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Gene de Paul

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Composer 1919–1988

Gene Vincent de Paul (June 17, 1919 – February 27, 1988) was an American pianist, composer and songwriter.

Also credited on1 work

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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 literature2 passages

  • film and "The Sobbin' Women" by Stephen Vincent Benet; Lyrics, Johnny Mercer; Book, Lawrence Kasha, David Landay; Based on Music, Gene de Paul; New Songs, Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhom; Director, Lawrence Kasha; Choreography and Musical Staging, Jerry Jackson; Sets and Lighting. Robert Randolph; Costumes, Robert Fletcher; Sound, Abe Jacob; Mus…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1981-82 Season, v. 38 (Willis).txt
  • BROTHERS (ALVIN THEATRE) Book, Lawrence Kasha, David Landay; Lyrics, Johnny Mercer; Music, Gene de Paul; New Songs, Al Kasha, Joel Hirscfilm and "The Sobbin' Women" by Stephen hhorn; Based on the Vincent Benet; Choreography and Musical Staging, Jerry Jackson; Director, Lawrence Kasha; Sets, Robert Randolph; Costumes, Robert Fletcher; Ligh…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1982-83 Season, v. 39 (Willis).txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
  • Any staging. This name appears in no production cast list we hold — 1,877 of 7,139 people are in that position, most of them writers, composers and designers rather than performers.
  • Any portrait. 1,626 of 7,139 people have one, so this is the usual case rather than the exception.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — composer — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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