Our last show, Sherry’s Cherries: And the Winner Is… Or Should Have Been, paid tribute to Academy Award winning songs and some of those that were nominated. Below is a list of the movies which highlighted these songs.
Song | Movie | Year | Winner or Nominee |
The Continental | The Gay Divorcee | 1934 | Winner |
The Way You Look Tonight | Swing Time | 1936 | Winner |
I’ve Got You Under My Skin | Born To Dance | 1936 | Nominee |
Over the Rainbow | The Wizard of Oz | 1939 | Winner |
The Last Time I Saw Paris | Lady Be Good | 1941 | Winner |
Blues In The Night | Blues In The Night | 1941 | Nominee |
Dearly Beloved | You Were Never Lovelier | 1942 | Nominee |
Happiness is Just a Thing Called Joe | Cabin in The Sky | 1943 | Nominee |
My Shining Hour | The Sky’s the Limit | 1943 | Nominee |
The Trolley Song | Meet In St. Louis | 1944 | Nominee |
It Might As Well Be Spring | State Fair | 1945 | Winner |
So In Love | Wonder Man | 1945 | Nominee |
My Foolish Heart | My Foolish Heart | 1949 | Nominee |
Mona Lisa | Captain Carey, USA | 1950 | Winner |
Too Late Now | Royal Wedding | 1951 | Nominee |
The Ballad of High Noon | High Noon | 1952 | Winner |
Secret Love | Calamity Jane | 1953 | Winner |
My Flaming Heart | Small Town Girl | 1953 | Nominee |
Three Coins In The Fountain | Three Coins in the Fountain | 1954 | Winner |
The High and The Mighty | The High and The Mighty | 1954 | Nominee |
The Man That Got Away | A Star is Born | 1954 | Nominee |
Whatever Will Be Will Be “Que Sera, Sera” |
The Man Who Knew Too Much | 1956 | Winner |
Friendly Persuasion – They I Love |
Friendly Persuasion | 1956 | Nominee |
All The Way | The Joker Is Wild | 1957 | Winner |
Wild is the Wind | Wild is the Wind | 1957 | Nominee |
I hope you enjoyed the show.
With a song in my heart,
Sherry