1945

The year 1945 was the 6th year of the 1940's.

The Little Man from the Draft Board in Draftee Daffy

Theatrical releases

Feature films

• January 31 - Roughly Speaking
• February 17 - Objective, Burma!
• March 2 - Hotel Berlin
• April 7 - God Is My Co-Pilot
• April 28 - The Horn Blows at Midnight
• May 1 - Escape in the Desert
• June 9 - Pillow to Post
• June 15 - Conflict
• July 14 - The Corn Is Green
• August 11 - Christmas in Connecticut
• August 24 - Pride of the Marines
• September 22 - Rhapsody in Blue
• October 20 - Mildred Pierce
• November 10 - Confidential Agent
• November 14 - Danger Signal
• November 21 - Saratoga Trunk
• December 1 - Too Young to Know
• December 7 - Appointment in Tokyo
• December 29 - San Antonio

Shorts

• January 6 - Odor-able Kitty
• January 13 - Herr Meets Hare
• January 20
  • The Fella with the Fiddle (re-issue)
  • The Return of Mr. Hook
• January 27 - Draftee Daffy
• February 10 - The Unruly Hare
• February 24
  • Trap Happy Porky
  • When I Yoo Hoo (re-issue)
• March 17 - I Only Have Eyes for You (re-issue)
• March 24 - Life with Feathers
• April 7 - Behind the Meat-Ball
• April 21 - Ain't We Got Fun (re-issue)
• May 5 - Hare Trigger
• May 19 - Ain't That Ducky
• June 4 - I'm a Big Shot Now (re-issue)
• June 9 - A Gruesome Twosome
• June 30 - Tale of Two Mice
• June - The Good Egg
• July 21 - Speaking of the Weather (re-issue)
• July 26 - Wagon Heels
• August 11 - Hare Conditioned
• August 25
  • Fresh Airedale
  • Old Glory (re-issue)
• September 15 - The Bashful Buzzard
• October 20
  • Busy Bakers (re-issue)
  • Peck Up Your Troubles
• November 10 - Hare Tonic
• November 17 - A Sunbonnet Blue (re-issue)
• December 1 - Nasty Quacks
• December 22 - The Lyin' Mouse (re-issue)

Events

• Produced by WARNER BROS. CARTOONS INC. and RELEASED BY WARNER BROS. PICTURES INCORPORATED are gone after "Odor-able Kitty", which is also Pepé Le Pew's first cartoon. He was then known as "Henry" or "Stinky". This is also the final cartoon in the 1943-44 season.
• Starting with "Herr Meets Hare", the red rings black background is reused from the 1942-43 season. The 1944-45 and 1945-46 seasons would use the same Color Rings and backgrounds.
• The cartoons reissued in 1945 cut all mentions of Leon Schlesinger, starting with "When I Yoo Hoo".
• The 1945-55 opening rendition of Merrily We Roll Along debuts in "Hare Trigger", which is the first to feature full credits. This is also the first to have the WB shield with Bugs sitting and pulling the shade, excluding "The Heckling Hare". This variation would be used until "Hare Do".
• Sylvester makes his debut in "Life with Feathers", which is also the final cartoon to not have full credits, the final cartoon to have the 1941-45 opening rendition of "Merrily We Roll Along", and the final cartoon to have the WB shield zoom onto the screen before the "WARNER BROS. PICTURES INC." and "Present" appear in an non-Bugs cartoon.
• The Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies themes are shortened this year to allow for full credits. The Looney Tunes theme would change again in 1946, but the Merrie Melodies stayed the same.

Business

• May 7 - Bob Clampett leaves the studio and Arthur Davis takes over his unit.

People

Births

• November 16 - Steve Railsback (actor)

Deaths

• January 10 - Edward Fielding (actor)
• March 4 - Lucille La Verne (actress and voice actress)
• March 15 - Henry Victor (actor)
• March 29 - George Rosener (actor and writer)
• April 1 - May Beatty (singer and actress)
• April 7 - Russell Hopton (actor and director)
• April 10 - Gloria Dickson (actress)
• April 16 - Willie Fung (actor)
• April 29
  • George Sidney (actor and comedian)
  • Malcolm McGregor (actor)
• April 30 - Adolf Hitler (politician)
• May 1 - Jerry Mandy (actor)
• June 24 - Percy Haswell (actress)
• June 25 - Alec Craig (actor)
• June 26 - Erno Rapee (symphonic conductor)
• July 13 - Alla Nazimova (actress, director, producer and screenwriter)
• July 19 - George Barbier (actor)
• September 1
  • Frank Craven (actor, director, playwright, producer and screenwriter)
  • Terry (dog actor)
• September 28 - Harrison Greene (actor)
• October 17 - Charles Willis Lane (actor)
• October 21 - Henry Armetta (actor)
• October 25 - Don Costello (actor)
• October 28 - Gilbert Emery (actor)
• November 21 - Robert Benchley (writer, critic, actor and film director)
• November 30 - George F. Marion (actor and director)
• December 14 - Forrester Harvey (actor)
• December 25
  • D'Arcy Corrigan (actor and lawyer)
  • Russell Gleason (actor)
• December 31
  • Knute Erickson (vaudeville comedian and actor)
  • Don Douglas (actor)

Character debuts

• January 6 - Pepé Le Pew
• January 20 - Mr. Hook
• January 27 - The Little Man from the Draft Board
• March 24 - Sylvester
• May 5 - Yosemite Sam (official debut)
• June 9 - Colonel
• August 11 - Stacey's Manager
• October 20 - Hector the Bulldog, The Woodpecker
• December 1 - Melissa Duck
• December - Black Adam

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