Full awards and nominations of The Gay Divorcee
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Musical. Romance. Comedy
Mimi Glossop wants a divorce so her Aunt Hortense hires a professional to play the correspondent in apparent infidelity. American dancer Guy Holden meets Mimi while visiting Brightbourne (Brighton) and she thinks he is the correspondent. The plot is really an excuse for song and dance. The movie won three Academy nominations and the first Oscar for Best Song: "The Continental", a twenty-two minute production number.
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7th Academy Awards (1935) - Movies from 1934
- nom. Best Picture
- nom. Best Music (Score) (Max Steiner)
- winner Best Song (Con Conrad, Herb Magidson The Continental)
- nom. Best Production Design (Van Nest Polglase, Carroll Clark)
- nom. Best Sound Mixing (Carl Dreher)