Sidney D. Mitchell

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Sidney D. Mitchell (June 15, 1888, Baltimore, Maryland - February 25, 1942, 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 "A Melody from the Sky" which was in the 1936 motion picture The Trail of the Lonesome Pine. He contributed a large number of songs to other films, 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 Umpa in 1933.

External links

Sidney D. Mitchell at the Internet Movie Database

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 72944821 LCCN: n88132417 ISNI: 0000 0000 5956 635X

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Name	Mitchell, Sidney D.
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Short description	American composer
Date of birth	June 15, 1888
Place of birth
Date of death	February 25, 1942
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