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Centennial Summer
''Centennial Summer'' is a 1946 musical film directed by Otto Preminger. Starring Jeanne Crain and Cornel Wilde, the film is based on a novel by Albert E. Idell. It was produced in response to the hugely successful 1944 MGM musical film ''Meet Me in St. Louis''. Plot The movie is about two sisters growing up in Philadelphia in the 1870s. They both fall for a Frenchman who has to prepare the pavilion for the Centennial Exposition. Cast Awards The movie was nominated twice at the 19th Academy Awards. One of those nominations was for Best Original Song for the song ''All Through the Day'', written by Jerome Kern Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in ove ... and Oscar Hammerstein II. In Kern's case, the nomination was posthumous, as he had died on 11 November 1945. Songs *"T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Kanin
Michael Kanin (February 1, 1910 – March 12, 1993) was an American director, producer, playwright and screenwriter who shared an Academy Award with Ring Lardner Jr. for writing the Katharine Hepburn-Spencer Tracy film comedy ''Woman of the Year'' (1942).Collins, Glenn (March 16, 1993). "Michael Kanin, 83, Film Writer For Hepburn and Tracy, Is Dead." ''The New York Times''. Born in Rochester, New York, his first job was writing and acting in Catskills resort shows with his brother Garson Kanin. In 1939, he was signed to a screenwriting contract at RKO. He married RKO co-worker Fay Mitchell in 1940, and collaborated with her on many projects including the Broadway play ''Goodbye, My Fancy'' (1948), the western ''The Outrage'' (1964), based on the Japanese film ''Rashomon'' (1950). The couple received an Academy Award nomination for ''Teacher's Pet Teacher's pet is a person that has an advantageous position compared to other students, where the teacher A teacher, also cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |