Robert E. Dolan
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Robert Emmett "Bobby" Dolan (August 3, 1908 – September 26, 1972) was a Broadway
conductor, composer and arranger beginning in the 1920s. He moved on to radio
in the 1930s, and then went to Hollywood in the early 1940s as a musical director for Paramount
. He scored, arranged, and conducted many musical and dramatic films in the 1940s and 1950s and produced three musicals. At the end of his career, he returned to the stage – the place where he began.
the eldest of 12 children. He studied piano
with his mother and was educated in Montreal. He received further musical education at Loyola College, now Concordia University (Montreal), later studying extensively with Mortimer Wilson
, Joseph Schillinger
and Ernst Toch
. Dolan started out playing piano for honky-tonk dance bands and musical comedy bands, and in the 1920s began working as a musician, composer, conductor, and musical director in the theater. Some of the Broadway shows he contributed to were Leave It To Me, Louisiana Purchase
, Of Thee I Sing and Ziegfeld Follies.
In the 1930s, he began work as a composer, conductor and music director in radio. He became music director for MGM in 1941 and then moved on to Paramount, where he was music director for 16 Bing Crosby
pictures. He also served as composer and arranger for Ginger Rogers
and Betty Hutton
; and scored about 60 movies. At the end of his Paramount stay, he was promoted to producer for White Christmas
(1954), The Girl Rush (1955) and Anything Goes (1956). He joined ASCAP in 1946 often collaborating with Johnny Mercer
and Walter O'Keefe
in popular-song compositions. Dolan later worked in television; his work included specials and documentaries. He was a prominent member of Columbia University
's music faculty, where he taught orchestration, conducting, and a film score class (based on his book, Music in Modern Media).
Dolan married and divorced twice, and had one son in each marriage. His first wife was dancer Vilma Ebsen
, the sister of Buddy Ebsen
. They were married on June 24, 1933 and divorced in January 1948. Their son's name is Robert Emmett Dolan II. His second wife was actress Nan Martin
. They were married on March 17, 1948. Their son's name is Casey Martin Dolan.
Dolan died in Los Angeles
on September 26, 1972. Funeral services were held there and at Columbia University in New York
.
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
conductor, composer and arranger beginning in the 1920s. He moved on to radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
in the 1930s, and then went to Hollywood in the early 1940s as a musical director for Paramount
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
. He scored, arranged, and conducted many musical and dramatic films in the 1940s and 1950s and produced three musicals. At the end of his career, he returned to the stage – the place where he began.
Life and career
Dolan was born in Hartford, ConnecticutHartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making...
the eldest of 12 children. He studied piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
with his mother and was educated in Montreal. He received further musical education at Loyola College, now Concordia University (Montreal), later studying extensively with Mortimer Wilson
Mortimer Wilson
Mortimer Wilson was an American composer of classical music. He also scored several musical and dramatic films in the 1920s....
, Joseph Schillinger
Joseph Schillinger
Joseph Schillinger was a composer, music theorist, and composition teacher. He was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine and died in New York City.-Life and career:...
and Ernst Toch
Ernst Toch
Ernst Toch was a composer of classical music and film scores.- Biography :Toch, born in Leopoldstadt, Vienna, into the family of a humble Jewish leather dealer when the city was at its 19th-century cultural zenith, sought throughout his life to introduce new approaches to music...
. Dolan started out playing piano for honky-tonk dance bands and musical comedy bands, and in the 1920s began working as a musician, composer, conductor, and musical director in the theater. Some of the Broadway shows he contributed to were Leave It To Me, Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase (musical)
Louisiana Purchase is a musical theater production from 1940. It has music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and book by Morrie Ryskind based on a story by B. G. DeSylva. In 1941 it was adapted for the film Louisiana Purchase directed by Irving Cummings....
, Of Thee I Sing and Ziegfeld Follies.
In the 1930s, he began work as a composer, conductor and music director in radio. He became music director for MGM in 1941 and then moved on to Paramount, where he was music director for 16 Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation....
pictures. He also served as composer and arranger for Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers was an American actress, dancer, and singer who appeared in film, and on stage, radio, and television throughout much of the 20th century....
and Betty Hutton
Betty Hutton
Betty Hutton was an American stage, film, and television actress, comedienne and singer.-Early life:Hutton was born Elizabeth June Thornburg, daughter of a railroad foreman, Percy E. Thornburg and his wife, the former Mabel Lum . While she was very young, her father abandoned the family for...
; and scored about 60 movies. At the end of his Paramount stay, he was promoted to producer for White Christmas
White Christmas (film)
White Christmas is a 1954 Technicolor musical film starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye that features the songs of Irving Berlin, including the titular "White Christmas"...
(1954), The Girl Rush (1955) and Anything Goes (1956). He joined ASCAP in 1946 often collaborating with Johnny Mercer
Johnny Mercer
John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others...
and Walter O'Keefe
Walter O'Keefe
Walter O'Keefe was an American songwriter, actor, syndicated columnist, Broadway composer, radio legend, screenwriter, musical arranger and TV host....
in popular-song compositions. Dolan later worked in television; his work included specials and documentaries. He was a prominent member of Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
's music faculty, where he taught orchestration, conducting, and a film score class (based on his book, Music in Modern Media).
Dolan married and divorced twice, and had one son in each marriage. His first wife was dancer Vilma Ebsen
Vilma Ebsen
Vilma Ebsen was an American musical theatre and film actress best known for dancing in Broadway shows and MGM musicals in the 1930s with her more famous brother, Buddy Ebsen....
, the sister of Buddy Ebsen
Buddy Ebsen
Buddy Ebsen was an American character actor and dancer. A performer for seven decades, he had starring roles as Jed Clampett in the long-running television series The Beverly Hillbillies and as the title character in the 1970s detective series Barnaby Jones, and played Barnaby Jones in the movie...
. They were married on June 24, 1933 and divorced in January 1948. Their son's name is Robert Emmett Dolan II. His second wife was actress Nan Martin
Nan Martin
Nan Martin was an American actress who starred in movies and on television.Born in Decatur, Illinois and raised in Santa Monica, California, her first film role was The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit...
. They were married on March 17, 1948. Their son's name is Casey Martin Dolan.
Dolan died in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
on September 26, 1972. Funeral services were held there and at Columbia University in New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
.
Filmography
- 1941 Birth of the Blues – Music Composer
- 1942 Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour – Music Composer
- 1942 Star Spangled RhythmStar Spangled RhythmStar Spangled Rhythm is a 1943 all-star cast musical film made by Paramount Pictures during World War II as a morale booster. Many of the Hollywood studios produced such films during the war, generally musicals, frequently with flimsy storylines, and with the specific intent of entertaining the...
– Music Composer, Music Director - 1942 Once Upon a HoneymoonOnce Upon a HoneymoonOnce Upon a Honeymoon is a 1956 musical sponsored film about a couple wishing for a new home. It starts off with a group of angels who decide to help a couple have a honeymoon. The husband tries to write a song, while the wife daydreams about a new home, and imagines what it would be like to have...
– Music Composer - 1942 The Major and the MinorThe Major and the MinorThe Major and the Minor is a 1942 American comedy film starring Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland. It was the first American film directed by Billy Wilder, and launched his "incomparable" directing career...
– Music Composer - 1942 Holiday InnHoliday InnHoliday Inn is a brand of hotels, formally a economy motel chain, forming part of the British InterContinental Hotels Group . It is one of the world's largest hotel chains with 238,440 bedrooms and 1,301 hotels globally. There are currently 5 hotels in the pipeline...
– Music Director - 1943 Happy Go Lucky – Music Director
- 1943 DixieDixie (film)Dixie is a 1943 Technicolor biographical film of American songwriter Daniel Decatur Emmett, starring Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour. The movie is a musical directed by A. Edward Sutherland.The movie was only a moderate success and received mixed reviews...
– Music Director - 1943 Let's Face ItLet's Face ItLet's Face It is an album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. It was released on March 11, 1997 by Mercury Records. This album sold very well due to the success of its single "The Impression That I Get", which reached #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. Also faring well were the album's...
– Music Director - 1944 Going My WayGoing My WayGoing My Way is a 1944 film directed by Leo McCarey. It is a light-hearted musical comedy-drama about a new young priest taking over a parish from an established old veteran . Crosby sings five songs in the film. It was followed the next year by a sequel, The Bells of St. Mary's. This picture was...
– Music Director - 1944 Standing Room Only – Music Composer
- 1944 Lady in the DarkLady in the Dark (film)Lady in the Dark is a 1944 Technicolor musical film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Ginger Rogers. It was nominated for three Academy Awards; for Best Cinematography, Best Music and Best Art Direction ....
– Music Composer, Music Director - 1944 I Love a Soldier – Music Composer
- 1944 Here Come the WavesHere Come the WavesHere Comes the Waves is a 1944 film directed by Mark Sandrich. It stars Bing Crosby and Betty Hutton. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1946.-Cast:*Bing Crosby as Johnny Cabot*Betty Hutton as Susan / Rosemary Allison...
– Music Composer - 1945 Bring On the GirlsBring on the GirlsBring on the Girls! is a semi-autobiographical collaboration between P. G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton, first published in the United States on October 5, 1953 by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, and in the United Kingdom on May 21, 1954 by Herbert Jenkins, London.Subtitled "The Improbable Story of...
– Music Director - 1945 The Stork Club – Music Director
- 1945 Salty O'RourkeSalty O'RourkeSalty O'Rourke is a 1945 film directed by Raoul Walsh. It stars Alan Ladd and Gail Russell. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1946- Cast :* Alan Ladd as Salty O'Rourke* Gail Russell as Barbara Brooks* William Demarest as Smitty...
– Music Composer - 1945 Road to UtopiaRoad to UtopiaRoad to Utopia, filmed in 1943 but not released until 1946, is the fourth film of the "Road to …" series starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope.-Plot:After the credits we see Sal and Chester Hooton, an old married couple...
– Music Director - 1945 Duffy's TavernDuffy's TavernDuffy's Tavern was a popular American radio situation comedy which ran for a decade on several networks , concluding with the December 28, 1951 broadcast....
– Music Composer, Music Director - 1945 Murder, He SaysMurder, He SaysMurder, He Says is a slapstick comedy film about a murderous rural family and the hapless pollster who becomes entangled in their hunt for a cache of money.-Plot:...
– Music Composer - 1945 The Bells of St. Mary'sThe Bells of St. Mary'sThe Bells of St. Mary's is a 1945 American film which tells the story of a priest and a nun at a school who set out, despite their good-natured rivalry, to save the school from being shut down. It stars Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman...
– Music Composer - 1945 Incendiary BlondeIncendiary BlondeIncendiary Blonde is a 1945 American musical drama film of 1920s nightclub star Texas Guinan. Filmed in Technicolor by director George Marshall, it starred actress Betty Hutton in the title role. The music was written by Robert Emmett Dolan...
– Music Director - 1946 Blue SkiesBlue Skies (film)Blue Skies is a 1946 Hollywood musical Technicolor comedy film, released by Paramount Pictures and starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Joan Caulfield, Olga San Juan and Billy De Wolfe, with music, lyrics and story by Irving Berlin; most of the songs were recycled from earlier works. The film was...
– Music Director - 1946 Cross My Heart – Music Composer
- 1946 Monsieur BeaucaireMonsieur Beaucaire (1946 film)Monsieur Beaucaire is a 1946 comedy film starring Bob Hope as the title character, the barber of King Louis XV of France. It is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Booth Tarkington.-Cast:*Bob Hope as Monsieur Beaucaire*Joan Caulfield as Mimi...
– Music Composer, Music Director - 1947 Welcome StrangerWelcome Stranger (film)Welcome Stranger is a 1947 film directed by Elliott Nugent. It stars Bing Crosby and Joan Caulfield.-Plot:Crusty Dr. McRory Joan Caulfield. of Fallbridge, Maine hires a replacement for his vacation sight unseen. Alas, he and young singing doctor Jim Pearson Bing Crosby don't hit it off; but...
– Music Composer - 1947 The Trouble with Women – Music Composer
- 1947 Road to RioRoad to RioRoad to Rio is a 1947 comedy film, directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bing Crosby as Scat Sweeney, Bob Hope as "Hot Lips" Barton, and Dorothy Lamour as Lucia Maria de Andrade. It was the fifth of the "Road to …" series.-Plot:...
– Music Director - 1947 Dear RuthDear RuthDear Ruth is a 1947 romantic comedy film starring Joan Caulfield, William Holden, Mona Freeman, and Edward Arnold. It was based on the Broadway play of the same name by Norman Krasna. A teenage girl has a soldier for a pen pal, but uses her older sister's name and photograph...
– Music Composer - 1947 The Perils of PaulineThe Perils of Pauline (1947 film)The Perils of Pauline is a 1947 American film directed by George Marshall and released by Paramount Pictures. The movie is a fictionalized Hollywood account of silent film star Pearl White's rise to fame, starring Betty Hutton as White....
– Music Composer - 1947 My Favorite BrunetteMy Favorite BrunetteMy Favorite Brunette is a 1947 movie spoofing movie detectives and the film noir style. Starring Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour, it also features Lon Chaney, Jr...
– Music Composer, Music Director - 1948 Good SamGood SamGood Sam is a 1948 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Gary Cooper as a Good Samaritan who is helpful to others at the expense of his own family. The film was directed by Leo McCarey and produced by McCarey's production company, Rainbow Productions.-Cast:*Gary Cooper as Samuel R....
– Music Composer - 1948 SaigonSaigon (film)Saigon is a 1948 film starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake in their fourth and final film together. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures and was one of the last films Veronica Lake made under her contract with the studio.-Plot:...
– Music Composer, Music Director - 1948 My Own True Love – Music Composer
- 1948 Mr. Peabody and the MermaidMr. Peabody and the MermaidMr. Peabody and the Mermaid is a 1948 fantasy film starring William Powell and Ann Blyth in the title roles. Irene Hervey played Mr. Peabody's wife.- Plot :...
– Music Composer - 1949 The Great GatsbyThe Great Gatsby (1949 film)The Great Gatsby is a 1949 film made by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Elliott Nugent and produced by Richard Maibaum, from a screenplay by Richard Maibaum and Cyril Hume based on the novel of the same title by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the play by Owen Davis. The music score was by Robert...
– Music Composer - 1949 Top O' the Morning – Music Director
- 1949 Sorrowful JonesSorrowful JonesSorrowful Jones is a 1949 film directed by Sidney Lanfield. The film stars Lucille Ball and Bob Hope.Sorrowful Jones was a remake of a 1934 Shirley Temple film, Little Miss Marker. In the film, a young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet...
– Music Composer - 1950 Let's DanceLet's Dance (1950 film)Let's Dance is a 1950 musical romantic comedy film starring Betty Hutton and Fred Astaire. A war widow returns to work with her former dancing partner, but her upper class mother-in-law is aghast that her grandson is being exposed to show business and takes legal steps to gain custody.-Cast:*Betty...
– Music Director - 1952 My Son John – Music Composer
- 1952 Aaron Slick from Punkin CrickAaron Slick from Punkin CrickAaron Slick from Punkin Crick was a 1952 'hillbilly' movie made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Claude Binyon and produced by William Perlberg and George Seaton.It is based on a 1919 play by Walter Benjamin Hare...
– Music Director - 1954 White ChristmasWhite Christmas (film)White Christmas is a 1954 Technicolor musical film starring Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye that features the songs of Irving Berlin, including the titular "White Christmas"...
– Producer - 1956 Anything GoesAnything Goes (1956 film)Anything Goes is a 1956 musical film adapted from the Cole Porter, Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse stage production of the same title. The book was drastically rewritten for the second film version, also by Paramount, released in 1956...
– Producer - 1957 The Three Faces of EveThe Three Faces of EveThe Three Faces of Eve is a 1957 American film adaptation of a case study by Corbett H. Thigpen and Hervey M. Cleckley. It was based on the true story of Chris Costner Sizemore, also known as Eve White, a woman who suffered from Dissociative Identity Disorder formerly known as multiple personality...
– Music Composer - 1959 The Man Who Understood WomenThe Man Who Understood WomenThe Man Who Understood Women is a 1959 American drama film written and directed by Nunnally Johnson from a novel by Romain Gary, and starring Henry Fonda, Leslie Caron, Renate Hoy and Cesare Danova.- Plot :...
– Music Composer
Broadway credits
- 1935 May WineMay WineMay Wine is a musical with a book by Frank Mandell, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, II, and music by Sigmund Romberg.Produced by Laurence Schwab, the Broadway production opened on December 5, 1935 at the St. James Theatre, where it ran for 213 performances. Cast included Walter Slezak, Nancy McCord,...
– Musical Director - 1936 Forbidden Melody – Musical Director
- 1937 Hooray for What!Hooray for What!Hooray for What! is an anti-war musical with music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by E. Y. Harburg and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It introduced the song "Down With Love".-Productions:...
– Musical Director - 1938 Leave It To MeLeave It to MeLeave It to Me is a 1997 novel by Bharati Mukherjee. It utilizes the myth of the Hindu mother Goddess, Durga.-Book information:Leave it to Me by Bharati Mukherjee...
– Musical Director - 1939 Very Warm for MayVery Warm for MayVery Warm for May is a musical composed by Jerome Kern, with a libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II. It was the team's final score for Broadway, following their hits Show Boat, Sweet Adeline, and Music in the Air...
– Musical Director, Conductor - 1940 Louisiana PurchaseLouisiana Purchase (musical)Louisiana Purchase is a musical theater production from 1940. It has music and lyrics by Irving Berlin and book by Morrie Ryskind based on a story by B. G. DeSylva. In 1941 it was adapted for the film Louisiana Purchase directed by Irving Cummings....
– Musical Director - 1949 Texas Li'l Darlin – Composer
- 1951 Not for ChildrenNot for ChildrenNot for Children is a 1934 play by Elmer Rice. It was premiered in 1935 at the Fortune Theatre in the West End of London. The work was performed for the first time on Broadway on February 13, 1951 at the Coronet Theatre; closing four days later after only seven performances. Incidental music was...
– Composer - 1959 JunoJuno (musical)Juno is a Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Marc Blitzstein and book by Joseph Stein, based closely on the 1924 play Juno and the Paycock by Sean O'Casey. The original Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theatre, New York, on March 9, 1959.Despite light moments, the musical,...
– Musical Director - 1959 A Loss of Roses – Musical Editor
- 1964 FoxyFoxy (musical)Foxy is a musical with a book by Ian McLellan Hunter and Ring Lardner, Jr., lyrics by Johnny Mercer, and music by Robert Emmett Dolan.Based on Ben Jonson's Volpone, it transports the original play's setting of early-17th century Renaissance Venice to the Yukon during the gold rush of 1898...
– Composer - 1969 CocoCoco (musical)Coco is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by André Previn. It starred Katharine Hepburn in her only stage musical.-Background:...
– Musical Director
Other credits
- 1954 Creature from the Black LagoonCreature from the Black LagoonCreature from the Black Lagoon is a 1954 monster horror film directed by Jack Arnold, and starring Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, and Whit Bissell. The eponymous creature was played by Ben Chapman on land and Ricou Browning in underwater scenes...
– Composer (one cue from Mr. Peabody and the MermaidMr. Peabody and the MermaidMr. Peabody and the Mermaid is a 1948 fantasy film starring William Powell and Ann Blyth in the title roles. Irene Hervey played Mr. Peabody's wife.- Plot :...
re-used) - 1955 The Girl Rush – Producer
- Of Thee I SingOf Thee I SingOf Thee I Sing is a musical with a score by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. The musical lampoons American politics; the story concerns John P. Wintergreen, who runs for President of the United States on the "love" platform...
- Ziegfeld FolliesZiegfeld FolliesThe Ziegfeld Follies were a series of elaborate theatrical productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 through 1931. They became a radio program in 1932 and 1936 as The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air....
- Good NewsGood News (musical)Good News is a musical with a book by Laurence Schwab and B.G. DeSylva, lyrics by DeSylva and Lew Brown, and music by Ray Henderson.The show opened on Broadway in 1927, the same year as Show Boat, but its plot was decidedly old-fashioned in comparison to Show Boats somewhat tragic and daring...
- Follow ThroughFollow Through"Follow Through" is a single by Gavin DeGraw released in 2005. It is featured on his 2003 album Chariot.The song has been featured on several television shows, including One Tree Hill and Scrubs and, from 2008-2010, played in the UK and Italian advertisements for Carte D'or.The song peaked at #13...
- Flying ColorsFlying Colors (musical)Flying Colors is a musical revue with a book, lyrics, and music by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz and sketch contributions by George S. Kaufman, Corey Ford, and Charles Sherman....
- Strike Me Pink
- Hot-Cha
- La Rose De France (Paris)
- "Your Heart Will Tell You So" (song)
- "At Last I'm in Love" (song)
- "Little by Little" (song)
- "Hullabaloo" (song)
- "Song of the Highwayman" (song)
- "You" (song)
- "Out of the Past" (song)
- "I Love You" (song)
- "And So to Bed" (song)
- "Glamour Waltz" (song)
- "Big Movie Show in the Sky" (song)
- "A Month of Sundays" (song)
- "Talk to Me, Baby" (song)
Oscar nominations
All 8 Nominations were for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture):- 1941 Birth of the Blues
- 1942 Holiday InnHoliday InnHoliday Inn is a brand of hotels, formally a economy motel chain, forming part of the British InterContinental Hotels Group . It is one of the world's largest hotel chains with 238,440 bedrooms and 1,301 hotels globally. There are currently 5 hotels in the pipeline...
- 1943 Star Spangled RhythmStar Spangled RhythmStar Spangled Rhythm is a 1943 all-star cast musical film made by Paramount Pictures during World War II as a morale booster. Many of the Hollywood studios produced such films during the war, generally musicals, frequently with flimsy storylines, and with the specific intent of entertaining the...
- 1944 Lady in the DarkLady in the DarkLady in the Dark is a musical with music by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book and direction by Moss Hart. It was produced by Sam Harris. The protagonist, Liza Elliott, is the unhappy female editor of a fashion magazine, Allure, who is undergoing psychoanalysis...
- 1945 The Bells of St. Mary'sThe Bells of St. Mary'sThe Bells of St. Mary's is a 1945 American film which tells the story of a priest and a nun at a school who set out, despite their good-natured rivalry, to save the school from being shut down. It stars Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman...
- 1945 Incendiary BlondeIncendiary BlondeIncendiary Blonde is a 1945 American musical drama film of 1920s nightclub star Texas Guinan. Filmed in Technicolor by director George Marshall, it starred actress Betty Hutton in the title role. The music was written by Robert Emmett Dolan...
- 1946 Blue SkiesBlue Skies (film)Blue Skies is a 1946 Hollywood musical Technicolor comedy film, released by Paramount Pictures and starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Joan Caulfield, Olga San Juan and Billy De Wolfe, with music, lyrics and story by Irving Berlin; most of the songs were recycled from earlier works. The film was...
- 1947 Road to RioRoad to RioRoad to Rio is a 1947 comedy film, directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bing Crosby as Scat Sweeney, Bob Hope as "Hot Lips" Barton, and Dorothy Lamour as Lucia Maria de Andrade. It was the fifth of the "Road to …" series.-Plot:...