
Who's Who in Animal Land – Jerry Fairbanks Blue Grass Gentlemen – Edmund Reek Jammin' the Blues – Gordon Hollingshead Movie Pests – Pete Smith Screen Snapshots' 50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures – Ralph Staub	I Won't Play – Gordon Hollingshead Bombalera – Louis Harris Main Street Today – Jerry Bresler
Best Dramatic or Comedy Score	Best Musical Score
Since You Went Away – Max Steiner Address Unknown – Morris Stoloff and Ernst Toch The Adventures of Mark Twain – Max Steiner The Bridge of San Luis Rey – Dimitri Tiomkin Casanova Brown – Arthur Lange Christmas Holiday – H. J. Salter Double Indemnity – Miklós Rózsa The Fighting Seabees – Walter Scharf and Roy Webb The Hairy Ape – Edward Paul and Michel Michelet It Happened Tomorrow – Robert Stolz Jack London – Frederic Efrem Rich Kismet – Herbert Stothart None but the Lonely Heart – Hanns Eisler and C. Bakaleinikoff 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 Woman of the Town – Miklós Rózsa	Cover Girl – Morris Stoloff and Carmen Dragon Brazil – Walter Scharf Higher and Higher – C. Bakaleinikoff Hollywood Canteen – Ray Heindorf Irish Eyes Are Smiling – Alfred Newman Knickerbocker Holiday – Werner R. Heymann and Kurt Weill Lady in the Dark – Robert Emmett Dolan Lady, Let's Dance – Edward Kay Meet Me in St. Louis – Georgie Stoll The Merry Monahans – H. J. Salter Minstrel Man – Ferde Grofe and Leo Erdody Sensations of 1945 – Mahlon Merrick Song of the Open Road – Charles Previn Up in Arms – Ray Heindorf and Louis Forbes
Best Original Song	Best Sound Recording
"Swinging on a Star" from Going My Way – Music by James Van Heusen; Lyric by Johnny Burke "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" from Higher and Higher – Music by Jimmy McHugh; Lyric by Harold Adamson "I'll Walk Alone" from Follow the Boys – Music by Jule Styne; Lyric by Sammy Cahn "I'm Making Believe" from Sweet and Lowdown – Music by James V. Monaco; Lyric by Mack Gordon "Long Ago and Far Away" from Cover Girl – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyric by Ira Gershwin "Now I Know" from Up in Arms – Music by Harold Arlen; Lyric by Ted Koehler "Remember Me to Carolina" from Minstrel Man – Music by Harry Revel; Lyrics by Paul Webster "Rio de Janeiro" from Brazil – Music by Ary Barroso; Lyrics by Ned Washington "Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams" from Lady, Let's Dance – Music by Lew Pollack; Lyric by Charles Newman "Too Much in Love" from Song of the Open Road – Music by Walter Kent; Lyric by Kim Gannon "The Trolley Song" from Meet Me in St. Louis – Music and Lyric by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin "Sweet Dreams Sweetheart" from Hollywood Canteen – music by Maurice K. Jerome and lyric by Ted Koehler	Wilson – E. H. Hansen, Fox Studio Sound Department Brazil – Daniel J. Bloomberg, Republic Studio Sound Department Casanova Brown – Thomas T. Moulton, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department Cover Girl – John Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department Double Indemnity – Loren L. Ryder, Paramount Studio Sound Department His Butler's Sister – Bernard B. Brown, Universal Studio Sound Department Hollywood Canteen – Nathan Levinson, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department It Happened Tomorrow – Jack Whitney, Sound Service, Inc. Kismet – Douglas Shearer, MGM Studio Sound Department Music in Manhattan – Stephen Dunn, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department Voice in the Wind – W. M. Dalgleish, RCA Sound
Best Art Direction, Black and White	Best Art Direction, Color
Gaslight – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and William Ferrari; Set Decoration: Paul Huldschinsky and Edwin B. Willis Address Unknown – Art Direction: Lionel Banks and Walter Holscher; Set Decoration: Joseph Kish The Adventures of Mark Twain – Art Direction: John Hughes; Set Decoration: Fred M. MacLean Casanova Brown – Art Direction: Perry Ferguson; Set Decoration: Julia Heron Laura – Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler and Leland Fuller; Set Decoration: Thomas Little No Time for Love – Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Robert Usher; Set Decoration: Samuel M. Comer Since You Went Away – Art Direction: Mark-Lee Kirk; Set Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin Step Lively – Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino and Carroll Clark; Set Decoration: Darrell Silvera and Claude Carpenter Song of the Open Road – N/A (nomination withdrawn)	Wilson – Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Set Decoration: Thomas Little The Climax – Art Direction: John B. Goodman and Alexander Golitzen; Set Decoration: Russell A. Gausman and Ira S. Webb Cover Girl – Art Direction: Lionel Banks and Cary Odell; Set Decoration: Fay Babcock The Desert Song – Art Direction: Charles Novi; Set Decoration: Jack McConaghy Kismet – Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons and Daniel B. Cathcart; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis and Richard Pefferle Lady in the Dark – Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Raoul Pene du Bois; Set Decoration: Ray Moyer The Princess and the Pirate – Art Direction: Ernst Fegte; Set Decoration: Howard Bristol
Best Cinematography, Black and White	Best Cinematography, Color
Laura – Joseph LaShelle 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 and Lee Garmes The Uninvited – Charles Lang The White Cliffs of Dover – George J. Folsey Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo – Robert Surtees and Harold Rosson	Wilson – Leon Shamroy Cover Girl – Rudolph Maté and 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 Film Editing	Best Special Effects
Wilson – Barbara McLean Going My Way – Leroy Stone Janie – Owen Marks None but the Lonely Heart – Roland Gross Since You Went Away – Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom	Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo – Photography: A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus and Warren Newcombe; Sound: Douglas Shearer Days of Glory – Photography: Vernon L. Walker; Sound: James G. Stewart and Roy Granville Secret Command – Photography: David Allen, Ray Cory and Robert Wright; Sound: Russell Malmgren and Harry Kusnick Since You Went Away – Photography: Jack Cosgrove; Sound: Arthur Johns The Adventures of Mark Twain – Photography: Paul Detlefsen and John Crouse; Sound: Nathan Levinson The Story of Dr. Wassell – Photography: Farciot Edouart and Gordon Jennings; Sound: George Dutton Wilson – Photography: Fred Sersen; Sound: Roger Heman Sr.

Academy Honorary Award

• Bob Hope

Academy Juvenile Award

• Margaret O'Brien

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

• Darryl F. Zanuck

Presenters

• Hugo Butler (Presenter: Writing Awards)
• Charles Coburn (Presenter: Best Supporting Actor)
• John Cromwell (Presenter: Documentary Awards, Short Subject Awards, Scientific & Technical Awards, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Recording, Best Art Direction, and Best Special Effects)
• Barry Fitzgerald (Presenter: Best Actor)
• Bob Hope (Presenter: Best Cinematography and Best Original Song)
• Jennifer Jones (Presenter: Best Actress)
• Mervyn LeRoy (Presenter: Best Director)
• Norma Shearer (Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award)
• Hal B. Wallis (Presenter: Best Picture)
• Walter Wanger (Presenter: Honorary Award to Bob Hope)
• Teresa Wright (Presenter: Best Supporting Actress)

Multiple nominations and awards

These films had multiple nominations: 10 nominations Going My Way, Wilson 9 nominations: Since You Went Away 7 nominations: Double Indemnity, Gaslight 5 nominations: Cover Girl, Laura 4 nominations: Kismet, Meet Me in St. Louis, None But the Lonely Heart 3 nominations: The Adventures of Mark Twain, Brazil, Casanova Brown, Hollywood Canteen, Lady in the Dark, Lifeboat 2 nominations: Address Unknown, Dragon Seed, Higher and Higher, It Happened Tomorrow, Lady, Let's Dance, Minstrel Man, Mr. Skeffington, Mrs. Parkington, The Princess and the Pirate, Song of the Open Road, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, Up in Arms, Voice in the Wind

The following films received multiple awards. 7 wins: Going My Way 5 wins: Wilson 2 wins: Gaslight

See also

• 2nd Golden Globe Awards
• 1944 in film

References

1. Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.
2. "The 17th Academy Awards (1945) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-14.