1945 in film

Events

• Paramount Studios releases theatrical short cartoon titled The Friendly Ghost, featuring ghost named Casper
• With Rossellini's Roma Città aperta, Italian neorealist cinema begins.

Top Grossing Films of 1945

1. The Bells of St. Mary's
2. Mom and Dad
3. Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound, starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck
4. Dillinger
5. The Clock, starring Judy Garland

Academy Awards

• Best Picture: The Lost Weekend - Paramount
• Best Actor: Ray Milland - The Lost Weekend
• Best Actress: Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce

Movies Released

• The Lost Weekend, Winner of Academy Awards for Best Picture; Ray Milland, Best Actor; Billy Wilder, Best Director, Best Screenplay
• Mildred Pierce, Winner of Academy Award for Joan Crawford, Best Actress.
• Marcel Carné and Jacques Prévert's The Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis) is released following the liberation of France

Births

• January 3 - Victoria Principal, actress
• May 31 - Rainer Werner Fassbinder, director
• August 14 - Steve Martin, actor and comedian

Deaths

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