Sidney D. Mitchell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sidney D. Mitchell

American lyricist, composer

Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1888

Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Date of Death: 25-Feb-1942

Profession: composer, songwriter, lyricist, film score composer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Sidney D.
Mitchell (June 15, 1888 in Baltimore, Maryland – February 25, 1942 in Los Angeles, California) was a Hollywood film industry lyricist and composer.
He is best known for his collaborations with Lew Pollack on movie scores at Twentieth Century Fox in the 1930s and 1940s.
Together with Louis Alter, Mitchell was nominated for an Oscar in 1937 for the song "A Melody from the Sky" which was in the 1936 motion picture The Trail of the Lonesome Pine.
He contributed many songs to other films, and his work continues to be featured to the present day.
He also served as a screenwriter for three movies and a director for the film Umpa in 1933.