White Christmas (song) created a distinct Christmas chart for seasonal releases. In "Holiday Inn", the composition won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1942. In the film, Crosby sings "White Christmas" as a duet with actress Marjorie Reynolds, though her voice was dubbed by Martha Mears. This now-familiar scene was not the moviemakers' initial plan. In the script as originally conceived, Reynolds, not Crosby, would sing the song. The song would feature in another Crosby film, the 1954 musical "White Christmas", which became the highest-grossing film of 1954. (Crosby made yet another studio recording of the song, accompanied by Joseph J.
18th Academy Awards she was sure she would not win the Oscar for Best Actress for "Mildred Pierce"). As it turned out she did win, and the award was delivered to her while in bed that night. This was the first year in which every film nominated for Best Picture won at least one Oscar. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. These films had multiple nominations: The following films received multiple awards. 18th Academy Awards The 18th Academy Awards was the first such ceremony after World War II. As a result, the ceremony featured more glamour than had been present during