1944 was the 5th year of 1940's.
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- February 19 - In Our Time
- March 11 - Passage to Marseille
- April 8 - Shine On, Harvest Moon
- April 22 - Uncertain Glory
- May 20 - Between Two Worlds
- May 25 - Mr. Skeffington
- June 10 - Make Your Own Bed
- July 1 - The Mask of Dimitrios
- July 22 - The Adventures of Mark Twain
- September 2 - Janie
- September 9 - Crime by Night
- September 23 - Arsenic and Old Lace
- October 7 - The Last Ride
- October 11 - To Have and Have Not
- October 20 - The Very Thought of You
- October 24 - The Conspirators
- November 25 - The Doughgirls
- December 31 - Hollywood Canteen
Shorts[]
- January 1 - Little Red Riding Rabbit
- January 8 - What's Cookin' Doc?
- January 15 - Cross Country Detours (re-issue)
- January 29 - Meatless Flyday
- February 12
- Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt (re-issue)
- Tom Turk and Daffy
- February 26 - Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
- March 11
- The Bear's Tale (re-issue)
- I Got Plenty of Mutton
- March 25 - The Weakly Reporter
- April 8
- Sioux Me (re-issue)
- Sweet Sioux (re-issue)
- Tick Tock Tuckered
- April 22 - Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips
- May 6 - Swooner Crooner
- May 13 - Of Fox and Hounds (re-issue)
- May 20 - Russian Rhapsody
- May 27 - Duck Soup to Nuts
- June 3
- Angel Puss
- Thugs with Dirty Mugs (re-issue)
- June 17
- Slightly Daffy
- The Wild Hare (re-issue)
- June 24 - Hare Ribbin'
- July 15
- Brother Brat
- The Cat Came Back (re-issue)
- July 22 - Hare Force
- August 5 - From Hand to Mouse
- August 19
- Birdy and the Beast
- The Isle of Pingo Pongo (re-issue)
- August 26 - Buckaroo Bugs
- September 2 - Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears
- September 16
- Let It Be Me (re-issue)
- Plane Daffy
- September 30
- Lost and Foundling
- September in the Rain (re-issue)
- October 14 - Booby Hatched
- October 28
- The Old Grey Hare
- Sunday Go to Meetin' Time (re-issue)
- November 18 - I Love to Singa (re-issue)
- November 25 - The Stupid Cupid
- December 9 - Plenty of Money and You (re-issue)
- December 30 - Stage Door Cartoon
Artists Joined[]
Events[]
- July - Leon Schlesinger retires and sells his cartoon studio to Warner Bros. Edward Selzer takes over starting with Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears which is the final cartoon in the Censored Eleven.
- September - Frank Tashlin leaves the studio to direct stop-motion puppet films at the John Sutherland studio.
People[]
Births[]
- February 29 - Dennis Farina (actor)
Deaths[]
- January 11 - Charles King (actor)
- February 21 - Lawrence Grossmith (actor)
- February 29 - Bobby Connolly (choreographer and director)
- March 19 - Francis Sayles (actor)
- April 10
- Pat West (actor)
- Dick Purcell (actor)
- April 16 - Ray Hallor (actor)
- May 17 - Felix Basch (actor, screenwriter and film director)
- May 21 - Edmund Mortimer (actor and film director)
- May 30 - Jessie Ralph (actress)
- June 16 - Guy Usher (actor)
- June 18 - George Byron (actor)
- June 23 - Otto Hoffman (actor)
- July 6 - Nat Carr (actor)
- July 9 - Kent Rogers (voice actor)
- July 16
- Ann Brody (actress)
- Count Cutelli (sound effects producer)
- July 18 - Alan Dinehart (actor, director, writer and stage manager)
- July 20 - Mildred Harris (actress)
- August 17 - Robert Frazer (actor)
- October 4 - Harry Beresford (actor)
- October 21 - Lionel Pape (actor)
- October 22 - Richard Bennett (actor)
- October 31 - Henrietta Crosman (actress)
- November 10
- Ferdinand Gottschalk (actor)
- Edward McNamara (actor)
- November 12 - George Houston (actor and singer)
- December 13
- Ernie Shields (actor)
- Jess Lee Brooks (actor)
- December 14 - Lupe Vélez (actress, singer and dancer)
- December 20 - Merna Kennedy (actress)
- December 25 - Edwin Stanley (actor)
Character Debuts[]
- January 4 - Little Red Riding Hood (Little Red Riding Rabbit)
- February 12 - Tom Turk
- February 26 - The Three Bears
- May 6 - Frank Sinatra Rooster
- June 3 - Li'l Sambo
- June 24 - Russian Dog
- July 22 - Sylvester
- August 19 - Schnooks, Butch Bulldog
- September 2 - Little Red Riding Hood (Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears), Goldilocks (African American)
- September 16 - Hatta Mari, Homer Pigeon
- October - Solomon Grundy
- December 30 - Southern Sheriff
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