Sidney D. Mitchell

Sidney D. Mitchell (born June 15, 1888 in Baltimore , Maryland , † February 25, 1942 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American songwriter and composer of film music who was nominated twice for the Oscar for best song.

Life

Mitchell began his career as a songwriter and film composer in the Hollywood film industry in 1929 with films such as A Song of Kentucky , Words and Music and especially Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 , for which he wrote the songs “Walking With Susie”, “Why Can't I Be Like You? "," Legs "," Breakaway "," That's You Baby "," Look What You've Done To Me "," Big City Blues "," Pearl of Old Japan "wrote.

At the Academy Awards in 1937 , Mitchell and lyricist and composer Louis Alter were nominated for the Oscar for best song , namely for " A Melody from the Sky " from the film drama Battle in the Mountains (The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, 1936) by Henry Hathaway with Fred MacMurray , Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda in the lead roles.

Mitchell's songs such as " Sugar (That Sugar Baby O 'Mine) " from 1927 or "All My Life" from 1936 could also be heard in numerous films made after his death, such as in Stardust Memories (1980) , Gorillas im Nebel (Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey, 1988), Alle say: I love you (Original title: Everyone Says I Love You, 1996) or Capote (2005).

Filmography (selection)

• 1929: Gamecocks of Love ( The Cock-Eyed World , Song "So Long")
• 1929: Christina (Song "Christina")
• 1933: Broadway Bad (song "Forget the Past")
• 1936: Follow Your Heart (song "Follow Your Heart")
• 1936: Pigskin Parade (songs "It's love I'm After", "The Balboa", "The Texas Tornado", "You Do the Darndest Things, Baby", "You're Slightly Terrific", "TSU Alma Mater")
• 1936: One in a Million (Songs "One in a Million", "We're Back in Circulation Again", "Who's Afraid of Love?", "The Moonlit Waltz", "Lovely Lady in White")
• 1936: Under Two Flags ( Under Two Flags , Song "One-Two-Three-Four-Hey!")
• 1937: The Love Reporter ( Love Is News , theme song "Love Is News")
• 1937: Thin Ice (songs "Over Night", "My Secret Love Affair", "My Swiss Hilly Billy")
• 1937: Heidi (song "In Our Little Wooden Shoes")
• 1937: In Old Chicago (songs "I've Taken a Fancy to You", "I'll Never Let You Cry", "Take a Dip in the Sea", "Strolling with My Lady Love")
• 1938: Shirley on Welle 303 ( Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm , songs "Happy Endings", "Crackly Grain Flakes", "Alone with You", "The Toy Trumpet", "Au Revoir")

Web links

• Sidney D. Mitchell in the Internet Movie Database (English)