SAMMY CAHN - PHOTOGRAPH MOUNT SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: JAMES "JIMMY" VAN HEUSEN - HFSID 101465

SAMMY CAHN and JAMES VAN HEUSEN
Oscar-winning songwriters, Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen sign a piece of paper that has a clipped black and white newspaper photograph of them behind a piano.
Printed Photograph Mount signed: "James Van Heusen" and "Sammy Cahn". Clipped b/w newspaper photograph pasted to sheet, 4½x8½ overall, image 4½x6¾ (two surfaces). JAMES VAN HEUSEN composed the music and SAMMY CAHN wrote the lyrics for three Academy Award-winning songs: "High Hopes" (1959), "All the Way" (1957) and "Call Me Irresponsible" (1963). Composer James Van Heusen (1913-1990) was nominated for 14 Academy Awards, winning four: "Swingin on a Star" (1945), "All the Way" (1958), "High Hopes" (1960) and "Call Me Irresponsible" (1964). He also wrote "Moonlight Becomes You," "My Kind of Town," and "Love and Marriage." Lyricist Sammy Cahn (1913-1993) won Academy Awards for Best Song for "Three Coins in the Fountain" (1954), "All the Way" (1957), "High Hopes" (1959) and "Call Me Irresponsible" (1963). His Emmy came with "Love and Marriage" (1955). Among Cahn's many other songs are "Let It Snow" and "Come Fly With Me."Often collaborating with Jule Styne, he was a principal songwriter for Frank Sinatra. He is enshrined in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Penciled notes on verso (unknown hand). 1¼-inch separation beneath photograph, tape repair remnant on verso (which shows through, not touching signatures). Overall, fine condition.