Academy Awards®<BR>
Awards for 1944<BR>
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<A NAME="Pic"><B>Picture</B><BR>
 Joseph Sistrom - Producer, DOUBLE INDEMNITY</I><BR>
 Arthur Hornblow, Jr. - Producer, GASLIGHT</I><BR>
* Leo McCarey - Producer, GOING MY WAY</I><BR>
Won seven Awards.<BR>
 David O. Selznick - Producer, SINCE YOU WENT AWAY</I><BR>
 Darryl F. Zanuck - Producer, WILSON</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Actor"><B>Actor</B><BR>
 Charles Boyer, GASLIGHT</I><BR>
* Bing Crosby, GOING MY WAY</I><BR>
 Barry Fitzgerald, GOING MY WAY</I><BR>
 Cary Grant, NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART</I><BR>
 Alexander Knox, WILSON</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Actress"><B>Actress</B><BR>
* Ingrid Bergman, GASLIGHT</I><BR>
 Claudette Colbert, SINCE YOU WENT AWAY</I><BR>
 Bette Davis, MR. SKEFFINGTON</I><BR>
 Greer Garson, MRS. PARKINGTON</I><BR>
 Barbara Stanwyck, DOUBLE INDEMNITY</I><BR>
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<A NAME="SActor"><B>Supporting Actor</B><BR>
 Hume Cronyn, THE SEVENTH CROSS</I><BR>
* Barry Fitzgerald, GOING MY WAY</I><BR>
 Claude Rains, MR. SKEFFINGTON</I><BR>
 Clifton Webb, LAURA</I><BR>
 Monty Woolley, SINCE YOU WENT AWAY</I><BR>
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<A NAME="SActress"><B>Supporting Actress</B><BR>
* Ethel Barrymore, NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART</I><BR>
 Jennifer Jones, SINCE YOU WENT AWAY</I><BR>
 Angela Lansbury, GASLIGHT</I><BR>
 Aline MacMahon, DRAGON SEED</I><BR>
 Agnes Moorehead, MRS. PARKINGTON</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Dir"><B>Director</B><BR>
 Sir Alfred Hitchcock, LIFEBOAT</I><BR>
 Henry King, WILSON</I><BR>
* Leo McCarey, GOING MY WAY</I><BR>
 Otto Preminger, LAURA</I><BR>
 Billy Wilder, DOUBLE INDEMNITY</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Screen"><B>Writing - Original Story</B><BR>
* Leo McCarey, GOING MY WAY</I><BR>
 David Boehm,  Chandler Sprague, A GUY NAMED JOE</I><BR>
 John Steinbeck, LIFEBOAT</I><BR>
 Alfred Neumann,  Joseph Than, NONE SHALL ESCAPE</I><BR>
 Edward Doherty,  Jules Schermer, THE SULLIVANS</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Screen"><B>Writing - Original Screenplay</B><BR>
 Preston Sturges, HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO</I><BR>
 Preston Sturges, THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK</I><BR>
 Richard Connell,  Gladys Lehman, TWO GIRLS AND A SAILOR</I><BR>
* Lamar Trotti, WILSON</I><BR>
 Jerome Cady, WING AND A PRAYER</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Screen"><B>Writing - Screenplay</B><BR>
 Raymond Chandler,  Billy Wilder, DOUBLE INDEMNITY</I><BR>
 John L. Balderston,  Walter Reisch,  John Van Druten, GASLIGHT</I><BR>
* Frank Butler,  Frank Cavett, GOING MY WAY</I><BR>
 Jay Dratler,  Samuel Hoffenstein,  Betty Reinhardt, LAURA</I><BR>
 Irving Brecher,  Fred F. Finkelhoffe, MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Art"><B>Interior Decoration - Color</B><BR>
 John B. Goodman - Art Direction,  Alexander Golitzen - Art Direction,  Russell A. Gausman - Interior Decoration,  Ira S. Webb - Interior Decoration, THE CLIMAX</I><BR>
 Lionel Banks - Art Direction,  Cary Odell - Art Direction,  Fay Babcock - Interior Decoration, COVER GIRL</I><BR>
 Charles Novi - Art Direction,  Jack McConaghy - Art Direction, THE DESERT SONG</I><BR>
 Cedric Gibbons - Art Direction,  Daniel B. Cathcart - Art Direction,  Edwin B. Willis - Interior Decoration,  Richard Pefferle - Interior Decoration, KISMET</I><BR>
 Hans Dreier - Art Direction,  Raoul Pene du Bois - Art Direction,  Ray Moyer - Interior Decoration, LADY IN THE DARK</I><BR>
 Ernst Fegte - Art Direction,  Howard Bristol - Interior Decoration, THE PRINCESS AND THE PIRATE</I><BR>
* Wiard Ihnen - Art Direction,  Thomas Little - Interior Decoration, WILSON</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Art"><B>Interior Decoration - Black & White</B><BR>
 Lionel Banks - Art Direction,  Walter Holscher - Art Direction,  Joseph Kish - Interior Decoration, ADDRESS UNKNOWN</I><BR>
 John Hughes - Art Direction,  Fred MacLean - Interior Decoration, THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN</I><BR>
 Perry Ferguson - Art Direction,  Julia Heron - Interior Decoration, CASANOVA BROWN</I><BR>
* Cedric Gibbons - Art Direction,  William Ferrari - Art Direction,  Edwin B. Willis - Interior Decoration,  Paul Huldschinsky - Interior Decoration, GASLIGHT</I><BR>
 Lyle Wheeler - Art Direction,  Leland Fuller - Art Direction,  Thomas Little - Interior Decoration, LAURA</I><BR>
 Hans Dreier - Art Direction,  Robert Usher - Art Direction,  Sam Comer - Interior Decoration, NO TIME FOR LOVE</I><BR>
 Mark-Lee Kirk - Art Direction,  Victor A. Gangelin - Interior Decoration, SINCE YOU WENT AWAY</I><BR>
 Albert S. D'Agostino - Art Direction,  Carroll Clark - Art Direction,  Darrell Silvera - Interior Decoration,  Claude Carpenter - Interior Decoration, STEP LIVELY</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Cinemat"><B>Cinematography - Color</B><BR>
 Rudolph Maté, 
 Allen M. Davey, COVER GIRL</I><BR>
 Edward Cronjager, HOME IN INDIANA</I><BR>
 Charles Rosher, KISMET</I><BR>
 Ray Rennahan, LADY IN THE DARK</I><BR>
 George Folsey, MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS</I><BR>
* Leon Shamroy, WILSON</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Cinemat"><B>Cinematography - Black & White</B><BR>
 John F. Seitz, DOUBLE INDEMNITY</I><BR>
 Sidney Wagner, DRAGON SEED</I><BR>
 Joseph Ruttenberg, GASLIGHT</I><BR>
 Lionel Lindon, GOING MY WAY</I><BR>
* Joseph LaShelle, LAURA</I><BR>
 Glen MacWilliams, LIFEBOAT</I><BR>
 Stanley Cortez,  Lee Garmes, SINCE YOU WENT AWAY</I><BR>
 Robert L. Surtees,  Harold Rosson, THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO</I><BR>
 Charles B. Lang, THE UNINVITED</I><BR>
 George Folsey, THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Docu"><B>Documentary Feature</B><BR>
* 20th Century-Fox and U.S. Navy, THE FIGHTING LADY</I><BR>
 U.S. Army Air Force, RESISTING ENEMY INTERROGATION</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Docu"><B>Documentary Short Subject</B><BR>
 Motion Picture Bureau, Overseas Branch, Office of War Information, ARTURO TOSCANINI</I><BR>
 This is America Series, RKO Radio, NEW AMERICANS</I><BR>
* U.S. Marine Corps, WITH THE MARINES AT TARAWA</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Editing"><B>Film Editing</B><BR>
 Leroy Stone, GOING MY WAY</I><BR>
 Owen Marks, JANIE</I><BR>
 Roland Gross, NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART</I><BR>
 James E. Newcom,  Hal C. Kern, SINCE YOU WENT AWAY</I><BR>
* Barbara McLean, WILSON</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Score"><B>Music - Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture</B><BR>
 Morris Stoloff,  Ernst Toch, ADDRESS UNKNOWN</I><BR>
 Max Steiner, THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN</I><BR>
 Dimitri Tiomkin, THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY</I><BR>
 Arthur Lange, CASANOVA BROWN</I><BR>
 Hans J. Salter, CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY</I><BR>
 Miklos Rozsa, DOUBLE INDEMNITY</I><BR>
 Walter Scharf,  Roy Webb, THE FIGHTING SEABEES</I><BR>
 Michel Michelet,  Edward Paul, THE HAIRY APE</I><BR>
 Robert Stolz, IT HAPPENED TOMORROW</I><BR>
 Frederic E. Rich, JACK LONDON</I><BR>
 Herbert Stothart, KISMET</I><BR>
 C. Bakaleinikoff,  Hanns Eisler, NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART</I><BR>
 David Rose, THE PRINCESS AND THE PIRATE</I><BR>
* Max Steiner, SINCE YOU WENT AWAY</I><BR>
 Karl Hajos, SUMMER STORM</I><BR>
 Franke Harling, THREE RUSSIAN GIRLS</I><BR>
 Edward Paul, UP IN MABEL'S ROOM</I><BR>
 Michel Michelet, A VOICE IN THE WIND</I><BR>
 Alfred Newman, WILSON</I><BR>
 Miklos Rozsa, THE WOMAN OF THE TOWN</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Score"><B>Music - Scoring of a Musical Picture</B><BR>
 Walter Scharf, BRAZIL</I><BR>
* Carmen Dragon,  Morris Stoloff, COVER GIRL</I><BR>
 C. Bakaleinikoff, HIGHER AND HIGHER</I><BR>
 Ray Heindorf, HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN</I><BR>
 Alfred Newman, IRISH EYES ARE SMILING</I><BR>
 Werner R. Heymann,  Kurt Weill, KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY</I><BR>
 Robert Emmett Dolan, LADY IN THE DARK</I><BR>
 Edward Kay, LADY LET'S DANCE</I><BR>
 Georgie Stoll, MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS</I><BR>
 Hans J. Salter, THE MERRY MONAHANS</I><BR>
 Leo Erdody,  Ferde Grofé, 
MINSTREL MAN</I><BR>
 Mahlon Merrick, SENSATIONS</I><BR>
 Charles Previn, SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD</I><BR>
 Louis Forbes,  Ray Heindorf, UP IN ARMS</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Song"><B>Song</B><BR>
 Jimmy McHugh - Music,  Harold Adamson - Lyrics, HIGHER AND HIGHER</I><BR>
"I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night"<BR>
 Jule Styne - Music,  Sammy Cahn - Lyrics, FOLLOW THE BOYS</I><BR>
"I'll Walk Alone"<BR>
 James V. Monaco - Music,  Mack Gordon - Lyrics, SWEET AND LOWDOWN</I><BR>
"I'm Making Believe"<BR>
 Jerome Kern - Music,  Ira Gershwin - Lyrics, COVER GIRL</I><BR>
"Long Ago and Far Away"<BR>
 Harold Arlen - Music,  Ted Koehler - Lyrics, UP IN ARMS</I><BR>
"Now I Know"<BR>
 Harry Revel - Music,  Paul Webster - Lyrics, MINSTREL MAN</I><BR>
"Remember Me to Carolina"<BR>
 Ary Barroso - Music,  Ned Washington - Lyrics, BRAZIL</I><BR>
"Rio De Janeiro"<BR>
 Lew Pollack - Music,  Charles Newman - Lyrics, LADY LET'S DANCE</I><BR>
"Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams"<BR>
 M.K. Jerome - Music,  Ted Koehler - Lyrics, HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN</I><BR>
"Sweet Dreams Sweetheart"<BR>
* James Van Heusen - Music,  Johnny Burke - Lyrics, GOING MY WAY</I><BR>
"Swinging on a Star"<BR>
 Walter Kent - Music,  Kim Gannon - Lyrics, SONG OF THE OPEN ROAD</I><BR>
"Too Much in Love"<BR>
 Ralph Blane - Music & Lyrics,  Hugh Martin - Music & Lyrics, MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS</I><BR>
"The Trolley Song"<BR>
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<A NAME="Short"><B>Animated Short</B><BR>
 George Pal, AND TO THINK I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREET</I><BR>
 Columbia, THE DOG, CAT AND CANARY</I><BR>
 Walter Lantz - Producer, FISH FRY</I><BR>
 Walt Disney - Producer, HOW TO PLAY FOOTBALL</I><BR>
* Frederick Quimby - Producer, MOUSE TROUBLE</I><BR>
 Paul Terry - Producer, MY BOY, JOHNNY</I><BR>
 Warner Bros., SWOONER CROONER<BR>
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<A NAME="Short"><B>Short Subjects - One-Reel</B><BR>
 Edmund Reek - Producer, BLUE GRASS GENTLEMEN</I><BR>
 Gordon Hollingshead - Producer, JAMMIN' THE BLUES</I><BR>
 Pete Smith - Producer, MOVIE PESTS</I><BR>
 Ralph Staub - Producer, 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MOTION PICTURES</I><BR>
* Jerry Fairbanks - Producer, WHO'S WHO IN ANIMAL LAND</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Short"><B>Short Subjects - Two-Reel</B><BR>
 Louis Harris - Producer, BOMBALERA</I><BR>
* Gordon Hollingshead - Producer, I WON'T PLAY</I><BR>
 Jerry Bresler - Producer, MAIN STREET TODAY</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Sound"><B>Sound Recording</B><BR>
 Daniel J. Bloomberg, BRAZIL</I><BR>
 Thomas T. Moulton (Goldwyn Sound Department), CASANOVA BROWN</I><BR>
 John Livadary, COVER GIRL</I><BR>
 Loren L. Ryder, DOUBLE INDEMNITY</I><BR>
 Bernard B. Brown, HIS BUTLER'S SISTER</I><BR>
 Nathan Levinson, HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN</I><BR>
 Jack Whitney (Sound Service Inc.), IT HAPPENED TOMORROW</I><BR>
 Douglas Shearer, KISMET</I><BR>
 Stephen Dunn, MUSIC IN MANHATTAN</I><BR>
 W.M. Dalgleish (RCA), A VOICE IN THE WIND</I><BR>
* E.H. Hansen, WILSON</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Fx"><B>Special Effects</B><BR>
 Paul Detlefsen, 
 John Crouse (Photographic), 
 Nathan Levinson (Sound), 
THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN</I><BR>
 Vernon L. Walker (Photographic), 
 James G. Stewart, 
 Roy Granville (Sound), 
DAYS OF GLORY</I><BR>
 David Allen, 
 Ray Cory, 
 Robert Wright (Photographic), 
 Russell Malmgren, 
 Harry Kusnick (Sound), 
SECRET COMMAND</I><BR>
 John R. Cosgrove  (Photographic), 
 Arthur Johns (Sound), 
SINCE YOU WENT AWAY</I><BR>
 Farciot Edouart, 
 Gordon Jennings (Photographic), 
 George Dutton (Sound), 
THE STORY OF DR. WASSELL</I><BR>
* A. Arnold Gillespie, 
 Donald Jahraus, 
 Warren Newcombe (Photographic), 
 Douglas Shearer (Sound), 
THIRTY SECONDS OVER TOKYO</I><BR>
 Fred Sersen (Photographic), 
 Roger Heman (Sound), 
WILSON</I><BR>
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<A NAME="Other"><B>Class I (Statuette)</B><BR>
No award given for 1944. <BR>
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<A NAME="Other"><B>Class II (Plaque)</B><BR>
* Stephen Dunn,  RKO Radio Studio Sound Department,  Radio Corporation of America, For the design and development of the electronic compressor-limiter.<BR>
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<A NAME="Other"><B>Class III (Citation)</B><BR>
* Grover Laube,  20th Century-Fox Studio Camera Department, For the development of a continuous loop projection device.<BR>
* Western Electric Company, For the design and construction of the 1126A Limiting Amplifier for variable density sound recording.<BR>
* Russell Brown,  Ray Hinsdale,  Joseph E. Robbins, For the development and production use of the Paramount floating hydraulic boat rocker.<BR>
* Gordon Jennings, For the design and construction of the Paramount nodal point tripod.<BR>
* Radio Corporation of America,  RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, For the design and construction of the RKO reverberation chamber.<BR>
* Bernard B. Brown,  John P. Livadary, For the design and engineering of a separate soloist and chorus recording room.<BR>
* Daniel J. Bloomberg,  Republic Studio Sound Department, For the design and development of a multi-interlock selector switch.<BR>
* Paul Zeff (Columbia Studio Laboratory)<BR>
 S.J. Twining (Columbia Studio Laboratory)<BR>
 George Seid (Columbia Studio Laboratory)<BR>
For the formula and application to production of a simplified variable area sound negative developer.<BR>
* Paul Lerpae, For the design and construction of the Paramount traveling matte projection and photographing device.<BR>
* Linwood Dunn,  Cecil Love,  Acme Tool and Manufacturing Company, For the design and construction of the Acme-Dunn Optical Printer.<BR>
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<A NAME="Other"><B>Honorary and Other Awards</B><BR>
* Margaret O'Brien, Outstanding child actress of 1944. Winner presented a Miniature Statuette.<BR>
* Bob Hope, For his many services to the Academy. Presented a Life Membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.<BR>
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<A NAME="Other"><B>The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award</B><BR>
* Darryl F. Zanuck, <BR>
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