Also credited on12 works
Du Barry Was a Lady
Flying High
George White’s Scandals
Good News!
Hold Everything!
La, La, Lucille
Louisiana Purchase
Panama Hattie
Sweet Little Devil
Take A Chance
Tell Me More
Fosse
These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.
In the literature8 passages
- N OTES : Following the success of Panama Hattie , B. G. DeSylva went to Hollywood to work for Paramount Pictures, taking with him Betty Hutton, who became one of the studio’s top stars.ebooks/Kellow, Brian/Ethel Merman_ A Life - Brian Kellow.txt
- Music by George Gershwin. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin and B. G. DeSylva. Ira completed the first draft of the lyrictheatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt
- George used its melody for “It’s Great to Be in Love” (with new lyrics by B. G. DeSylva and Arthur J. Jackson) in La-La-Lucille!theatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt
- HONORABLE MOON Written in June 1923. Music by William Daly. Lyrics by B. G. DeSylva and Arthur Francis. No music is known to survive. Ira Gershwin wrote at the bottom of the typed lyric sheet: “‘Do this in revue. Japanese girl singing 1 + | [verse and refrain] seriously. Chorus of American sailors comes on. Each loves her. She has 2 babie…theatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt
- Published September 1923. Music by George Gershwin. Lyrics by B. G. DeSylva and Arthur Francis. Introduced by Irene Bordoni in Little Miss Bluebeard, which opened in New York at the Lyceum Theatre on August 28, 1923; 175 performances.theatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt
- Written in August 1923. Published September 1923. Music by Raymond Hubbell. Lyrics by B. G. DeSylvatheatre-pdfs/The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin - Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.txt
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