Song of the Open Road
US (1944): Musical/Comedy
Child film star Jane Powell, fed up with her every move being stage managed by her stage mother (Rose Hobart), runs away and joins the U.S. Crop Corps, a small army of young folks staying at youth hostels and picking crops while adult farmworkers are at war. Totally clueless about the real world, befuddled Jane is embroiled in teen-romance complications while Mother frantically searches. Will her stardom help or hinder her new friends? Songs include "Fun in the Sun," "Delightfully Dangerous," "Rollin' Down the Road" and the Oscar-nominated "Too Much in Love." S. Sylvan Simon directs a cast that also includes Bonita Granville, Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra, Peggy O'Neill, Reginald Denny and Regis Toomey. W.C. Fields does a short act with Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. (Charles R. Rogers Prod./UA) (IMDb)
2 nominations
· Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1944: Charles Previn
· Music Best Song 1944: "Too Much in Love" Walter Kent - Music, Kim Gannon - Lyric