"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang sung by Dick Van Dyke, Heather Ripley, Adrian Hall, and Sally Ann Howes
Movie Synopsis: An eccentric professor invents wacky machinery, but can't seem to make ends meet. When he invents a revolutionary car, a foreign government becomes interested in it, and resorts to skulduggery to get their hands on it.
Does it appear in the movie (i.e. other than the end credits)? Yes.
Is it important to the plot? A song about eponymous car.
Is it pleasing to the ear? B.
"For Love of Ivy" from For Love of Ivy sung by Shirley Horn
Movie Synopsis: The son of a white family finds a man to wine and dine their black maid to keep her from going back to college.
Does it appear in the movie (i.e. other than the opening/end credits)? End credits.
Is it important to the plot? Uh...
Is it pleasing to the ear? B+.
Movie Synopsis: An eccentric professor invents wacky machinery, but can't seem to make ends meet. When he invents a revolutionary car, a foreign government becomes interested in it, and resorts to skulduggery to get their hands on it.
Does it appear in the movie (i.e. other than the end credits)? Yes.
Is it important to the plot? A song about eponymous car.
Is it pleasing to the ear? B.
Movie Synopsis: The son of a white family finds a man to wine and dine their black maid to keep her from going back to college.
Does it appear in the movie (i.e. other than the opening/end credits)? End credits.
Is it important to the plot? Uh...
Is it pleasing to the ear? B+.
Movie Synopsis: The life of comedienne Fannie Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of the Lower East Side, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, including her marriage to and eventual divorce from her first husband, Nick Arnstein.
Does it appear in the movie (i.e. other than the opening/end credits)? Yes.
Is it important to the plot? Feeling bad about being funny and not pretty?
Is it pleasing to the ear? C.
Movie Synopsis: The life of Gertrude Lawrence.
Does it appear in the movie (i.e. other than the end credits)? Yes.
Is it important to the plot? Explaining what a star is...?
Is it pleasing to the ear? B-.
Movie Synopsis: A debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist, only to match wits with a sexy insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.
Does it appear in the movie (i.e. other than the opening/end credits)? Yes.
Is it important to the plot? N/A.
Is it pleasing to the ear? B+.
So what won?
"Windmills of Your Mind" from The Thomas Crown Affair
What would I have voted for?
"Windmills of Your Mind" from The Thomas Crown Affair
Analysis
This is one of the most "60's" songs to win, therefore, I think it deserves it. Also, very short songs this year, all around. Nothing lasts more that three minutes.
1 comment:
"Springtime For Hitler" from "THE PRODUCERS" should have been nominated and won!!
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