The Continental

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The Continental is a famous dance song that became widely known through its featured performance in the 1934 musical film "The Gay Divorcee."

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The Continental canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film song ⓘ
popular song ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedDance The Continental ⓘ
basedOn stage musical The Gay Divorce ⓘ
linked to: The Gay Divorcee
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
famousFor being featured in the 1934 musical film The Gay Divorcee ⓘ
featuredIn 1934 film The Gay Divorcee ⓘ
linked to: The Gay Divorcee

The Gay Divorcee ⓘ
filmDirectorOfFilmFeaturedIn Mark Sandrich ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1934 ⓘ
genre dance song ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
hasAward Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
hasForm song-and-dance number ⓘ
introducedBy Fred Astaire ⓘ
Ginger Rogers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricsBy Herb Magidson ⓘ
medium film music ⓘ
musicBy Con Conrad ⓘ
notableFact was the first song to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
notableFor lengthy dance sequence in The Gay Divorcee ⓘ
partOf soundtrack of The Gay Divorcee ⓘ
performedBy Fred Astaire ⓘ
Ginger Rogers ⓘ
productionCompanyOfFilmFeaturedIn RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
publicationYear 1934 ⓘ
title The Continental ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Gay Divorcee → notableSong → The Continental ⓘ
The Gay Divorcee → academyAwardWinningSong → The Continental ⓘ
Leo Reisman → notableRecording → The Continental ⓘ
The Continental → associatedDance → The Continental ⓘ
Harry Ruby → notableWork → The Continental ⓘ
Bert Kalmar → notableWork → The Continental ⓘ
1935 Oscars → bestSongWinner → The Continental ⓘ
Con Conrad → notableWork → The Continental ⓘ
Love Symbol Album → hasPart → The Continental ⓘ
Herb Magidson → notableWork → The Continental ⓘ
Herb Magidson → wroteLyricsFor → The Continental ⓘ
Herb Magidson → receivedForWork → The Continental ⓘ