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Bert Kalmar

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LyricistBook Writer 1884–1947 On stage 1943

Bert Kalmar (February 10, 1884 – September 18, 1947) born in New York City to Kopel (Charles) Kalvarinsky and Julia Kalvarinsky, was an American Jewish songwriter. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. He was also a screenwriter.

On stage 1 production

1943 The Corn Is Green Martin Beck Theatre · Return-Engagement 56 perf.

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Also credited on5 works

Good Boy
Lucky
She’s My Baby
Fosse
A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical

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In the literature5 passages

  • Clark and McCullough finally got to topline their own Broadway production in the thoroughly nutty Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar musical The Ramblers, in which they played a pair of traveling con men posing as mystics who somehow get involved in a film shoot in Mexico and need to save the leading lady from a kidnapper. It ran 289 performances…ebooks/Viagas, Robert/I'm the Greatest Star_ Broadway's Top Musical Legends from 1900 to Today - Robert Viagas.txt
  • "Puzzles of 1925," and "High Kickers." He was a collaborator with Bert Kalmar for over 30 years and produced many song hits, and film scores.theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1973 74 Season, v. 30 (Willis).txt
  • THE COCKEYED TIGER Written and Directed by Eric Blau; Choreography, Gemze de Lappe, Buzz Miller; Musical Score, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby; Original Music and Lyrics, Nicholas Meyers, Eric Blau; Sets and Costumes, Donald Jensen; Lighting, Crimmins & Smith; Arrangements, Nicholas Meyers, Nicholas Archer, Jimmy Wisner; Production Assistants, E…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1976-77 Season, v. 33 (Willis).txt
  • Also known for their carefree twenties musical comedies are lyricists Gus Kahn and Bert Kalmar. Kahn’s greatest success was Whoopee (1928)theatre-pdfs/Word Crazy-Broadway Lyricists (Hischak).txt
  • You in My Dreams.” Bert Kalmar usually collaborated with composer Harry Ruby, and together they scored such 1920s Broadway favorites as The Ramblers (1926), The Five O’ Clock Girl (1927) and Animal Crackers (1928), which offered the merry “Hooray for Captain Spaulding.” Broadway lost Kalmar and Ruby in 1930 when the Marx Brothers took the…theatre-pdfs/Word Crazy-Broadway Lyricists (Hischak).txt

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