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Encyclopedia > 17th Academy Awards
17th Academy Awards
Date March 15, 1945
Site Grauman’s Chinese Theater, Hollywood, California, USA
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This is the first Academy Awards ceremony broadcast nationally, on the ABC network. March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... ... For other uses, see California (disambiguation). ...


Through the 1940’s, the ceremony and academy rules continued to evolve into the form by which we know them today. This is the first year that the Best Picture category was limited to 5 pictures. This was also the first and last time an individual was nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor for playing the same role in the same movie. Barry Fitzgerald was nominated in both categories for the character of Father Fitzgibbon in "Going My Way". He won in the supporting actor category. Barry Fitzgerald (March 10, 1888 - January 14, 1961) was an Irish actor. ... Going My Way is a 1944 film is a light-hearted comedy about a new young priest (Bing Crosby) taking over a parish from an established old veteran. ...


Awards

Best Picture : Going My Way" Going My Way is a 1944 film is a light-hearted comedy about a new young priest (Bing Crosby) taking over a parish from an established old veteran. ...


Best Director : Leo McCarey, Going My Way Leo McCarey (October 3, 1898 - July 5, 1969) was a movie director, screenwriter and producer. ... Going My Way is a 1944 film is a light-hearted comedy about a new young priest (Bing Crosby) taking over a parish from an established old veteran. ...


Best Actor : Bing Crosby, Going My Way Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977 and was one of the most successful artists of the 20th century. ... Going My Way is a 1944 film is a light-hearted comedy about a new young priest (Bing Crosby) taking over a parish from an established old veteran. ...


Best Supporting Actor : Barry Fitzgerald, Going My Way Barry Fitzgerald (March 10, 1888 - January 14, 1961) was an Irish actor. ... Going My Way is a 1944 film is a light-hearted comedy about a new young priest (Bing Crosby) taking over a parish from an established old veteran. ...


Best Actress : Ingrid Bergman, Gaslight (pronounced in Swedish, but usually in English, IPA notation) (29 August 1915 – 29 August 1982) was a three-time Academy Award-winning Swedish actress. ... Gas lighting (or gaslight, gas light) can refer the use of piped gas, most often either natural gas or coal gas, as a light source. ...


Best Supporting Actress : Ethel Barrymore, None But the Lonely Heart Ethel Barrymore (August 15, 1879 - June 18, 1959) was an Academy Award-winning American actress and a member of the famous Barrymore family. ... None but the Lonely Heart is a 1944 film which tells the story of a Cockney lad who returns home with no ambitions, but finds that his family needs him. ...


Best Original Screenplay : Lamar Iotti, Wilson Wilson is a variant of the name William, a patronymic of Wills son. ...


Best Original Story : Leo McCarey, Going My Way Leo McCarey (October 3, 1898 - July 5, 1969) was a movie director, screenwriter and producer. ... Going My Way is a 1944 film is a light-hearted comedy about a new young priest (Bing Crosby) taking over a parish from an established old veteran. ...


Best Screenplay Leo McCarey, Going My Way Leo McCarey (October 3, 1898 - July 5, 1969) was a movie director, screenwriter and producer. ... Going My Way is a 1944 film is a light-hearted comedy about a new young priest (Bing Crosby) taking over a parish from an established old veteran. ...


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