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.
24th Academy Awards a leading role Oscar. "An American in Paris" became the second color film to win Best Picture, after 1939's "Gone with the Wind". Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. These films had multiple nominations: The following films received multiple awards. 24th Academy Awards The 24th Academy Awards honored the best in film in 1951, as recognized by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Best Picture was awarded to "An American in Paris", which, like "A Place in the Sun", received six Academy Awards. "A Streetcar Named Desire" won four Oscars, including three of the acting