| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Music, Original Song Louis Alter (music) Sidney D. Mitchell (lyrics) For the song "A Melody from the Sky". |
Paramount Pictures
Directed by Henry Hathaway
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Universal)
It's the old Hatfield and McCoys story, with the feuding back wood families shooting it out and fighting with each other just because. Fred MacMurray is the educated engineer who tries to get them to come to their senses, with little success. He also finds time to romance the lovely and barefoot Sylvia Sidney, and get her some much needed education. Spanky McFarland takes a break from Our Gang with a pivotal role. However, the story tends to wallow in its own sentimentality. An early Technicolor production, and apparently the first outdoor shoot, but I'm not sure it would have been better in black and white.
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