Linda (song)
| Linda | |
|---|---|
| Pat Friday | |
| publication | 1945 |
| length | 1:04 |
| Genre (s) | Film music , ballad |
| text | Ann Ronell |
| music | Ann Ronell |
| Award (s) | Oscar nomination in 1946 as "Best Song" |
Linda is a song from the soundtrack of the war drama Battle Storm on Monte Cassino ( The Story of GI Joe ) from 1945, directed by William A. Wellman, with Robert Mitchum and Burgess Meredith in leading roles. The song was composed and written by Ann Ronell . The song is sung in the film by Pat Friday . Shelley Mitchell lends her speaking voice to Sally. The soldiers lie in their makeshift accommodation and listen pensively to the singing, which is underlined by a lush string arrangement. The love ballad tells of Sally and her love for a soldier with whom she often met in a small café. It is empty there now and the question arises whether Sally will wait for him or forget him.
During the same period, Jack Lawrence also released a song called Linda , which was sung by Buddy Clark and accompanied by Ray Noble and his orchestra. He wrote the song for the then five-year-old daughter Linda of his lawyer Lee Eastman, who later became Beatle Paul McCartney's wife . Ronell's lawsuit for the title's copyright was denied because the title of a song was not copyrighted, only the music and lyrics of the song. Another song called Linda wrote Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler , the u. a. Benny Goodman recorded in 1930.
Award / nomination
The film Schlachtgewitter am Monte Cassino ( The Story of GI Joe ) was nominated for four Oscars in 1946.
- Ann Ronell with Linda in the "Best Song" category . The award went to Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein for their song It Might as Well Be Spring from the musical film Jahrmarkt der Liebe ( State Fair ). Ann Ronell was also nominated for “Best Film Music” together with Louis Applebaum . There were further nominations for Robert Mitchum in the category “Best Supporting Actor” and for Leopold Atlas , Guy Endore and Philip Stevenson in the category “Best Adapted Screenplay”.
Web links
- Story of GI Joe Movie Poster movierpostershop.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Linda sung by Pat Friday
- ↑ The Story of GI Joe Overview at TCM - Turner Classic Movies (English)
- ↑ Linda at Songfacts.com (English), accessed August 24, 2019.
- ↑ Tighe E. Zimmer: Tin Pan Alley Girl: A Biography of Ann Ronell , p. 80
- ↑ The Official Harold Arlen Website Composition Catalog - Complete List of Works haroldarlen.com