The Continental (song)

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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 won the first Academy Award for Best Original Song to be awarded.

[edit] Trivia

Allan Sherman performed "The Painless Dentist Song," a parody of the tune, "The Continental."

[edit] External link

• The Gay Divorcee at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by None

Academy Award for Best Original Song 1934

Succeeded by "Lullaby of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 1935