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Fact #113352

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At the 24th Academy Awards in The RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, Donald O'Connor presents the Oscar for Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) to Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin for An American in Paris, the Oscar for Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) to Franz Waxman for A Place in the Sun, and the Oscar for Music (Song) to Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer for In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening from Here Comes the Groom. The event is hosted by Danny Kaye.