Best Picture Winner
Going My Way
Best Picture
Director: Leo McCarey
Studio: Paramount
A young priest arrives at a financially struggling parish and uses unconventional methods to connect with the community.
From the Worthy Podcast
Religion in film? The ironic part is that there is barely, if any, Christian values preached. If anything there are moments that would go against what you’d expect. There are other Best Picture winners that are more religious/tackle religion like How Green Was My Valley, Gentleman’s Agreement, Ben-Hur, Gandhi, Schindler’s List, Spotlight
Best song?
Going My Way is the only Best Picture Oscar nominee that year to be nominated for Best Song, for ‘Swinging on a Star’.
The others include:
“Gigi” from Gigi (1958)
“My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic (1997)
All Categories (27)
Best Motion Picture
Going My Way— Paramount
Winner
Double Indemnity— Paramount
Gaslight— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Since You Went Away— Selznick International Pictures
Wilson— 20th Century-Fox
Actor
Alexander Knox— Wilson {"Woodrow Wilson"}
Barry Fitzgerald— Going My Way {"Father Fitzgibbon"}
Cary Grant— None but the Lonely Heart {"Ernie Mott"}
Charles Boyer— Gaslight {"Gregory Anton"}
Actor In A Supporting Role
Claude Rains— Mr. Skeffington {"Job Skeffington"}
Clifton Webb— Laura {"Waldo Lydecker"}
Hume Cronyn— The Seventh Cross {"Paul Roeder"}
Monty Woolley— Since You Went Away {"Colonel Smollett"}
Actress
Barbara Stanwyck— Double Indemnity {"Phyllis Dietrichson"}
Bette Davis— Mr. Skeffington {"Fanny Trellis Skeffington"}
Claudette Colbert— Since You Went Away {"Anne Hilton"}
Greer Garson— Mrs. Parkington {"Susie Parkington"}
Actress In A Supporting Role
Agnes Moorehead— Mrs. Parkington {"Aspacia Conti"}
Aline MacMahon— Dragon Seed {"Ling's Wife"}
Angela Lansbury— Gaslight {"Nancy Oliver"}
Jennifer Jones— Since You Went Away {"Jane Hilton"}
Directing
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Wilson— Lamar Trotti
Winner
Hail the Conquering Hero— Preston Sturges
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek— Preston Sturges
Two Girls and a Sailor— Richard Connell, Gladys Lehman
Wing and a Prayer— Jerome Cady
Writing (Original Story)
Going My Way— Leo McCarey
Winner
A Guy Named Joe— Chandler Sprague, David Boehm
Lifeboat— John Steinbeck
None Shall Escape— Alfred Neumann, Joseph Than
The Sullivans— Edward Doherty, Jules Schermer
Writing (Screenplay)
Going My Way— Frank Butler, Frank Cavett
Winner
Double Indemnity— Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler
Gaslight— John Van Druten, Walter Reisch, John L. Balderston
Laura— Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, Betty Reinhardt
Meet Me in St. Louis— Irving Brecher, Fred F. Finklehoffe
Cinematography (Black-And-White)
Laura— Joseph LaShelle
Winner
Double Indemnity— John Seitz
Dragon Seed— Sidney Wagner
Gaslight— Joseph Ruttenberg
Going My Way— Lionel Lindon
Lifeboat— Glen MacWilliams
Since You Went Away— Stanley Cortez, Lee Garmes
The Uninvited— Charles Lang
The White Cliffs of Dover— George Folsey
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo— Robert Surtees, Harold Rosson
Cinematography (Color)
Wilson— Leon Shamroy
Winner
Cover Girl— Rudolph Maté, Allen M. Davey
Home in Indiana— Edward Cronjager
Kismet— Charles Rosher
Lady in the Dark— Ray Rennahan
Meet Me in St. Louis— George Folsey
Music (Music Score Of A Dramatic Or Comedy Picture)
Since You Went Away— Max Steiner
Winner
Address Unknown— Morris Stoloff, Ernst Toch
Casanova Brown— Arthur Lange
Christmas Holiday— H. J. Salter
Double Indemnity— Miklos Rozsa
It Happened Tomorrow— Robert Stolz
Jack London— Frederic Efrem Rich
Kismet— Herbert Stothart
None but the Lonely Heart— Hanns Eisler, C. Bakaleinikoff
Summer Storm— Karl Hajos
The Adventures of Mark Twain— Max Steiner
The Bridge of San Luis Rey— Dimitri Tiomkin
The Fighting Seabees— Walter Scharf, Roy Webb
The Hairy Ape— Edward Paul, Michel Michelet
The Princess and the Pirate— David Rose
Three Russian Girls— Franke Harling
Up in Mabel's Room— Edward Paul
Voice in the Wind— Michel Michelet
Wilson— Alfred Newman
Woman of the Town— Miklos Rozsa
Music (Scoring Of A Musical Picture)
Cover Girl— Morris Stoloff, Carmen Dragon
Winner
Brazil— Walter Scharf
Higher and Higher— C. Bakaleinikoff
Hollywood Canteen— Ray Heindorf
Irish Eyes Are Smiling— Alfred Newman
Knickerbocker Holiday— Werner R. Heymann, Kurt Weill
Lady in the Dark— Robert Emmett Dolan
Lady, Let's Dance— Edward Kay
Meet Me in St. Louis— Georgie Stoll
Minstrel Man— Ferde Grofe, Leo Erdody
Sensations of 1945— Mahlon Merrick
Song of the Open Road— Charles Previn
The Merry Monahans— H. J. Salter
Up in Arms— Ray Heindorf, Louis Forbes
Art Direction (Black-And-White)
Gaslight— Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Paul Huldschinsky
Winner
Address Unknown— Art Direction: Lionel Banks, Walter Holscher; Interior Decoration: Joseph Kish
Casanova Brown— Art Direction: Perry Ferguson; Interior Decoration: Julia Heron
Laura— Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Leland Fuller; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
No Time for Love— Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Robert Usher; Interior Decoration: Sam Comer
Since You Went Away— Art Direction: Mark-Lee Kirk; Interior Decoration: Victor A. Gangelin
Song of the Open Road
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL NOMINATION. Nomination withdrawn by production company.
Step Lively— Art Direction: Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark; Interior Decoration: Darrell Silvera, Claude Carpenter
The Adventures of Mark Twain— Art Direction: John J. Hughes; Interior Decoration: Fred MacLean
Art Direction (Color)
Wilson— Art Direction: Wiard Ihnen; Interior Decoration: Thomas Little
Winner
Cover Girl— Art Direction: Lionel Banks, Cary Odell; Interior Decoration: Fay Babcock
Kismet— Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Daniel B. Cathcart; Interior Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle
Lady in the Dark— Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Raoul Pene du Bois; Interior Decoration: Ray Moyer
The Climax— Art Direction: John B. Goodman, Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb
The Desert Song— Art Direction: Charles Novi; Interior Decoration: Jack McConaghy
The Princess and the Pirate— Art Direction: Ernst Fegte; Interior Decoration: Howard Bristol
Special Effects
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo— Photographic Effects by A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus, Warren Newcombe; Sound Effects by Douglas Shearer
Winner
Days of Glory— Photographic Effects by Vernon L. Walker; Sound Effects by James G. Stewart, Roy Granville
Secret Command— Photographic Effects by David Allen, Ray Cory, Robert Wright; Sound Effects by Russell Malmgren, Harry Kusnick
Since You Went Away— Photographic Effects by John R. Cosgrove; Sound Effects by Arthur Johns
The Adventures of Mark Twain— Photographic Effects by Paul Detlefsen, John Crouse; Sound Effects by Nathan Levinson
The Story of Dr. Wassell— Photographic Effects by Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart; Sound Effects by George Dutton
Wilson— Photographic Effects by Fred Sersen; Sound Effects by Roger Heman
Film Editing
Wilson— Barbara McLean
Winner
Going My Way— Leroy Stone
Janie— Owen Marks
None but the Lonely Heart— Roland Gross
Since You Went Away— Hal C. Kern, James E. Newcom
Sound Recording
Wilson— 20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, E. H. Hansen, Sound Director
Winner
Brazil— Republic Studio Sound Department, Daniel J. Bloomberg, Sound Director
Casanova Brown— Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department, Thomas T. Moulton, Sound Director
Cover Girl— Columbia Studio Sound Department, John Livadary, Sound Director
Double Indemnity— Paramount Studio Sound Department, Loren L. Ryder, Sound Director
His Butler's Sister— Universal Studio Sound Department, Bernard B. Brown, Sound Director
Hollywood Canteen— Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department, Nathan Levinson, Sound Director
It Happened Tomorrow— Sound Service, Inc., Jack Whitney, Sound Director
Kismet— Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Sound Department, Douglas Shearer, Sound Director
Music in Manhattan— RKO Radio Studio Sound Department, Stephen Dunn, Sound Director
Voice in the Wind— RCA Sound, W. M. Dalgleish, Sound Director
Documentary (Feature)
The Fighting Lady— United States Navy
Winner
Resisting Enemy Interrogation— United States Army Air Force
Documentary (Short Subject)
With the Marines at Tarawa— United States Marine Corps
Winner
Arturo Toscanini— United States Office of War Information Overseas Motion Picture Bureau
New Americans— RKO Radio
Special Award
To Margaret O'Brien, outstanding child actress of 1944.
Winner
Darryl F. Zanuck
IRVING G. THALBERG MEMORIAL AWARD
To Bob Hope for his many services to the Academy.
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class II)
To STEPHEN DUNN and the RKO RADIO STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT and RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA for the design and development of the electronic compressor-limiter. [Sound]
Winner
Scientific Or Technical Award (Class III)
To LINWOOD DUNN, CECIL LOVE and ACME TOOL AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY for the design and construction of the Acme-Dunn Optical Printer. [Laboratory]
Winner
To BERNARD B. BROWN and JOHN P. LIVADARY for the design and engineering of a separate soloist and chorus recording room. [Sound]
To DANIEL J. BLOOMBERG and the REPUBLIC STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for the design and development of a multi-interlock selector switch. [Stage Operations]
To GORDON JENNINGS for the design and construction of the Paramount nodal point tripod. [Photography]
To GROVER LAUBE and the 20TH CENTURY-FOX STUDIO CAMERA DEPARTMENT for the development of a continuous loop projection device. [Sound]
To PAUL LERPAE for the design and construction of the Paramount traveling matte projection and photographing device. [Special Photographic]
To PAUL ZEFF, S. J. TWINING and GEORGE SEID of the Columbia Studio Laboratory for the formula and application to production of a simplified variable area sound negative developer. [Laboratory]
To RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA and the RKO RADIO STUDIO SOUND DEPARTMENT for the design and construction of the RKO reverberation chamber. [Sound]
To RUSSELL BROWN, RAY HINSDALE and JOSEPH E. ROBBINS for the development and production use of the Paramount floating hydraulic boat rocker. [Stage Operations]
To WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY for the design and construction of the 1126A Limiting Amplifier for variable density sound recording. [Sound]
Music (Song)
"Swinging On A Star" from Going My Way— Music by James Van Heusen; Lyrics by Johnny Burke
Winner
"I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night" from Higher and Higher— Music by Jimmy McHugh; Lyrics by Harold Adamson
"I'll Walk Alone" from Follow the Boys— Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
"I'm Making Believe" from Sweet and Low-Down— Music by James V. Monaco; Lyrics by Mack Gordon
"Long Ago And Far Away" from Cover Girl— Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
"Now I Know" from Up in Arms— Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Ted Koehler
"Remember Me To Carolina" from Minstrel Man— Music by Harry Revel; Lyrics by Paul Webster
"Rio De Janeiro" from Brazil— Music by Ary Barroso; Lyrics by Ned Washington
"Silver Shadows And Golden Dreams" from Lady, Let's Dance— Music by Lew Pollack; Lyrics by Charles Newman
"Sweet Dreams Sweetheart" from Hollywood Canteen— Music by M. K. Jerome; Lyrics by Ted Koehler
"The Trolley Song" from Meet Me in St. Louis— Music and Lyrics by Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin
"Too Much In Love" from Song of the Open Road— Music by Walter Kent; Lyrics by Kim Gannon
Short Subject (Cartoon)
Mouse Trouble— Frederick C. Quimby, Producer
Winner
And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street— George Pal, Producer
Dog, Cat and Canary— Screen Gems
Fish Fry— Walter Lantz, Producer
How to Play Football— Walt Disney, Producer
My Boy Johnny— Paul Terry, Producer
Swooner Crooner— Warner Bros.
Short Subject (One-Reel)
Who's Who in Animal Land— Jerry Fairbanks, Producer
Winner
Blue Grass Gentlemen— Edmund Reek, Producer
Jammin' the Blues— Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Movie Pests— Pete Smith, Producer
Screen Snapshots' 50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures— Ralph Staub, Producer
Short Subject (Two-Reel)
I Won't Play— Gordon Hollingshead, Producer
Winner
Bombalera— Louis Harris, Producer
Main Street Today— Jerry Bresler, Producer; Herbert Moulton, Associate Producer