Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)

Ceremony Year: 1968Category: Best Original SongReleased: 1967

Nominated Talent & Credits

Jimmy Van Heusen— Music and Lyrics by James Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn

Sammy Cahn— Music and Lyrics by James Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn

Synopsis / Overview

Millie Dillmount, a fearless young lady fresh from Salina, Kansas, determined to experience Life, sets out to see the world in the rip-roaring Twenties. With high spirits and wearing one of those new high hemlines, she arrives in New York to test the "modern" ideas she had been reading about back in Kansas: "I've taken the girl out of Kansas. Now I have to take Kansas out of the girl!"

Historical Academy Record

MUSIC (Song) — 40th Academy Awards (1968)

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