1945 in film
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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.
- October 5 - A strike between the Set Decorator's union and the studios boils over and became what is now considered Hollywood Black Friday
- December 28 - Spellbound is released.
Top grossing films
- North America
- The Valley of Decision
- Anchors Away
- The Paleface
- Thrill of a Romance
- Weekend at the Waldorf
- National Velvet
- State Fair
Other films released
Other films released in 1945 include:
- The Bells of St. Mary's
- Blithe Spirit, directed by David Lean and based on the play by Noel Coward
- Brief Encounter, starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard, and directed by David Lean
- Marcel Carné and Jacques Prévert's Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise) is released following the liberation of France
- Dead of Night, Ealing Studios chiller compendium
- Dillinger
- Detour
- The Clock, starring Judy Garland
- The House on 92nd Street, produced by Louis de Rochemont
- Mom and Dad
- The Spanish Main
- Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound, starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck
- The Way to the Stars, starring John Mills and Michael Redgrave and written by Terence Rattigan
- The Wicked Lady, with Margaret Lockwood and James Mason
- ''The Three Caballeros
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)
Births
- January 3 - Victoria Principal, actress
- May 31 - Rainer Werner Fassbinder, director
- August 14 - Steve Martin, actor and comedian
- August 14 - Wim Wenders, director
Deaths
- July 13 - Alla Nazimova, Ukrainian-born stage and film actress
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