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LIST OF MOVIES RELEASED IN 1944
The Adventures of Mark Twain
, starring
Fredric March
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
, starring
Maria Montez
and
Jon Hall
And Now Tomorrow
, starring
Alan Ladd
and
Loretta Young
And the Angels Sing
, starring
Fred MacMurray
and
Dorothy Lamour
Army
(陸軍,
Rikugun
), directed by
Keisuke Kinoshita
, starring
Chishū Ryū
and
Kinuyo Tanaka
- (
Japan
)
Arsenic and Old Lace
, directed by
Frank Capra
, starring
Cary Grant
,
Priscilla Lane
,
Raymond Massey
,
Peter Lorre
; filmed in 1941 but not released until 1944
Bathing Beauty
, starring
Esther Williams
and
Red Skelton
Between Two Worlds
, starring
John Garfield
,
Eleanor Parker
and
Sydney Greenstreet
The Black Pirate
(El corsario negro), starring
Pedro Armendariz
- (
Mexico
)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
, starring
Lynn Bari
Buffalo Bill
, starring
Joel McCrea
and
Maureen O'Hara
A Bullet in the Heart
(Rossassa Fel Qalb) - (
Egypt
)
Candlelight in Algeria
, starring
James Mason
- (
GB
)
Can't Help Singing
, starring
Deanna Durbin
A Canterbury Tale
, written and directed by
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
, starring
Eric Portman
- (
GB
)
The Canterville Ghost
, starring
Charles Laughton
,
Robert Young
and
Margaret O'Brien
Casanova Brown
, starring
Gary Cooper
Champagne Charlie
, directed by
Alberto Cavalcanti
, starring
Tommy Trinder
and
Stanley Holloway
- (
GB
)
The Children Are Watching Us
(I bambini ci guardano), directed by
Vittorio De Sica
- (
Italy
)
Christmas Holiday
, starring
Gene Kelly
The Climax
, starring
Susanna Foster
and
Boris Karloff
Cobra Woman
, starring
Maria Montez
The Conspirators
, starring
Paul Henreid
and
Hedy Lamarr
Cover Girl
, starring
Rita Hayworth
and
Gene Kelly
Cowboy and the Senorita
, starring
Roy Rogers
and
Dale Evans
Crime by Night
, starring
Jane Wyman
Cry of the Werewolf
, starring
Nina Foch
The Curse of the Cat People
, starring
Simone Simon
Don't Take It to Heart
, directed by
Jeffrey Dell
, starring
Richard Greene
- (
GB
)
Double Indemnity
, directed by
Billy Wilder
, starring
Fred MacMurray
,
Barbara Stanwyck
and
Edward G. Robinson
Dragon Seed
, starring
Katharine Hepburn
Dream of the Red Chamber
(Hong lou meng) - (
China
)
Experiment Perilous
, starring
Hedy Lamarr
and
George Brent
Fanny by Gaslight
, directed by
Anthony Asquith
, starring
Phyllis Calvert
,
James Mason
,
Stewart Granger
- (
GB
)
The Fighting Seabees
, starring
John Wayne
and
Susan Hayward
The Fighting Sullivans
, directed by
Lloyd Bacon
, starring
Anne Baxter
and
Thomas Mitchell
For Those in Peril
, directed by
Charles Crichton
- (
GB
)
Frenchman's Creek
, starring
Joan Fontaine
and
Basil Rathbone
Die Feuerzangenbowle
(The Punch Bowl) - (
Germany
)
Gaslight
, starring
Ingrid Bergman
,
Charles Boyer
and
Joseph Cotten
Going My Way
, directed by
Leo McCarey
, starring
Bing Crosby
and
Barry Fitzgerald
- winner of 7
Oscars
Greenwich Village
, starring
Carmen Miranda
and
Don Ameche
The Great Sacrifice
(Opfergang) - (
Germany
)
Hail the Conquering Hero
, written and directed by
Preston Sturges
, starring
Eddie Bracken
and
Ella Raines
The Halfway House
, directed by
Basil Dearden
, starring
Mervyn Johns
and
Glynis Johns
To Have And Have Not
, directed by
Howard Hawks
, starring
Humphrey Bogart
and
Lauren Bacall
Henry V
, directed by and starring
Laurence Olivier
- (
GB
)
Hollywood Canteen
, starring
Joan Leslie
Home in Indiana
, starring
Walter Brennan
The Hour Before the Dawn
, starring
Veronica Lake
House of Frankenstein
, starring
Boris Karloff
and
Lon Chaney Jr.
I'll Be Seeing You
, starring
Ginger Rogers
and
Shirley Temple
In Our Time
, starring
Ida Lupino
and
Paul Henreid
In Society
, starring
Bud Abbott
and
Lou Costello
It Happened Tomorrow
, starring
Dick Powell
Ivan the Terrible
(Ivan Grozniy), by director
Sergei Eisenstein
, starring
Nikolai Cherkasov
- (
U.S.S.R.
)
Janie
, directed by
Michael Curtiz
, starring
Joyce Reynolds
Jwar Bhata
- (
India
)
The Keys of the Kingdom
, starring
Gregory Peck
,
Cedric Hardwicke
,
Vincent Price
and
Roddy McDowall
Kismet
, starring
Ronald Colman
and
Marlene Dietrich
Lady in the Dark
, starring
Ginger Rogers
and
Ray Milland
Lady, Let's Dance
, ice skating musical starring
Belita
and comedy ice team
Frick and Frack
Lake Placid Serenade
, starring
Vera Ralston
Laura
, directed by
Otto Preminger
, starring
Gene Tierney
,
Dana Andrews
,
Clifton Webb
and
Vincent Price
Lifeboat
, directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
, starring
Tallulah Bankhead
,
John Hodiak
,
William Bendix
,
Walter Slezak
,
Henry Hull
and
Hume Cronyn
The Lodger
, starring
Merle Oberon
and
George Sanders
Lost in a Harem
, starring
Bud Abbott
and
Lou Costello
Man from Frisco
directed by
Robert Florey
, starring
Michael O'Shea
and
Anne Shirley
The Mask of Dimitrios
, starring
Peter Lorre
,
Sydney Greenstreet
and
Zachary Scott
Meet Me in St. Louis
, directed by
Vincente Minnelli
, starring
Judy Garland
Meet the People
, starring
Lucille Ball
Melody of Murder
(Mordets Melodi) - (
Denmark
)
Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress
, a documentary by
William Wyler
Ministry of Fear
, starring
Ray Milland
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
, directed by
Preston Sturges
, starring
Eddie Bracken
and
Betty Hutton
Mr. Skeffington
, starring
Bette Davis
and
Claude Rains
Mrs. Parkington
, starring
Greer Garson
The Mummy's Curse
, starring
Lon Chaney Jr.
The Mummy's Ghost
, starring
Lon Chaney Jr.
Murder, My Sweet
(aka Farewell My Lovely), directed by
Edward Dmytryk
, starring
Dick Powell
and
Claire Trevor
Music for Millions
, starring
Margaret O'Brien
The Nail
(El clavo) - (
Spain
)
National Velvet
, starring
Elizabeth Taylor
and
Mickey Rooney
None but the Lonely Heart
, starring
Cary Grant
and
Ethel Barrymore
None Shall Escape
, starring
Alexander Knox
On Approval
, starring
Clive Brook
and
Googie Withers
- (
GB
)
Once Upon a Time
, starring
Cary Grant
,
Ted Donaldson
,
Janet Blair
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
, starring
Gail Russell
and
Diana Lynn
Pardon My Rhythm
, starring
Gloria Jean
Passage to Marseille
, starring
Humphrey Bogart
,
Claude Rains
,
Peter Lorre
and
Sydney Greenstreet
The Pearl of Death
, a
Sherlock Holmes
mystery starring
Basil Rathbone
and
Nigel Bruce
Phantom Lady
, starring
Franchot Tone
and
Ella Raines
Pin Up Girl
, starring
Betty Grable
Port of Freedom
(Große Freiheit Nr. 7) - (
Germany
)
Possession
(Besættelse) - (
Denmark
)
The Princess and the Pirate
, starring
Bob Hope
and
Virginia Mayo
The Purple Heart
, starring
Dana Andrews
,
Richard Conte
and
Farley Granger
Rainbow
(Raduga) - (
U.S.S.R.
)
Rationing
, starring
Wallace Beery
and
Marjorie Main
The Rats of Tobruk
(aka The Fighting Rats of Tobruk), starring
Peter Finch
and
Chips Rafferty
- (
Australia
)
The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice
(Počestné paní pardubické), directed by
Martin Frič
- (
Czechoslovakia
)
The Scarlet Claw
, a
Sherlock Holmes
mystery starring
Basil Rathbone
and
Nigel Bruce
The Seventh Cross
, directed by
Fred Zinnemann
, starring
Spencer Tracy
Since You Went Away
, starring
Claudette Colbert
,
Jennifer Jones
and
Shirley Temple
Something for the Boys
starring
Carmen Miranda
,
Michael O'Shea
and
Vivian Blaine
Song of Russia
, starring
Robert Taylor
The Spider Woman
, a
Sherlock Holmes
mystery featuring
Gale Sondergaard
Storm Over Lisbon
, starring
Vera Ralston
The Story of Dr. Wassell
, starring
Gary Cooper
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
, starring
Anne Baxter
and
John Hodiak
The Suspect
, starring
Charles Laughton
Tall in the Saddle
, starring
John Wayne
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
, starring
Spencer Tracy
and
Van Johnson
This Happy Breed
, directed by
David Lean
, starring
John Mills
and
Celia Johnson
- (
GB
)
The Three Caballeros
, a
Walt Disney
animated film starring
Donald Duck
and Dora Luz (released in South America in 1944, but was released in 1945 in the U.S.)
Time Flies
Torment
(Hets), directed by
Alf Sjoberg
- (
Sweden
)
The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks
(
La Torre de los Siete Jorobados
) - (
Spain
)
Tunisian Victory
, directed by
Frank Capra
,
Hugh Stewart
and
John Huston
- (
USA
/
GB
)
Two Thousand Women
, starring
Flora Robson
and
Phyllis Calvert
- (
GB
)
The Uninvited
, starring
Ray Milland
Up in Arms
, starring
Danny Kaye
and
Dinah Shore
The Way Ahead
(
Immortal Battalion
), directed by
Carol Reed
, starring
David Niven
and
Stanley Holloway
- (
GB
)
Weird Woman
, starring
Lon Chaney, Jr.
and
Anne Gwynne
When Strangers Marry
, starring
Dean Jagger
,
Kim Hunter
,
Robert Mitchum
The White Cliffs of Dover
, starring
Irene Dunne
Wilson
, a biopic of President
Woodrow Wilson
, starring
Alexander Knox
and
Charles Coburn
Wing and a Prayer
, directed by
Henry Hathaway
, starring
Dana Andrews
and
Don Ameche
The Woman in the Window
, directed by
Fritz Lang
, starring
Edward G. Robinson
and
Joan Bennett
The Yellow Rose of Texas
, starring
Roy Rogers
and
Dale Evans
Serials
Black Arrow
Captain America
, starring
Dick Purcell
The Desert Hawk
, starring
Gilbert Roland
and
Charles Middleton
The Great Alaskan Mystery
Haunted Harbor
, starring
Kane Richmond
Mystery of the River Boat
Raiders of Ghost City
The Tiger Woman
, starring
Linda Stirling
Zorro's Black Whip
, starring
Linda Stirling
Short film series
Our Gang
(
1922
-1944)
The Three Stooges
(
1934
–
1959
)
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
(
1934
–
1956
)
Goofy
(
1939
–
1955
)
Andy Panda
(
1939
–
1949
)
Tom and Jerry
(
1940
–
1958
)
Bugs Bunny
(
1940
–
1962
)
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
)
Sylvester the Cat
(1944-
1966
)
Top-grossing films (U.S.)
Rank
Title
Studio
1.
Going My Way
Paramount
2.
Wilson
20th Century-Fox
3.
Since You Went Away
United Artists
4.
Lady in the Dark
Paramount
5.
Meet Me in St. Louis
MGM
6.
Mrs. Parkington
MGM
7.
Here Come the Waves
Paramount
8.
The Story of Dr. Wassell
Paramount
9.
Winged Victory
20th Century-Fox
10.
Hollywood Canteen
Warner Bros.
11.
The Princess and the Pirate
RKO
12.
National Velvet
MGM
13.
Gaslight
MGM
14.
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
MGM
15.
Arsenic and Old Lace
Warner Bros.
16.
Mr. Skeffington
Warner Bros.
17.
The White Cliffs of Dover
MGM
18.
Dragon Seed
MGM
19.
Cover Girl
Columbia
20.
Frenchman's Creek
Paramount