Oscars Rematch: 1944
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- DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. RobinsonA Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.Best Picture!
Winner: Double Indemnity!
Nominees:
Gaslight
Going My Way
Since You Went Away
Wilson - DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. RobinsonA Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.Best Director!
Winner: Billy Wilder!
Nominees:
Leo McCarey - Going My Way
Otto Preminger - Laura
Alfred Hitchcock - Lifeboat
Henry King - Wilson - DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. RobinsonA Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.Best Actor!
Winner: Fred MacMurray!
Nominees:
Charles Boyer - Gaslight
Bing Crosby - Going My Way
Cary Grant - None But the Lonely Heart
Alexander Knox - Wilson - DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. RobinsonA Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.Best Actress!
Winner: Barbara Stanwyck!
Nominees:
Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight
Claudette Colbert - Since You Went Away
Bette Davis - Mr. Skeffington
Greer Garson - Mrs. Parkington - DirectorLeo McCareyStarsBing CrosbyBarry FitzgeraldFrank McHughWhen young Father O'Malley arrives at St. Dominic's, old Father Fitzgibbon doesn't think much of the church's newest member.Best Supporting Actor!
Winner: Barry Fitzgerald!
Nominees:
Hume Cronyn - The Seventh Cross
Claude Rains - Mr. Skeffington
Clifton Webb - Laura
Monty Woolley - Since You Went Away - DirectorTay GarnettStarsGreer GarsonWalter PidgeonEdward ArnoldA widowed matriarch reminisces about her family fortunes, including her romance with a financier/mine owner.Best Supporting Actress!
Winner: Agnes Moorehead!
Nominees:
Ethel Barrymore - None But the Lonely Heart
Jennifer Jones - Since You Went Away
Angela Lansbury - Gaslight
Aline MacMahon - Dragon Seed - DirectorHenry KingStarsAlexander KnoxCharles CoburnGeraldine FitzgeraldA chronicle of the political career of US President Woodrow Wilson.Best Original Screenplay!
Winner: Lamar Trotti!
Nominees:
Preston Sturges - Hail the Conquering Hero
Preston Sturges - The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Richard Connell and Gladys Lehman - Two Girls and a Sailor
Jerome Cady - Wing and a Prayer - DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. RobinsonA Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.Best Adapted Screenplay!
Winner: Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder!
Nominees:
John L. Balderston, Walter Reisch and John Van Druten - Gaslight
Frank Butler and Frank Cavett - Going My Way
Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein and Elizabeth Reinhardt - Laura
Irving Brecher and Fred F. Finklehoffe - Meet Me in St. Louis - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsTallulah BankheadJohn HodiakWalter SlezakSeveral survivors of a torpedoed merchant ship in World War II find themselves in the same lifeboat with one of the crew members of the U-boat that sank their ship.Best Story!
Winner: Lifeboat!
Nominees:
Going My Way
A Guy Named Joe
None Shall Escape
The Sullivans - DirectorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsSara BernerWilliam HannaHarry LangTom's new book on "how to catch a mouse" doesn't prove too helpful against Jerry; actually, Jerry seems to make better use of it than Tom.Best Animated Short!
Winner: Mouse Trouble!
Nominees:
Dog, Cat and Canary
Fish Fry
How to Play Football
Swooner Crooner - DirectorEdward SteichenWilliam WylerStarsRobert TaylorCharles BoyerJoseph J. ClarkAn in-depth look at aircraft carrier combat operations during World War II. Real combat footage. Very strong and compelling.Best Documentary Feature!
Winner: The Fighting Lady!
Nominees:
Resisting Enemy Interrogation - DirectorRichard BrooksLouis HaywardStarsAlexander Bonnyman Jr.John BorichMerritt A. EdsonDocumentary short film depicting the harrowing battle between the U.S. Marines and the Japanese for control of the Pacific island of Tarawa.Best Documentary Short!
Winner: With the Marines at Tarawa!
Nominees:
Hymn of the Nations
New Americans - DirectorLou LillyStarsSara BernerPinto ColvigHarry LangAn Academy Award-winning Paramount Headliner short featuring a tour of the animal kingdom with the animals tossing around quips and jokes via dubbing and special effects. The narration is by Ken Carpenter, and the ending is a rendition of "Cow-Cow Boogie" by a "cow soloist" and some cow-pasture harmonizers.Best Live Action Short - One-Reel!
Winner: Who's Who in Animal Land!
Nominees:
Blue Grass Gentlemen
Jammin' the Blues - DirectorCrane WilburStarsDane ClarkJanis PaigeWarren DouglasIn this Warner Bros. short, a Marine in a South Sea island during World War II, Joe Fingers, tells tales of the influence he's had on various personalities. In the words of one of his buddies, he's either the biggest liar in the world or the most important man in show business. He claims to be a piano player and his stories are brought to life in the minds of the boys, especially those that involve a pretty girl. When a piano arrives on the island in a shipment, he refuses to play, convincing the doubters that he's been telling them lies all along. They change their tune however when a Hollywood movie star stops on the island.Best Live Action Short - Two-Reel!
Winner: I Won't Play!
Nominees:
Bombalera
Main Street Today - DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. RobinsonA Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.Best Dramatic or Comedy Score!
Winner: Double Indemnity!
Nominees:
Christmas Holiday
None But the Lonely Heart
Since You Went Away
Wilson - DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsJudy GarlandMargaret O'BrienMary AstorYoung love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.Best Musical Score!
Winner: Meet Me in St. Louis!
Nominees:
Brazil
Cover Girl
Lady in the Dark
Up in Arms - DirectorLeo McCareyStarsBing CrosbyBarry FitzgeraldFrank McHughWhen young Father O'Malley arrives at St. Dominic's, old Father Fitzgibbon doesn't think much of the church's newest member.Best Original Song!
Winner: "Swinging on a Star", Going My Way!
Nominees:
"I'm Making Believe" - Sweet and Lowdown
"Long Ago and Far Away" - Cover Girl
"The Trolley Song" - Meet Me in St. Louis
"Sweet Dreams Sweetheart" - Hollywood Canteen - DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. RobinsonA Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.Best Sound Recording!
Winner: Double Indemnity!
Nominees:
Brazil
Casanova Brown
It Happened Tomorrow
Wilson - DirectorOtto PremingerRouben MamoulianStarsGene TierneyDana AndrewsClifton WebbA police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating.Best Art Direction - Black and White!
Winner: Laura!
Nominees:
Address Unknown
Casanova Brown
Gaslight
Since You Went Away - DirectorHenry KingStarsAlexander KnoxCharles CoburnGeraldine FitzgeraldA chronicle of the political career of US President Woodrow Wilson.Best Art Direction - Color!
Winner: Wilson!
Nominees:
The Climax
Cover Girl
The Desert Song
Lady in the Dark - DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. RobinsonA Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.Best Cinematography - Black and White!
Winner: Double Indemnity!
Nominees:
Gaslight
Going My Way
Laura
Lifeboat - DirectorHenry KingStarsAlexander KnoxCharles CoburnGeraldine FitzgeraldA chronicle of the political career of US President Woodrow Wilson.Best Cinematography - Color!
Winner: Wilson!
Nominees:
Cover Girl
Home in Indiana
Lady in the Dark
Meet Me in St. Louis - DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsTallulah BankheadJohn HodiakWalter SlezakSeveral survivors of a torpedoed merchant ship in World War II find themselves in the same lifeboat with one of the crew members of the U-boat that sank their ship.Best Film Editing!
Winner: Lifeboat!
Nominees:
Going My Way
None But the Lonely Heart
Since You Went Away
Wilson - DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsSpencer TracyVan JohnsonRobert WalkerIn the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.Best Special Effects!
Winner: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo!
Nominees:
Days of Glory
Lifeboat
Secret Command
Since You Went Away