Herb Magidson while under contract to Warner Bros. to write music for films. In 1934, he won the first Academy Award for Best Original Song along with Con Conrad for his lyrics to "The Continental", used in "The Gay Divorcee" (1934) starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Magidson also co-wrote the lyrics to the 1937 Allie Wrubel song "Gone with the Wind" (no connection to the novel of the same name nor used in the 1939 film). Magidson received Oscar nominations for the songs, "Say a Prayer for the Boys Over There" from the film "Hers to Hold" (1943), and "I'll Buy
Mark Sandrich Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. In 1934, Sandrich was given the job of directing the first proper Astaire-Rogers musical, "The Gay Divorcee", which proved a tremendous success. The following year, he directed "Top Hat" (1935), another Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musical. He continued working with the team on "Follow the Fleet" (1936). After directing Katharine Hepburn in "A Woman Rebels" (1936) he returned to Astaire and Rogers for "Shall We Dance" (1937), and "Carefree" (1938). In 1939, Sandrich left RKO for Paramount, which offered him a chance to be not only director, but a producer as well. Sandrich's first