Vincent Patrick Bryan was a composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

 and lyricist

Lyricist

A lyricist is a songwriter who specializes in lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-composer, who composes the song's melody.-Collaboration:...

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In the 1903-1909 production of The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz (1902 stage play)

The Wizard of Oz was a 1902 musical extravaganza based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, which was originally published in 1900...

he was called upon to introduce new songs in numerous revisions.

• with Theodore F. Morse
  Theodore F. Morse
  Theodore F. Morse was an American composer of popular songs.Born in Washington D.C., Morse was educated at the Maryland Military & Naval Academy. He went on to study both violin and piano. He and his wife, Theodora Morse, became a successful songwriting team for Tin Pan Alley...
  
  
  • Nautical Nonsense (Hurrah for Baffin's Bay!) (Scarecrow and Tin Woodman)

• with J.B. Mullen
  • Down on the Brandywine (Trixie Tryfle and Pastoria)
  • 'Twas Enough to Make a Perfect Lady Mad (Cynthia Cynch)
  • Under a Panama (Dorothy Gale)
  • The Nightmare (Scarecrow and Tin Woodman)

• with Charles Zimmerman
  Charles A. Zimmerman
  Charles A. Zimmermann was an American composer of marches and popular music. A graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, he was appointed bandmaster at the United States Naval Academy in 1887 at the age of 26. He served as the Academy's bandmaster until his death from a brain...
  
  
  • Marching Thro' Georgia (Scarecrow and Tin Woodman)
  • Sitting Bull (Scarecrow)
  • Football (Scarecrow and Tin Woodman)
  • Marching Through Port Arthur (Scarecrow and Tin Woodman)

• with Leo Edwards
  Leo Edwards (composer)
  Leo Edwards was a Broadway composer. He was the brother of Gus Edwards,, who was also a Broadway composer....
  
  
  • The Tale of the Monkey (Cynthia Cynch)
  • My Own Girl (Sir Dashemoff Daily)

He was a close behind-the-scenes collaborator of Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I...

 from 1915 to 1917. Along with Hal Roach

Hal Roach

Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...

 he directed three Harold Lloyd

Harold Lloyd

Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. was an American film actor and producer, most famous for his silent comedies....

 films in 1919

1919 in film

The year 1919 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*February 5 - Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith launch United Artists...

: He Leads, Others Follow

He Leads, Others Follow

He Leads, Others Follow is a 1919 short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Sammy Brooks* Lige Conley - * Charles Inslee* Dee Lampton* Marie Mosquini...

, Soft Money

Soft Money (film)

-Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Billy Bray* Sammy Brooks* Lige Conley - * Charles Inslee* Edna La Badie* Gus Leonard* Marie Mosquini* Fred C. Newmeyer* Billie Oakley* Loyola O'Connor* E.J. Ritter...

and Pay Your Dues

Pay Your Dues

Pay Your Dues is a 1919 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - The Boy* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Sammy Brooks* Lige Conley - * Frank Daniels* William Gillespie* Charles Inslee* Mark Jones* Dee Lampton...

. An addiction to heroin prematurely ended his promising career in motion pictures.

He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

St. John's is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is the oldest English-founded city in North America. It is located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. With a population of 192,326 as of July 1, 2010, the St...

 and died in Los Angeles, California

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...

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