1944 in film - Definition and Overview

Events

Top grossing films

North America

1. Going My Way starring Bing Crosby
2. Meet Me in St. Louis, starring Judy Garland
3. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
4. Hollywood Canteen
5. A Guy Named Joe
6. The White Cliffs of Dover

Other movies released

Movies released in 1944 include:

• Going My Way, starring Bing Crosby
• Double Indemnity, starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson
• Wilson, biographical film about President Woodrow Wilson, starring Charles Coburn
• Gaslight
• Laura

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: Going My Way - Paramount
• Best Actor: Bing Crosby - Going My Way
• Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman - Gaslight

Births

• January 6 - Bonnie Franklin, actress
• January 23 - Rutger Hauer, actor
• February 11 - Buddhadev Dasgupta, film director
• April 23 - Sandra Dee, actress
• May 14 - George Lucas, film director and producer
• August 8 - Peter Weir, film director
• September 2 - Al Matthews, American actor (d. 2002)

Deaths

• December 13 - Lupe Vélez, actress
• December 15 - Glenn Miller, musician, actor