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* Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) - Franz Waxman * Writing (Story and Screenplay) - Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D. M. Marshman, Jr. Actor - William Holden
Nominated Songs for the Academy Awards from 1951 to 1960 Missed: 1951 (24th): "Never" from Golden Girl
List of Academy Awards for Songs. The first awards were given in 1927, the same year as the first sound film, The Jazz Singer. No musical awards for songs were included until 1934.
The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best original song written specifically for a film.
American composer and author Alec Wilder described Carmichael as the "most talented, inventive, sophisticated and jazz-oriented of all the great craftsmen" of pop songs in the first half of the 20th century.
The 23rd Academy Awards were held on March 29, 1951, honoring the films of 1950. All About Eve received a record 14 nominations, besting the previous record of 13 set by Gone with the Wind in 1939.
Fred Astaire hosted the 23rd Academy Awards at the RKO Pantage Theatre on Thursday, March 29, 1951. All About Eve took home six of its record-breaking 14 nominations including Best Picture and Best Director, while Sunset Boulevard went home with three awards out of eleven nominations.
