The Man That Got Away

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film song song torch song

"The Man That Got Away" is a torch song from the 1954 film *A Star Is Born*, widely regarded as one of Judy Garland’s most iconic and emotionally powerful performances.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film song ⓘ
song ⓘ
torch song ⓘ
academyAwardNomination Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
academyAwardsYear 27th Academy Awards ⓘ
associatedAct Harold Arlen ⓘ
Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Judy Garland ⓘ
associatedWithEra 1950s American cinema ⓘ
associatedWithPerformerImage Judy Garland as tragic romantic figure ⓘ
composer Harold Arlen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalStatus standard in American popular music ⓘ
featuredInFilm A Star Is Born (1954 film) ⓘ
filmCharacterPerformer Esther Blodgett ⓘ
filmDirector George Cukor ⓘ
firstPerformer Judy Garland ⓘ
genre pop standard ⓘ
torch song ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn later torch songs ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle traditional pop ⓘ
vocal jazz ⓘ
includedIn Judy Garland compilation albums ⓘ
lyricist Ira Gershwin ⓘ
medium film soundtrack ⓘ
narrativeTheme heartbreak ⓘ
lost love ⓘ
romantic longing ⓘ
notableFor Judy Garland’s emotionally powerful performance ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfSoundtrack A Star Is Born (1954 film) ⓘ
performer Judy Garland ⓘ
portrayedByInFilm Judy Garland ⓘ
productionCompanyOfFilm Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
recordLabelForSingle Columbia Records ⓘ
regardedAs classic of the Great American Songbook ⓘ
one of Judy Garland’s signature songs ⓘ
settingInFilm nightclub performance scene ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
title The Man That Got Away self-link ⓘ
vocalType belting ballad ⓘ
yearOfRelease 1954 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

A Star Is Born (1954 film) → featuresSong → The Man That Got Away ⓘ
Judy Garland → hasSignatureSong → The Man That Got Away ⓘ
Harold Arlen → notableWork → The Man That Got Away ⓘ
The Man That Got Away → title → The Man That Got Away self-link ⓘ