For his own favorite performance in a film, Cagney became thefirstactor o receive an Academy Award for a musical performance.But then an investigation reported that an onboard saboteur had ripped out the buffer circuit of the caterpillar drive.However, it was earlier ousted by the box-office epicThe Godfather (1972).]This wholesome production from producer/director Robert Wise (of the previously popularWest Side Story (1961)for which he won the same two Oscars) and 20th Century Fox has become one of the most favorite, beloved films of moviegoers..." Her idea was to give Mitch a gift of something hat would remind him of her (from their encounter in the shop and his labeling of her as a bird in a gilded cage) - and possibly to avenge his insulting treatment.