Sidney D. Mitchell
Sidney D. Mitchell (June 15, 1888 in Baltimore, Maryland – February 25, 1942 in Los Angeles, California) was a Hollywood film industry lyricist and composer. He is best known for his collaborations with Lew Pollack on movie scores at Twentieth Century Fox in the 1930s and 1940s. Together with Louis Alter, Mitchell was nominated for an Oscar in 1937 for the song "" which was in the 1936 motion picture The Trail of the Lonesome Pine. He contributed many songs to other films; Sitting on the Moon from 1936 for the song "Lost in my Dream" and his work continues to be featured to the present day. He also served as a screenwriter for three movies and a director for the film in 1933.
External links[]
- Sidney D. Mitchell at IMDb
- Sidney D. Mitchell at Find a Grave
- Sidney D. Mitchell recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.
- Free scores by Sidney D. Mitchell at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
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- 1888 births
- 1942 deaths
- American male composers
- American composers
- Songwriters from Maryland
- 20th-century American male musicians