Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams

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Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams
Belita & James Ellison
publication 1944
Genre (s) Film music
text Charles Newman
music Lew Pollack
Publisher (s) Prowse
Award (s) Oscar nomination 1945 as "Best Song"

Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams is a song from the soundtrack of the 1944 figure skating musical Belita tanzt ( Lady, Let's Dance ) with British figure skater, dancer and actress Belita , who performs the song with James Ellison . The song was composed by Lew Pollack and the lyrics to it by Charles Newman . He begins with the words: This is the Night we've always planned ...

Belita on the cover of Yank 1944 Army magazine

Award / nomination

1945 were Lew Pollack and Charles Newman with Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams in the category "Best Song" for a Oscar nomination. However, the award went to Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke for her song Swinging on a Star from the movie drama The Road to Happiness ( Going My Way ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. 1944 Academy Awards infoplease.com