A celebration of 50 years of film musicals.
17: The Oscar-winning Song-book
' You always win the award for the wrong song. I won for Three Coins in the Fountain, I don't think it's my best song. I lost with I'll Walk Alone, I Don't Want to Walk Without You. It's Magic, Time After Time, I Fall in Love Too Easily . Time tells me these songs were better, because they're standards today.' (JULE STYNE )
Douglas Fairbanks Jr investigates the way in which some songs won Academy Awards and others didn't. Also taking part:
PANDRO BERMAN , SAMMY CAHN BING CROSBY , IRA GERSHWIN JOHNNY MERCER, HERMES PAN LEO ROBIN , GEORGE SIDNEY JULE STYNE , HARRY WARREN Written by BENNY GREEN
Producers JOHN BILLINGHAM and MEL HOUSE