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Harry Warren

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Composer 1893–1981 On stage 19491951

Harry Warren (born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna; December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song eleven times and won three Oscars for composing "Lullaby of Broadway", "You'll Never Know" and "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe". He wrote the music for the first blockbuster film musical, 42nd Street, choreographed by Busby Berkeley, with whom he would collaborate on many musical films. Over a career spanning six decades, Warren wrote more than 800 songs. Other well known Warren hits included "I Only Have Eyes for You", "You Must Have Been a B…

On stage 2 productions, 2 years

1949 Diamond Lil Coronet Theatre · Revival · directed by Charles K. Freeman
1951 Diamond Lil Broadway Theatre · Revival · directed by Charles K. Freeman 67 perf.

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Worked with more than once10 names

Walter Petrie 2 productions
Lucile Peroni 2 productions
Louise Jenkins 2 productions
Louis Nussbaum 2 productions
Lillian Martin 2 productions
James Fallon 2 productions
Jack Howard 2 productions
George Warren 2 productions
Charles G Martin 2 productions
Arnold New 2 productions

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Also credited on5 works

Shangri-La
42nd Street
Fosse
Swing!
42nd Street

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In the literature8 passages

  • Based upon the Bradford Ropes novel and featuring songs by Harry Warren and A1 Dubin, the 1933 Warner Brothers film starring Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Bebe Daniels, Warner Baxter, and Ginger Rogers recounted chorine Peggy Sawyer’s meteoric rise to stardom via her last-minute stand-in for the ailing leading lady of a Broadway spectacular t…ebooks/Gilvey, John Anthony/Before the Parade Passes By_ Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical - John Anthony Gilvey.txt
  • 19. Mark Bramble and Michael Stewart, book; music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Al Dubin, 42nd Street , Tams-Witmark Music Library, 1–2–19.ebooks/Hoffman, Warren/Great White Way_ Race and the Broadway Musical, The - Warren Hoffman.txt
  • 20. Stanley Kauffmann, “Nimble Feet, Fumbling Hands,” review of 42nd Street , book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Al Dubin, directed by Gower Champion, Winter Garden Theatre, New York, Saturday Review , n.d. 1980 (from clippings file), 88.ebooks/Hoffman, Warren/Great White Way_ Race and the Broadway Musical, The - Warren Hoffman.txt
  • 24. Frank Rich, review of 42nd Street , book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Al Dubin, directed by Gower Champion, Winter Garden Theatre, New York, New York Times , August 26, 1980.ebooks/Hoffman, Warren/Great White Way_ Race and the Broadway Musical, The - Warren Hoffman.txt
  • 25. John Simon, “And Still Champion,” review of 42nd Street , book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Al Dubin, directed by Gower Champion, Winter Garden Theatre, New York, New York Magazine , September 8, 1980, 75.ebooks/Hoffman, Warren/Great White Way_ Race and the Broadway Musical, The - Warren Hoffman.txt
  • 65 . Gottlieb, Funny, It Doesn’t Sound Jewish . Gottlieb’s best-known example of an American popular song using the Adonai malach mode is probably Harry Warren and Mack Gordon’s “At Last” (p. 130).ebooks/Lambert, Philip/B00590X4L8 EBOK - Philip Lambert.txt

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