1945 in film

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

Events

• Paramount Studios releases theatrical short cartoon titled The Friendly Ghost, featuring ghost named Casper
• With Rossellini's Roma Città aperta, Italian neorealist cinema begins.
• December 28 - Spellbound is released.

Top grossing films

North America

1. The Valley of Decision
2. Anchors Away
3. The Paleface
4. Thrill of a Romance
5. Weekend at the Waldorf
6. National Velvet
7. State Fair

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: The Lost Weekend - Paramount
• Best Actor: Ray Milland - The Lost Weekend
• Best Actress: Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce

Other films released

Other films released in 1945 include:

• The Bells of St. Mary's
• Blithe Spirit, directed by David Lean and based on the play by Noel Coward
• Brief Encounter, starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard, and directed by David Lean
• Marcel Carné and Jacques Prévert's Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise) is released following the liberation of France
• Dead of Night, Ealing Studios chiller compendium
• Dillinger
• Detour
• The Clock, starring Judy Garland
• The House on 92nd Street, produced by Louis de Rochemont
• Mom and Dad
• Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound, starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck
• The Way to the Stars, starring John Mills and Michael Redgrave and written by Terence Rattigan
• The Wicked Lady, with Margaret Lockwood and James Mason

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)

Births

• January 3 - Victoria Principal, actress
• May 31 - Rainer Werner Fassbinder, director
• August 14 - Steve Martin, actor and comedian

Deaths

• July 13 - Alla Nazimova, Ukrainian-born stage and film actress