The Continental

E224422

The Continental is a famous dance song that became widely known through its featured performance in the 1934 musical film "The Gay Divorcee."

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
The Continental canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film song
popular song
song
associatedDance The Continental self-link
basedOn The Gay Divorcee
surface form: stage musical The Gay Divorce
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
famousFor being featured in the 1934 musical film The Gay Divorcee
featuredIn The Gay Divorcee
surface form: 1934 film The Gay Divorcee

The Gay Divorcee
filmDirectorOfFilmFeaturedIn Mark Sandrich
firstPerformanceYear 1934
genre dance song
popular music
hasAward Academy Award for Best Original Song
hasForm song-and-dance number
introducedBy Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
language English
lyricsBy Herb Magidson
medium film music
musicBy Con Conrad
notableFact was the first song to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song
notableFor lengthy dance sequence in The Gay Divorcee
partOf soundtrack of The Gay Divorcee
performedBy Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
productionCompanyOfFilmFeaturedIn RKO Radio Pictures
publicationYear 1934
title The Continental

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Gay Divorcee notableSong The Continental
The Gay Divorcee academyAwardWinningSong The Continental
Leo Reisman notableRecording The Continental
The Continental associatedDance The Continental self-link
Harry Ruby notableWork The Continental
Bert Kalmar notableWork The Continental
1935 Oscars bestSongWinner The Continental