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The Biltmore Hotel. Academy Awards stage. Ginger Rogers and James Stewart. Best Actress winner for Kitty Foyle and Best Actor winner for The Philadelphia Story. Joan Fontaine and Alfred Hitchcock. Best Actress and Directing nominees for Rebecca, winner of Best Picture. View More Memorable Moments.
Apr 14, 2020 · April 14, 2020. 1941 Academy Awards – Music (Original Score) Winner. Pinocchio. Leigh Harline. A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy. Amazon. Tin Pan Alley. Alfred Newman. Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one.
The Academy Award for Best Original Score is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer.
Date of Ceremony: Thursday, February 27, 1941. For films released in: 1940. Host (s): Bob Hope. Nominations List. Other years: < 12th. 14th > There was a lot more anticipation as stars headed into the Biltmore Hotel’s Biltmore Bowl on Thursday, February 27, 1941 for the 13th Annual Academy Awards.
The Academy Award for Original Score is given to the best body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring that is written specifically for a movie. [1] Winners and nominees. 1930s. 1940s. 1950s. 1960s. 1970s. 1980s. 1990s. 2000s. 2010s. 2020s. Notes.
It won Academy Awards for Song and Original Score. In April 1940, Booker T. Washington became the first African-American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp. In May 1940, the McDonald brothers opened their first restaurant, McDonald's Bar-B-Que, in San Bernardino, California.
Works in this vein include the ballets Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid and Rodeo, his Fanfare for the Common Man and Third Symphony. In addition to his ballets and orchestral works, he produced music in many other genres, including chamber music, vocal works, opera and film scores.
