Full awards and nominations of The Five Pennies
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Drama. Musical
Loring "Red" Nichols is a cornet-playing country boy who goes to New York in the 1920s full of musical ambition and principles. He gets a job playing in Wil Paradise's band, but quits to pursue his dream of playing Dixieland jazz. He forms the "Five Pennies" which features his wife, Bobbie, as vocalist. At the peak of his fame, Red and Bobbie's daughter, Dorothy, develops polio. Red quits the music business to move to Los Angeles where ... [+]
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32th Academy Awards (1960) - Movies from 1959
- nom. Best Cinematography, Color (Daniel L. Fapp)
- nom. Best Score Musical (Leith Stevens)
- nom. Best Song (Sylvia Fine (The Five Pennies))
- nom. Best Costume Design, Color (Edith Head)
- 17th Golden Globes Awards (1960) - Movies from 1959
- Writers Guild Awards (WGA) - Movies from 1959