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17th Academy Awards

FieldValue
number17
awardAcademy Awards
dateMarch 15, 1945
siteGrauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, California
hostJohn Cromwell
Bob Hope
best_picture*Going My Way*
most_wins*Going My Way* (7)
most_nominations*Going My Way* and *Wilson* (10)
last16th
next18th

Bob Hope

The 17th Academy Awards were held on March 15, 1945, at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, honoring the films of 1944. This was the first time the complete awards ceremony was broadcast nationally, on the Blue Network (later ABC Radio). Bob Hope hosted the 70-minute broadcast, which included film clips that required explanation for the radio audience.

Darryl F. Zanuck and 20th Century-Fox spent a fortune promoting Wilson out of determination to have it win the Best Picture Oscar, but it lost to Going My Way, which made Zanuck bitter.

This year was notable for being the only time an individual was nominated for two acting awards for the same role in the same film: Barry Fitzgerald received nominations for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Father Fitzgibbon in the Best Picture winner Going My Way. Fitzgerald won for Best Supporting Actor, while his co-star Bing Crosby won Best Actor.

Winners and nominees

Awards

Nominees were announced on February 3, 1945. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Special Awards

  • To Margaret O'Brien, outstanding child actress of 1944.
  • To Bob Hope for his many services to the Academy.

Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award

  • Darryl F. Zanuck

Presenters and performers

Presenters

(in order of appearance)

  • Walter Wanger (Presenter: Academy Honorary Award to Bob Hope)
  • Bob Hope (Presenter: Best Art Direction (Black-and-White), Best Art Direction (Color), Best Cinematography (Black-and-White), Best Cinematography (Color), Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary Short Subject, Best Film Editing, Best Live Action Short Subject (One-Reel), Best Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, Best Song, Best Sound Recording, Best Special Effects, and the Scientific & Technical Awards)
  • Hugo Butler (Presenter: Best Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Original Motion Picture Story)
  • Mervyn LeRoy (Presenter: Best Director)
  • Hal B. Wallis (Presenter: Best Picture)
  • Norma Shearer (Presenter: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award)
  • Bob Hope (Presenter: Academy Juvenile Award)
  • Charles Coburn (Presenter: Best Supporting Actor)
  • Teresa Wright (Presenter: Best Supporting Actress)
  • Gary Cooper (Presenter: Best Actor)
  • Jennifer Jones (Presenter: Best Actress)

Multiple nominations and awards

NominationsFilm
10*Going My Way*
*Wilson*
9*Since You Went Away*
7*Double Indemnity*
*Gaslight*
5*Cover Girl*
*Laura*
4*Kismet*
*Meet Me in St. Louis*
*None but the Lonely Heart*
3*The Adventures of Mark Twain*
*Brazil*
*Casanova Brown*
*Hollywood Canteen*
*Lady in the Dark*
*Lifeboat*
2*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*
AwardsFilm
7*Going My Way*
5*Wilson*
2*Gaslight*

References

References

  1. Dunning, John. (1998). "On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio". Oxford University Press.
  2. "The 17th Academy Awards (1945) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org.
  3. (December 29, 2018). "1945 Academy Awards Radio Broadcast". Old Is Best.
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