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 the Year

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

Births

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

Deaths

Other 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