The year 1944 in film involved some significant events, including the wholesome, award-winning Going My Way plus popular murder mysteries such as Double Indemnity, Gaslight and Laura.

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Top-grossing films (U.S.)

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The top ten 1944 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1944
Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals
1 Going My Way Paramount $6,500,000[1]
2 Meet Me in St. Louis MGM $5,016,000[2]
3 Since You Went Away United Artists $4,950,000[3]
4 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo MGM $4,297,000[2]
5 The Story of Dr. Wassell Paramount $4,209,968[4]
6 The White Cliffs of Dover MGM $4,045,000[2]
7 A Guy Named Joe $3,970,000[2]
8 Hollywood Canteen Warner Bros. $3,831,000[5]
9 To Have and Have Not $3,652,000[5]
10 Bathing Beauty MGM $3,284,000[2]

Events

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Awards

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Category/Organization 2nd Golden Globe Awards
January 20, 1945
17th Academy Awards
March 15, 1945
Best Film Going My Way
Best Director Leo McCarey
Going My Way
Best Actor Alexander Knox
Wilson
Bing Crosby
Going My Way
Best Actress Ingrid Bergman
Gaslight
Best Supporting Actor Barry Fitzgerald
Going My Way
Best Supporting Actress Agnes Moorehead
Mrs. Parkington
Ethel Barrymore
None but the Lonely Heart

Top Ten Money Making Stars

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Rank Actor/Actress
1. Bing Crosby
2. Gary Cooper
3. Bob Hope
4. Betty Grable
5. Spencer Tracy
6. Greer Garson
7. Humphrey Bogart
8. (tie) Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
9. Cary Grant
10. Bette Davis

1944 film releases

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January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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Notable films released in 1944

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United States unless stated

Serials

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Short film series

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Animated short film series

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Births

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Deaths

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Film Debuts

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References

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  1. ^ "All-Time Top Grossers". Variety. 6 January 1965. p. 39. Retrieved 29 December 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ a b c d e The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  3. ^ "All-Time Top Grossers". Variety. 6 January 1965. p. 67. Retrieved 29 December 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ Birchard 2004, p. 323.
  5. ^ a b Glancy, H. Mark (1995). "Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921-51: the William Schaefer ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 15 (1): 64. doi:10.1080/01439689500260031.
  6. ^ Margry, Karel (January 1992). "'Theresienstadt' (1944–1945): the Nazi propaganda film depicting the concentration camp as paradise". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 12 (2): 145–162. doi:10.1080/01439689200260091. ISSN 0143-9685.
  7. ^ Michael D. Gambone, The Greatest Generation Comes Home: The Veteran in American Society, Texas A&M University Press, 2005 p 152
  8. ^ "Blade Runner star Rutger Hauer dies aged 75". BBC News. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  9. ^ Ravilious, Robin (2004). "Whistler, Sir (Alan Charles) Laurence". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/75009. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Bibliography

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  • Birchard, Robert S. (2004). Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0813123240.
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