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| 1930 | ||
| From "SPRING IS HERE" | ||
| -Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder | ||
| -Crying For The Carolines | ||
| -Have a Little Faith In Me | ||
| -Bad Baby | ||
| -How Shall I Tell | ||
| -What's the Big Idea | ||
| 1932 | ||
| From "CROONER" | ||
| -Three's A Crowd | ||
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42nd Street
is the backstage, putting-on-a-show musical par excellence, and it opened
the doors for a new type of musical that would dominate Hollywood for
the next 15 years. Four of Harry's songs became popular and with Busby
Berkely's visually fascinating choreography, this movie saved Warner Bros.
from their terrible financial condition. |
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| -Forty-Second Street | ||
| -Shuffle Off To Buffalo | ||
| -Young And Healthy | ||
| -You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me | ||
| -It Must Be June | ||
| 1933 | ||
| After
the phenomenal success of 42nd Street, the inevitable back-stage sequel
was born in Gold Diggers, in which Berkely outdoes 42nd Street in the production
numbers. It is a visual fantasy that recognizes no boundaries, and in Warren
and lyricist Al Dubin, Berkely had a a song writing team capable of meeting
the challenge of a new form of cinema. *Dick Powell. Ruby Keeler, Ginger Rogers, Joan Blondell |
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| -Shadow Waltz | ||
| -We're In The Money | ||
| -Pettin' In The Park | ||
| -Remember My Forgotten Man | ||
| -I've Got To Sing A Torch Song | ||
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From "FOOTLIGHT PARADE" |
Another
backstage musical,but this is perhaps the best of them, with a feasible
plot that reveals a lot about show business. The last half hour of the movie
consists of three mammoth Berkely production numbers. *Dick Powell. Ruby Keeler, Jimmy Cagney, Joan Blondell |
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| -Honeymoon Hotel | ||
| -Shanghai Lil | ||
| 1934 | ||
| Dick
Powell's eighth film as a star. Co-star is Ginger Rogers who had just made
her first picture with Fred Astaire. Ted Fiorito's Orchestra appears in
the film as do the Mills Brothers doing some of the "scat " singing
that was popular in 1934. The enduring hit "Twenty Million Sweethearts" is one of the movies highlights. |
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| -Out For No Good | ||
| -What Are Your Intentions | ||
| -Fair And Warmer | ||
| -I'll String Along With You | ||
| From "WONDER BAR" | Harry
and Al Team up with Director Lloyd Bacon And Busby Berkeky once again with
what is probably the best screenplay. Almost all of the film takes place
in a nightclub operated by a slick entertainer named Al Wonder. Wonder Bar
is exceptionally well scored, with Harry's songs well integrated with complicated
plot lines. *Al Jolsen, Dick Powell, Delores Del Rio, Ricardo Cortez |
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| -Wonder Bar | ||
| -Don't Say Goodnight | ||
| -Why Do I Dream Those Dreams | ||
| -Vive La France | ||
| -Going To Heaven On A Mule | ||
| Again Dick Powell is a songwriter with a show that needs a backer, Ruby Keeler is the girlfreind, and Joan Blondell the showgirl who snares Guy Kibbee into putting up the money. Berkely works his magic with his choreography of "Dames" and the song "I Only Have Eyes For You" is an American Classic. | ||
| -Dames | ||
| -I Only Have Eyes For you | ||
| -The Girl At The Ironing Board | ||
| From "SWEET MUSIC" | Rudy Vallee, Ann Dvorak | |
| -Sweet Music | ||
| 1935 | ||
| "Lullaby
Of Broadway" brought
Harry his first Oscar and gave director Busby Berkely the basis for his
finest work on the screen. The treatment for the song is practically a film
within a film. A pair of Latin dancers give way to a tidal wave of tap dancers,
photographed from every conceivable angle. Their thunderous tapping had
to be recorded separately, so as not to drown out the orchestra. "The Words Are In My Heart" is written as a Viennese waltz and is staged with fifty white clad girls playing fifty white baby grand pianos! |
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| -Lullaby
Of Broadway |
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| -The Words Are In My Heart | ||
| -I'm Going Shopping With You | ||
| From "GO INTO YOUR DANCE" | Of the seven songs for "Go Into Your Dance", two were to become favorites and forever associated with Al Jolsen "About A Quarter To Nine" and "She's A Latin From Manhattan". Both songs feature Ruby Keeler dancing. | |
| -Casino De Paris | ||
| -A Good Old Fashioned Cocktail | ||
| -About A Quarter To Nine | ||
| -Mammy, I'll Sing About you | ||
| -She's A Latin From Manhattan | ||
| -The Little Things You Used To Do | ||
| -Go Into Your Dance | ||
| From "BROADWAY GONDOLIER" | Dick
Powell as a gondolier in Venice. Also stars Joan Blondell, and back-up by
the Mills Brothers and Ted Fiorita's Orchestra One of the great songs of this movie that has become a standard is "Lulu's Back In Town" |
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| -Lonely Gondolier | ||
| -The Pig and the Cow and the Dog and the Cat | ||
| -Flagenheim's Odorless Cheese | ||
| -Outside Of You | ||
| -The Rose In Her Hair | ||
| -Lulu's Back In Town | ||
| -You Can Be Kissed | ||
| From "STARS OVER BROADWAY" | The American tenor James Melton crosses over from opera for his screen debut. Warren wrote the song "September in the Rain" for this film and Berkely was to choreograph with a forest of movable silver trees, but the studio nixed it and also cut "Broadway Cinderella" from the final print. | |
| -You Let Me Down | ||
| -At Your Service, Madame | ||
| -Where Am I (Am I In Heaven) | ||
| -Broadway Cinderella | ||
| From "SHIPMATES FOREVER" | Set at the Naval Academy in Annapolis with Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler. The Naval Academy actually adopted Harry's song "Don't Give Up The Ship" as their service song. | |
| -Don't Give Up The Ship | ||
| -I'd Rather Listen To Your Eyes | ||
| -I'd Love To Take Orders From You | ||
| From "LIVING ON VELVET" | ||
| -Living On Velvet | ||
| From "IN CALIENTE" | ||
| -Muchacha | ||
| From "PAGE MISS GLORY" | Mr Randoph Hearst brings his star/mistress Marion Davies over to star with Dick Powell on the Warner lot. | |
| -Page Miss Glory | ||
| 1936 | ||
| From "CAIN AND MABEL" | Clark Gable, Marion Davies. The production of "I'll Sing You A Thousand Love Songs" involved building a huge set to accomodate a Venetian Canal with bridges and movable scenery, and a huge organ. The whole floor of the sound stage had to be raised 6 feet. The edited version of this song lasted eight minutes. William Randolph Hearst spared no expense for his mistress Marion. | |
| -Coney Island | ||
| -I'll Sing You A Thousand Love Songs | ||
| From "HEARTS DIVIDED" | Dick Powell, Marion Davies | |
| -Two Hearts Divided | ||
| -My Kingdom For A Kiss | ||
| From "COLLEEN" | Last of the Powell-Keeler Musicals | |
| -You Gotta Know How To Dance | ||
| -Boulevardier From The Bronx | ||
| -An Evening With you | ||
| -I Don't Have To Dream Again | ||
| From "GOLD DIGGERS OF 1937" | Another
fabulously choreographed Berkely movie with Lloyd Bacon directing. Starring
Dick Powell and Joan Blondell, the plot involves backstage machinations
in the theatre. "With Plenty of Money And You" is an enduring standard. |
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| -With Plenty of Money And You | ||
| -All's Fair In Love And War | ||
| From "SING ME A LOVE SONG" | With James Melton. "Summer Night" is a favorite among songwriters and musicians and one of Harry's most respected melodies. | |
| -Summer Night | ||
| -That's The Least You Could Do For The Lady | ||
| -A Little House That Love Built | ||
| 1937 | ||
| From "MELODY FOR TWO" | With James Melton. Although "Melody For Two" is a beautiful title song, "September In The Rain" stood out so clearly in this picture that it has become recognized as a classic American song. | |
| -September In The Rain | ||
| -Melody For Two | ||
| From "STOLEN HOLIDAY" | ||
| -Stolen Holiday | ||
| From "MR. DODD TAKES THE AIR" | Kenny Baker, a popular radio personality of the time gets the lead roll opposite Jane Wyman and sings "Remember Me?" which becomes a huge hit and earns an oscar nomination. | |
| -Remember
Me |
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| -And I In Love | ||
| -Here Comes The Sandman | ||
| -The Girl You Used To Be | ||
| From "THE SINGING MARINE" | The
Song Of The Marines is adopted by the Marines as their service song. Harry
writes his first song teamed up with Johnny Mercer "Night Over Shanghai" The hit ballad of the film is "I Know Now" * Dick Powell, Doris Westin, Lee Dixon |
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| -'Cause My Baby Says It's So | ||
| -I Know Now | ||
| -The Lady Who Couldn't Be Kissed | ||
| -Night Over Shanghai | ||
| -You Can't Run Away From Love Tonight | ||
| -The Song Of The Marines | ||
| From "SAN QUENTIN" | ||
| -How Could You | ||
| From "SONS O' GUNS" | While writing songs for "The Gold Diggers Of 1937", Harry and Al Dubin wrote two songs for the Joe E. Brown comedy. Wini Shaw sang "In The Arms Of An Army Man". | |
| -For A Buck And A Quarter A Day | ||
| -In The Arms Of An Army Man | ||
| 1938 | ||
| From "GOLD DIGGERS IN PARIS" | ||
| -A Stranger in Paree | ||
| -I Wanna Go Back To Bali | ||
| -The Latin Quarter | ||
| -Put That Down In Writing | ||
| -My Adventure | ||
| -Daydreamin (All Night Long) | ||
| From "GARDEN OF THE MOON" | Harry begins his songwriting tandem with Johnny Mercer after Al Dubin moves back to New York. | |
| -Garden Of The Moon | ||
| -Love Is Where You Find It | ||
| -Confidentially | ||
| -The Girlfriend Of The Whirling Dervish | ||
| -The Lady On The Two Cent Stamp | ||
| From "GOING PLACES" | Another Dick Powell movie, yet Louie Armstrong gets the nod with "Jeepers Creepers" which is nominated for another oscar. | |
| -Jeepers
Creepers |
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| -Say It With A Kiss | ||
| From "HARD TO GET" | "You
Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby" becomes Warren and Mercer's first
hit together *Dick Powell, Olivia de Haviland |
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| -You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby | ||
| -There's A Sunny Side To Every Situation | ||
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From "JEZEBEL" |
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| -Jezebel | ||
| From "COWBOY FROM BROOKLYN" | Written with Johnny Mercer for Dick Powell | |
| -Cowboy From Brooklyn | ||
| 1939 | ||
| From "NAUGHTY BUT NICE" | ||
| -Corn Pickin' | ||
| -Hooray For Spinach | ||
| -I'm Happy about The Whole Thing | ||
| -In A Moment Of Weakness | ||
| From "WINGS OF THE NAVY" | Harry's last movie at Warner Brothers, this is one of many pictures Hollywood made to foster a greater appreciation of the Armed Services among Americans. This one was a salute to the Naval Air Service, co-written with Johnny Mercer, although it gained more popularity in England. | |
| -Wings Over The Navy | ||
| 1949 | ||
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From
"MY DREAM IS YOURS"
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Harry came back to the Warners lot from MGM at the request of Leo Forbstein, who was head of the music dept. Doris Day recorded and popularized the title song "My Dream Is Yours" and "Someone Like You" giving Harry two more hits. Doris' sultry and memorable rendition of 'I'll String Along With You" brought back a previously written Warren/Dubin number | |
| -My Dream Is Yours | ||
| -Someone Like You | ||
| -Tick, Tick, Tick | ||
| -Freddie, Get Ready | ||
| -Love Finds A Way | ||
| -I'll String Along With You | ||
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