Looking over the history of the Academy Awards for best original song in a movie, you notice how many great songs won between "The Continental" and "The Shadow of Your Smile," before the great falling off that followed.
Which of these great musical geniuses of the time did not win an Academy Award?
Harold Arlen
Irving Berlin
Dorothy Fields
George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
Oscar Hammerstein
Yip Harburg
Jerome Kern
Johnny Mercer
Cole Porter
Richard Rodgers
Jule Styne
Jimmy Van Heusen
Harry Warren
For extra credit. name the nominated song(s) by the listed greats that failed to win though they were eligible. Also name some of the winners. And sing them.
I'm watching State Fair on TCM right now. Hence the thought. -- DL
kern got one. arlen and harburg sure did. berlin took it for white christmas. burke and van heusen got one. mercer got a couple. rodgers and ham-fisted did too. styne and cahn, lerner and lowe... who's that leave?
Posted by: amy greacen | March 27, 2011 at 02:41 PM
rodgers?
Posted by: amy greacen | March 27, 2011 at 02:41 PM
i meant porter sorry. did he get one?.
Posted by: amy greacen | March 27, 2011 at 03:25 PM
George Gershwin never got one though he was eligible with "They Can't Take That Away from Me." Ira Gershwin never got it though he was nominated with George for the aforementioned, with Kern for "Long Ago and Far Away," and with Arlen for "The Man That Got Away." Porter was never nominated. Rodgers won for "It Might as Well Be Spring." Kern got two, BTW.
Lovely to look at your comments! -- DL
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