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.
56th Academy Awards Foote won a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for "To Kill a Mockingbird", he was not present at the 1963 ceremony to collect it because he did not believe he was going to win and did not attend. As a result, Foote made sure he was present for the ceremony when he was nominated for "Tender Mercies"; he won that Oscar as well, this time for Best Original Screenplay. The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers. These films had multiple nominations: The following films received multiple awards. 56th Academy Awards The 56th Academy Awards