Arthur (1981 film) won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Co-written by Christopher Cross, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and Peter Allen, it was performed by Christopher Cross. Sir John Gielgud also won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. The film was nominated for two other Academy Awards. Arthur Bach is a spoiled alcoholic from New York City, who likes to be driven in his chauffeured Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith limousine through Central Park. Arthur is heir to a portion of his family's vast fortune, which he is told will be his, only if he marries the upper class Susan Johnson, the daughter
Arthur Dudley Vinton Frelinghuysen. The firm of Vinton, Belmont & Frelinghuysen lasted about five years. Belmont was elected to the House of Representatives and Frelinghuysen married into the Ballantine family and soon became president of the Ballantine Brewing company. When his friend Lloyd Bryce, whom he met at Columbia Law, became the editor of the "North American Review" in 1889, Vinton began working there and contributing. Among his novels are: Arthur Dudley Vinton Arthur Dudley Vinton (1852–1906) was an author and lawyer born in Brooklyn, New York. Vinton was the son of Elizabeth and Reverend Dr. Francis Vinton. His mother's father was Commodore