Pepe (1960)

Pepe (1960) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by George Sidney and produced by George Sidney and Jacques Gelman.

Academy Awards 1960 --- Ceremony Number 33 (source: AMPAS)

Award	Recipient	Result
Best Art Direction	Art Direction: Ted Haworth; Set Decoration: William Kiernan	Nominated
Best Cinematography	Joe MacDonald	Nominated
Best Costume Design	Edith Head	Nominated
Best Film Editing	Viola Lawrence, Al Clark	Nominated
Best Music - Scoring	Johnny Green	Nominated
Best Music - Song	Music by Andre Previn; Lyrics by Dory Langdon	Nominated

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Film Albums: Pepe at the Movies (1965)

By The Metzinger Sisters on Jan 10, 2026 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

This is a wonderful album. Pepe Jaramillo was a fantastic pianist and the arrangements of these popular film themes are lovely. In an era when all of these songs appeared on countless instrumental albums, it seems impossible to create a new and unique arrangement for each and yet Ken Thome, the musi... Read full article

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Pep? Le Pew, Joyeux Anniversaire! Happy Anniversary! Happy Birthday! Born January 6th, 1945?

By C. S. Williams on Jan 6, 2015 From Classic Film Aficionados

Ah? the aroma of success! For decades dear reader we have been told that the malodorous Casanova was first seen on Saturday, January 6, 1945, which would have been in Troy, New York at the Warner American Theatre. Even the Chuck Jones website states the same; who are we to disagree with the?venerabl... Read full article

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Pep? Le Pew, Joyeux Anniversaire! Happy Anniversary! Happy Birthday! Born January 6th, 1945?

By C. S. Williams on Jan 6, 2015 From Classic Film Aficionados

Ah? the aroma of success! For decades dear reader we have been told that the malodorous Casanova was first seen on Saturday, January 6, 1945, which would have been in Troy, New York at the Warner American Theatre. Even the Chuck Jones website states the same; who are we to disagree with the?venerabl... Read full article

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Pep? Le Pew, Joyeux Anniversaire! Happy Anniversary! Happy Birthday! Born January 6th, 1945?

By C. S. Williams on Jan 6, 2015 From Classic Film Aficionados

Ah? the aroma of success! For decades dear reader we have been told that the malodorous Casanova was first seen on Saturday, January 6, 1945, which would have been in Troy, New York at the Warner American Theatre. Even the Chuck Jones website states the same; who are we to disagree with the?venerabl... Read full article

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Pepe Le Pew is Odor-able

By Amanda Garrett on Nov 13, 2014 From Old Hollywood Films

Our Star of the Month, Hedy Lamarr's first Hollywood film was Algiers (1938). It was a huge hit at the time and caused a craze for films set in North Africa. Algiers also led to the creation of Looney Tunes character Pepe le Pew. The romantic skunk is a spoof on leading man Charles Boyer's thick Fr... Read full article

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