A 17ª edición dos premios Óscar tivo lugar o día 15 de marzo de 1945 no Grauman’s Chines Theatre dos Ánxeles. Os mestres de cerimonias foron John Cromwell e Bob Hope. A cerimonia de entrega durou setenta minutos e incluíu fragmentos de filmes que requiriron explicacións para a audiencia da radio.
Esta foi a única edición en que unha persoa foi candidata como mellor actor e mellor actor secundario polo mesmo papel: Barry Fitzgerald como o pai Fitzgibbon en Going My Way. Gañou como secundario.
Premios miniatura|150px|Bing Crosby, mellor actor miniatura|150px|Ingrid Bergman, mellor actriz miniatura|150px|Barry Fitzgerald, mellor actor secundario miniatura|150px|Ethel Barrymore, mellor actriz secundaria miniatura|150px|Carmen Dragon, mellor banda sonora de musical miniatura|150px|Jimmy Van Heusen, mellor canción miniatura|150px|Cedric Gibbons, mellor dirección artística en branco e negro miniatura|150px|Bob Hope, Óscar honorífico miniatura|150px|Margaret O'Brien, Óscar xuvenil miniatura|150px|Darryl F. Zanuck, premio Irving G. Thalberg Os gañadores aparecen en primeiro lugar e en grosas. Mellor filme Mellor director Leo McCarey para Paramount Pictures –Going My Way Joseph Sistrom para Paramount Pictures – Double Indemnity Arthur Hornblow, Jr. para Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – Gaslight David O. Selznick para United Artists – Since You Went Away Darryl F. Zanuck para 20th Century Fox – Wilson | valign="top" | Leo McCarey – Going My Way Billy Wilder – Double Indemnity Otto Preminger – Laura Alfred Hitchcock – Lifeboat Henry King – Wilson Mellor actor Mellor actriz Bing Crosby – Going My Way Charles Boyer – Gaslight Barry Fitzgerald – Going My Way Cary Grant – None But the Lonely Heart Alexander Knox – Wilson Ingrid Bergman – Gaslight Claudette Colbert – Since You Went Away Bette Davis – Mr. Skeffington Greer Garson – Mrs. Parkington Barbara Stanwyck – Double Indemnity |- ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Mellor actor secundario ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Mellor actriz secundaria |- | valign="top" | Barry Fitzgerald – Going My Way Hume Cronyn – The Seventh Cross Claude Rains – Mr. Skeffington Clifton Webb – Laura Monty Woolley – Since You Went Away | valign="top" | Ethel Barrymore – None But the Lonely Heart Jennifer Jones – Since You Went Away Angela Lansbury – Gaslight Aline MacMahon – Dragon Seed Agnes Moorehead – Mrs. Parkington |- ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Mellor guión orixinal ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Mellor guión adaptado |- | valign="top" | Wilson – Lamar Trotti Hail the Conquering Hero – Preston Sturges The Miracle of Morgan's Creek – Preston Sturges Two Girls and a Sailor – Richard Connell e Gladys Lehman Wing and a Prayer – Jerome Cady | valign="top" | Going My Way – Frank Butler e Frank Cavett Double Indemnity – Raymond Chandler e Billy Wilder Gaslight – John L. Balderston, Walter Reisch e John Van Druten Laura – Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein e Elizabeth Reinhardt Meet Me in St. Louis – Irving Brecher e Fred F. Finklehoffe |- ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Mellor argumento ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Mellor curtametraxe de animación |- | valign="top" | Going My Way – Leo McCarey A Guy Named Joe – David Boehm e Chandler Sprague Lifeboat – John Steinbeck None Shall Escape – Alfred Neumann e Joseph Than The Sullivans – Edward Doherty e Jules Schermer | valign="top" | Mouse Trouble – Fred Quimby And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street – George Pal Dog, Cat and Canary – Raymond Katz Fish Fry – Walter Lantz How to Play Football – Walt Disney My Boy, Johnny – Paul Terry Swooner Crooner – Edward Selzer |- ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Mellor documental ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Mellor curtametraxe documental |- | valign="top" | The Fighting Lady Resisting Enemy Interrogation | valign="top" | With the Marines at Tarawa Hymn of the Nations New Americans |- ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Mellor curtametraxe de ficción, un rolo ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Mellor curtametraxe de ficción, dous rolos |- | valign="top" | Who's Who in Animal Land – Jerry Fairbanks Blue Grass Gentlemen – Edmund Reek Jammin' the Blues – Gordon Hollingshead Movie Pests – Pete Smith Screen Snapshots' 50th Anniversary of Motion Pictures – Ralph Staub | valign="top" | I Won't Play – Gordon Hollingshead Bombalera – Louis Harris Main Street Today – Jerry Bresler |- ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Mellor banda sonora, comedia ou drama ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Mellor banda sonora, musical |- | valign="top" | Since You Went Away – Max Steiner Address Unknown – Morris Stoloff e Ernst Toch The Adventures of Mark Twain – Max Steiner The Bridge of San Luis Rey – Dimitri Tiomkin Casanova Brown – Arthur Lange Christmas Holiday – H. J. Salter Double Indemnity – Miklós Rózsa The Fighting Seabees – Walter Scharf e Roy Webb Paixón salvaxe – Edward Paul e Michel Michelet It Happened Tomorrow – Robert Stolz Jack London – Frederic Efrem Rich Kismet – Herbert Stothart None but the Lonely Heart – Hanns Eisler e C. Bakaleinikoff The Princess and the Pirate – David Rose Summer Storm – Karl Hajos Three Russian Girls – W. Franke Harling Up in Mabel's Room – Edward Paul Voice in the Wind – Michel Michelet Wilson – Alfred Newman Woman of the Town – Miklós Rózsa | valign="top" | As modelos – Morris Stoloff e Carmen Dragon Brazil – Walter Scharf Higher and Higher – C. Bakaleinikoff Hollywood Canteen – Ray Heindorf Irish Eyes Are Smiling – Alfred Newman Knickerbocker Holiday – Werner R. Heymann e Kurt Weill Lady in the Dark – Robert Emmett Dolan Lady, Let's Dance – Edward Kay Meet Me in St. Louis – Georgie Stoll The Merry Monahans – H. J. Salter Minstrel Man – Ferde Grofe e Leo Erdody Sensations of 1945 – Mahlon Merrick Song of the Open Road – Charles Previn Up in Arms – Ray Heindorf e Louis Forbes |- ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Mellor canción ! style="background:#EEDD82" | Mellor son |- | valign="top" | "Swinging on a Star" de Going My Way – Música de James Van Heusen; Letra de Johnny Burke "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" de Higher and Higher – Música de Jimmy McHugh; Letra de Harold Adamson "I'll Walk Alone" de Follow the Boys – Música de Jule Styne; Letra de Sammy Cahn "I'm Making Believe" de Sweet and Lowdown – Música de James V. Monaco; Letra de Mack Gordon "Long Ago (and Far Away)" de As modelos – Música de Jerome Kern; Letra de Ira Gershwin "Now I Know" de Up in Arms – Música de Harold Arlen; Letra de Ted Koehler "Remember Me to Carolina" de Minstrel Man – Música de Harry Revel; Letra de Paul Webster "Rio de Janeiro" de Brazil – Música de Ary Barroso; Letra de Ned Washington "Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams" from Lady, Let's Dance – Música de Lew Pollack; Letra de Charles Newman "Too Much in Love" de Song of the Open Road – Música de Walter Kent; Letra de Kim Gannon "The Trolley Song" de Meet Me in St. Louis – Música e letra de Ralph Blane e Hugh Martin "Sweet Dreams Sweetheart" de Hollywood Canteen – Música de Maurice K. Jerome e Letra de Ted Koehler | valign="top" | Wilson – E. H. Hansen, Fox Studio Sound Department Brazil – Daniel J. Bloomberg, Republic Studio Sound Department Casanova Brown – Thomas T. Moulton, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Sound Department As modelos – John Livadary, Columbia Studio Sound Department Double Indemnity – Loren L. Ryder, Paramount Studio Sound Department His Butler's Sister – Bernard B. Brown, Universal Studio Sound Department Hollywood Canteen – Nathan Levinson, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department It Happened Tomorrow – Jack Whitney, Sound Service, Inc. Kismet – Douglas Shearer, MGM Studio Sound Department Music in Manhattan – Stephen Dunn, RKO Radio Studio Sound Department Voice in the Wind – W. M. Dalgleish, RCA Sound Mellor dirección de arte, branco e negro Mellor dirección de arte, cor Gaslight – Dirección artística: Cedric Gibbons e William Ferrari; Decorados: Paul Huldschinsky e Edwin B. Willis Address Unknown – Dirección artística: Lionel Banks e Walter Holscher; Decorados: Joseph Kish The Adventures of Mark Twain – Dirección artística: John Hughes; Decorados: Fred M. MacLean Casanova Brown – Dirección artística: Perry Ferguson; Decorados: Julia Heron Laura – Dirección artística: Lyle Wheeler e Leland Fuller; Decorados: Thomas Little No Time for Love – Dirección artística: Hans Dreier e Robert Usher; Decorados: Samuel M. Comer Since You Went Away – Dirección artística: Mark-Lee Kirk; Decorados: Victor A. Gangelin Step Lively – Dirección artística: Albert S. D'Agostino e Carroll Clark; Decorados: Darrell Silvera e Claude Carpenter Song of the Open Road – N/A (candidatura revogado) Wilson – Dirección artística: Wiard Ihnen; Decorados: Thomas Little The Climax – Dirección artística: John B. Goodman e Alexander Golitzen; Decorados: Russell A. Gausman e Ira S. Webb As modelos – Dirección artística: Lionel Banks e Cary Odell; Decorados: Fay Babcock The Desert Song – Dirección artística: Charles Novi; Decorados: Jack McConaghy Kismet – Dirección artística: Cedric Gibbons e Daniel B. Cathcart; Decorados: Edwin B. Willis e Richard Pefferle Lady in the Dark – Dirección artística: Hans Dreier e Raoul Pene du Bois; Decorados: Ray Moyer The Princess and the Pirate – Dirección artística: Ernst Fegte; Decorados: Howard Bristol Mellor fotografía, branco e negro Mellor fotografía, cor Laura – Joseph LaShelle Double Indemnity – John F. Seitz Dragon Seed – Sidney Wagner Gaslight – Joseph Ruttenberg Going My Way – Lionel Lindon Lifeboat – Glen MacWilliams Since You Went Away – Stanley Cortez e Lee Garmes The Uninvited – Charles Lang The White Cliffs of Dover – George J. Folsey Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo – Robert Surtees e Harold Rosson Wilson – Leon Shamroy As modelos – Rudolph Maté e Allen M. Davey Home in Indiana – Edward Cronjager Kismet – Charles Rosher Lady in the Dark – Ray Rennahan Meet Me in St. Louis – George J. Folsey Mellor montaxe Mellores efectos especiais Wilson – Barbara McLean Going My Way – Leroy Stone Janie – Owen Marks None but the Lonely Heart – Roland Gross Since You Went Away – Hal C. Kern e James E. Newcom Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo – Fotografía: A. Arnold Gillespie, Donald Jahraus e Warren Newcombe; Son: Douglas Shearer Días de gloria – Fotografía: Vernon L. Walker; Son: James G. Stewart e Roy Granville Secret Command – Fotografía: David Allen, Ray Cory e Robert Wright; Son: Russell Malmgren e Harry Kusnick Since You Went Away – Fotografía: Jack Cosgrove; Son: Arthur Johns The Adventures of Mark Twain – Fotografía: Paul Detlefsen e John Crouse; Son: Nathan Levinson The Story of Dr. Wassell – Fotografía: Farciot Edouart e Gordon Jennings; Son: George Dutton Wilson – Fotografía: Fred Sersen; Son: Roger Heman Sr.
Oscar honorífico Bob Hope, "polos seus moitos servizos á Academia"
Academy Juvenile Award Margaret O'Brien
Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Darryl F. Zanuck
Notas
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