1944 in film
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Events
- July 20 - Since You Went Away is released.
- September 6 - Double Indemnity is released.
Top grossing films
- North America
- Going My Way starring Bing Crosby
- Meet Me in St. Louis, starring Judy Garland
- Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
- Hollywood Canteen
- A Guy Named Joe
- The White Cliffs of Dover
Other films released
Movies released in 1944 include:- A Canterbury Tale, written and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
- Double Indemnity, starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson
- The Keys of the Kingdom, starring Gregory Peck, Cedric Hardwicke, Vincent Price, and Roddy McDowall
- Lady, Let's Dance, ice skating musical starring Belita and comedy ice team Frick & Frack
- Wilson, biographical film about President Woodrow Wilson, starring Charles Coburn
- Gaslight, the Hollywood remake, with Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer
- Henry V, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier
- Laura
- Since You Went Away
- The Way Ahead, directed by Carol Reed
Short film series
Animated short film series
- Mickey Mouse (1928-1953)
- Looney Tunes (1930-1969)
- Terrytoons (1930-1964)
- Merrie Melodies (1931-1969)
- Scrappy (1931-1941)
- Popeye (1933-1957)
- Color Rhapsodies (1934-1949)
- Donald Duck (1937-1956)
- Goofy (1939-1955)
- Andy Panda (1939-1949)
- Tom and Jerry (MGM) (1940-1958)
- Woody Woodpecker (1941-1949)
- Swing Symphonies (1941-1945)
- The Fox and the Crow (1941-1950)
- Red Hot Riding Hood (1943-1949)
- Droopy (1943-1958)
- Screwball Squirrel (1944-1946)
- 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
- November 23 - Joe Eszterhas, screenwriter
Deaths
- July 20 - Mildred Harris, actress
- December 13 - Lupe Vélez, actress
- December 15 - Glenn Miller, musician, actor
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