The all-star revue, Follow the Boys, a typical WWII entertainment, features Jeanette MacDonald, Dinah Shore, the Andrews Sisters, Arthur Rubinstein, and Sophie Tucker, among others.
W. C. Fields does his pool-playing routine, and Orson Welles performs a magic act, in which he saws Marlene Dietrich’s famous legs.
Oscar Nominations: 1
Song: I’ll Walk Alone, music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Oscar Awards: None
Oscar Context:
The winners were James Van Heusen and Johnny Burke for their song, “Swinging on a Star,” from Going My Way.
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