Edward Ward (April 3, 1900 – September 26, 1971) was an American film composerAFI
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who was nominated for seven

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Academy Award nominations

*1939 Best Original Song for "Always and Always" from ''

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'' *1942 Best Scoring of a Dramatic Picture ('' Cheers for Miss Bishop'') *1942 Best Scoring of a Dramatic Picture ('' Tanks a Million'') *1942 Best Scoring of a Musical Picture ('' All-American Co-Ed'') *1943 Best Original Song for "Pennies for Peppino" from '' Flying with Music'' *1943 Best Scoring of a Musical Picture ('' Flying with Music'') *1944 Best Scoring of a Musical Picture ('' Phantom of the Opera'')

Additional credits

*'' No No Nanette'' (1930) *'' Kismet'' (1930) *''

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'' (1934) *'' The Bishop Misbehaves'' (1935) *'' The Mystery of Edwin Drood'' (1935) *''

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'' (1936) *'' Camille'' (1936) *'' The Gorgeous Hussy'' (1936) *'' Night Must Fall'' (1937) *'' Maytime'' (1937) *'' Saratoga'' (1937) *''

A Yank at Oxford ''A Yank at Oxford'' is a 1938 comedy-drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Vivien Leigh and Edmund Gwenn. The screenplay was written by John Monk Saunders and Leon Gordon. ...

'' (1938) *''

The Shopworn Angel ''The Shopworn Angel'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by H. C. Potter and starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart and Walter Pidgeon. The MGM release featured the second screen pairing of Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart followi ...

'' (1938) *'' Boys Town'' (1938) *'' The Women'' (1939) * '' Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves'' (1944) * '' It Happened on 5th Avenue'' (1947) *'' The Babe Ruth Story'' (1948) *'' Man of a Thousand Faces'' (1957)

References

External links

*
Edward Ward papers, 1891–1961
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American film score composers American male film score composers 1971 deaths 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century American composers 20th-century American male musicians 1900 births {{US-composer-19thC-stub