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Academy Award Music (Song) 1956 · Nominated
The Tender Trap. Jump to. 2 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1956 Nominee Oscar. Best Music, Original Song. Jimmy Van Heusen (music) Sammy Cahn (lyrics) For the song " (Love Is) The Tender Trap" Writers Guild of America, USA. 1956 Nominee WGA Award (Screen) Best Written American Comedy. Julius J. Epstein. Contribute to this page.
The Tender Trap is a 1955 American comedy film starring Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, David Wayne, and Celeste Holm. Directed by Charles Walters , the CinemaScope Eastman Color production was based on the 1954 play The Tender Trap by Max Shulman and Robert Paul Smith .
The Tender Trap: Directed by Charles Walters. With Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, David Wayne, Celeste Holm. Successful theater agent Charlie Reader lives a playboy's life in New York City.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Charles Walters
- 1955-11-04
The title song " (Love Is) The Tender Trap" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song, and became a hit record for Sinatra. Miscellaneous Notes Released in United States 1998
- Charles Walters, Joel Freeman
- Frank Sinatra
Broadway agent Charlie is a man about town with a girl for every occasion. Maybe classical violinist Sylvia tops the list, but she's still just a dame. Best buddy Joe, staying over to take a break from his marriage, watches bemusedly while becoming increasingly attracted to Sylvia himself.
The title song " (Love Is) The Tender Trap" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song, and became a hit record for Sinatra. Based on the play The Tender Trap by Max Shulman and Robert Paul Smith and presented on the New York Stage by Clinton Wilder (New York, 13 Oct 1954).
The film earned an Academy Award nomination in the category of Best Original Song for "(Love Is) the Tender Trap" (music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Sammy Cahn). The song proved a hit for Sinatra, one he would continue to sing throughout his career.
