The Continental (song) as a duet with Graham Preskett on "The Steve Howe Album" in 1979. The Continental (song) "The Continental" is a song written by Con Conrad with lyrics by Herb Magidson, and was introduced by Ginger Rogers in the 1934 film, "The Gay Divorcee". "The Continental" was the first song to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Major record hits at the time of introduction included Jolly Coburn and Leo Reisman. In 1952 Harry James released a recording on the album "Hollywood's Best" (Columbia B-319 and CL-6224) with Rosemary Clooney on vocals. A later version by Maureen McGovern reached
Charles Coleman (actor) & Woolsey comedy "Diplomaniacs" (1933), 1934's "Born to Be Bad" which starred Loretta Young and Cary Grant, the 1934 version of "Of Human Bondage" starring Bette Davis and Leslie Howard, the first film to star the pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, "The Gay Divorcee" (1935), the first feature-length film to be shot entirely in Technicolor, "Becky Sharp", 1936's "Magnificent Obsession" starring Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor, the Spencer Tracy vehicle, "Captains Courageous" (1937), "The Prince and the Pauper" (1937), starring Errol Flynn and Claude Rains, and the Reginald Owen version of "A Christmas Carol" (1938). The 1940s would