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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.
Feb 5, 2014 · Both the nominations list and the program from the Awards dinner list the song as being from Hellzapoppin’, a 1942 release for Awards purposes. The song does not appear in that film, but did appear in Keep ‘Em Flying, a 1941 release from the same production company and studio, and was therefore ineligible for a 1942 nomination.]
"White Christmas" won the Academy Award for Best Song of 1942, beating out nine other songs. Irving Berlin presented himself with the Oscar at the ceremony. "I'm glad to present the award," he joked.
Music (Song) - Baby Mine in "Dumbo" Music by Frank Churchill; Lyrics by Ned Washington
The song was written by Berlin for the 1942 musical film Holiday Inn. The composition won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 15th Academy Awards. Bing Crosby's record topped the Billboard chart for 11 weeks in 1942 and returned to the number one position again in December 1943 and 1944.
Apr 4, 2016 · The travesty of 1942 Best Original Song is the two strongest songs of the year are nowhere to be found among the Oscar nominees - the timeless "I'm Old Fashioned," from the Fred Astaire-Rita Hayworth musical You Were Never Lovelier (instead represented here by the decidedly inferior "Dearly Beloved"), and the delightful "(We're Off on the) Road ...
The 15th Academy Awards was held in the Cocoanut Grove at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on March 4, 1943, honoring the films of 1942. [1] The ceremony is most famous for the speech by Greer Garson ; accepting the award for Best Actress , Garson spoke for nearly six minutes, considered to be the longest Oscars acceptance speech.
