No American has written more first-rate songs than Arlen. He grew up in a musical family (his father was a cantor), and disappointed but didn't surprise his parents by dropping out of high school to become a musician. A stint as pianist and singer with a dance band, the Buffalodians, allowed him to escape Buffalo for New York City...See full bio »
2010A Star Is Born: Special Features
(video)
(music: "Gotta Have Me Go with You", "The Man That Got Away", "Lose That Long Face", "Here's What I'm Here For", "Trinidad Coconut Oil Shampoo", "The Man That Got Away" suicide outtake)
2009Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
(TV documentary)
(music: "This Time the Dream's on Me", "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive", "One for My Baby and One More for the Road", "Come Rain or Come Shine", "That Old Black Magic", "Blues in the Night", "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home", "I Had Myself a True Love")
2001Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
(TV movie)
(music: "We're Off to See the Wizard" - uncredited, "Over the Rainbow" - uncredited, "The Man that Got Away" - uncredited, "Get Happy" - uncredited)
1998Little Voice
(music: "Come Rain or Come Shine" 1946, "The Man that Got Away" 1953, "Over the Rainbow" 1939, "Get Happy" 1930, "We're Off to See the Wizard" 1939)
1998One True Thing
(music: "If I Only Had A Brain Heart and Nerve")
1994That's Entertainment! III
(documentary)
(music: "God's Country" 1938 - uncredited, "Ain't It the Truth" 1942 - uncredited, "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" 1938 - uncredited, "We're Off to See the Wizard" 1938 - uncredited, "Over the Rainbow" 1938 - uncredited, "Get Happy" 1929 - uncredited)
1994Cops and Robbersons
(writer: "One for My Baby And One More for the Road")
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Always Chasing Rainbows: Tin Pan Alley
(1977)
(music: "Stormy Weather Keeps Rainin' All the Time" - uncredited / performer: "Stormy Weather Keeps Rainin' All the Time" - uncredited)
1974That's Entertainment!
(documentary)
(music: "We're Off to See the Wizard" 1938 - uncredited, "If I Only Had the Nerve" 1938 - uncredited, "Over the Rainbow" 1938 - uncredited, "Get Happy" 1930 - uncredited)
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Episode #3.33
(1966)
(music: "That Old Black Magic" - uncredited, "Come Rain or Come Shine" - uncredited, "One for My Baby" - uncredited, "Blues in the Night" - uncredited)
1962Gay Purr-ee
(music: "Gay Purr-ee Overture", "Mewsette", "Little Drops of Rain", "The Money Cat", "Take My Hand, Paree", "Paris Is a Lonely Town", "Bubbles", "Roses Red, Violets Blue", "Little Drops of Rain Reprise", "The Horses Won't Talk", "The Mewsette Finale")
1954Young at Heart
(music: "One for My Baby and One More for the Road" - uncredited)
1954The Country Girl
("Dissertation on the State of Bliss Love and Learn Blues", "The Pitchman / It's Mine, It's Yours", "The Land Around Us", "The Search Is Through")
1954A Star Is Born
(music: "Gotta Have Me Go with You" - uncredited, "The Man That Got Away" - uncredited, "Here's What I'm Here For" - uncredited, "Lose That Long Face" - uncredited, "Someone at Last" - uncredited, "It's a New World" - uncredited, "Trinidad Coconut Oil Shampoo" - uncredited)
1954Little Boy Boo
(short)
(music: "Captains of the Clouds" - uncredited)
1954Dangerous Mission
(writer: "One for My Baby and One More for the Road" - uncredited)
1953The Farmer Takes a Wife
(writer: "Opening" 1953 - uncredited, "Today I Love Everybody" 1953 - uncredited, "On the Erie Canal" 1953 - uncredited, "We're Doing It for the Natives of Jamaica" 1953 - uncredited, "Can You Spell Schenectady" 1953 - uncredited, "Somethin' Real Special" 1953 - uncredited, "With the Sun Warm Upon Me" 1953 - uncredited, "We're in Business" 1953 - uncredited, "I Could Cook" 1953 - uncredited, "When I Close the Door" 1953 - uncredited)
1953A Peck o' Trouble
(short)
(music: "Blues in the Night" - uncredited)
1953She's Back on Broadway
(music: "Blues in the Night" - uncredited, "I Love a Parade" - uncredited)
1953Down Among the Sheltering Palms
(writer: "THE FRIENDLY ISLANDS", "WHO WILL IT BE WHEN THE TIME COMES?", "I'm a Ruler of a South Sea Island", "27 ELM STREET", "WHAT MAKE DE DIFF'RENCE", "WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE")
1953Duck Amuck
(short)
(music: "Captains of the Clouds" - uncredited)
1951Casanova Cat
(short)
(music: "Over The Rainbow" - uncredited)
1950Dark City
(music: "THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC" - uncredited)
1950All About Eve
(music: "That Old Black Magic" 1942 - uncredited, "Stormy Weather Keeps Rainin' All the Time" 1933 - uncredited)
1950Canary Row
(short)
(music: "You're the Cure for What Ails Me" - uncredited)
1950I'll Get By
(music: "I've Got the World on a String")
1950My Blue Heaven
(music: "It's Deductible" - uncredited, "What a Man" - uncredited, "Halloween" - uncredited, "Cosmo Cosmetics" - uncredited, "I Love a New Yorker" - uncredited, "Live Hard, Work Hard, Love Hard" - uncredited, "The Friendly Islands" - uncredited, "Don't Rock the Boat, Dear" - uncredited)
1944Kismet
(music: "Tell Me, Tell Me, Evening Star" 1944 - uncredited, "Willow in the Wind" 1944 - uncredited)
1944Here Come the Waves
(music: "That Old Black Magic" - uncredited, "Let's Take the Long Way Home" - uncredited, "There's a Fellow Waiting in Poughkeepsie" - uncredited, "Ac-Cen-Tchu-Ate the Positive" - uncredited, "I Promise You" - uncredited, "Come Join the Waves" - uncredited, "Here Come the Waves" - uncredited)
1943Porky Pig's Feat
(short)
(music: "Blues in the Night" - uncredited)
1943The Sky's the Limit
(music: "My Shining Hour" - uncredited, "A Lot in Common with You" - uncredited, "One for My Baby and One More for the Road" - uncredited)
1943Yankee Doodle Daffy
(short)
(music: "Hang On to Your Lids, Kids" - uncredited)
1942My Favorite Duck
(short)
(music: "Blues in the Night" - uncredited)
1942Ding Dog Daddy
(short)
(music: "Blues in the Night" - uncredited)
1942Star Spangled Rhythm
(music: "That Old Black Magic", "Hit the Road to Dreamland", "Old Glory", "A Sweater, a Sarong and a Peek-a-Boo Bang", "Sharp as a Tack", "I'm Doing It for Defense", "On the Swing Shift")
1942A Tale of Two Kitties
(short)
(music: "Hang On to Your Lids, Kids" - uncredited)
1941Blues in the Night
(music: "Blues in the Night", "Hang on to Your Lids, Kids", "This Time the Dream's on Me", "Wait Till it Happens to You", "Says Who? Says You, Says I")
1939The Wizard of Oz
(music: "Over the Rainbow" 1939 - uncredited, "Munchkinland Medley: 'Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are', 'The House Began To Pitch', 'As Mayor of the Munchkin City', 'As Coroner, I Must Aver', 'Ding Dong The Witch is Dead', 'Lullaby League', 'Lollipop Guild' and 'We Welcome You to Munchkinland'" 1939 - uncredited, "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" 1939 - uncredited, "You're Off to See the Wizard" 1939 - uncredited, "If I Only Had a Brain" 1939 - uncredited, "We're Off to See the Wizard" 1939 - uncredited, "If I Only Had a Heart" 1939 - uncredited, "We're Off To See The Wizard" 1939 - uncredited, "If I Only Had the Nerve/We're Off To See The Wizard" 1939 - uncredited, "Optimistic Voices" 1939 - uncredited, "The Merry Old Land of Oz" 1939 - uncredited, "If I Were King of the Forest" 1939 - uncredited)
1939At the Circus
(music: "Lydia, the Tattoed Lady" 1939 - uncredited, "Two Blind Loves" 1939 - uncredited, "Swingali" 1939 - uncredited, "Step Up and Take a Bow" 1939 - uncredited)
1937Black Legion
(music: "Fancy Meeting You" 1936 - uncredited)
1937He Was Her Man
(short)
(music: "Fancy Meeting You" - uncredited)
1936Stage Struck
(music: "Fancy Meeting You" 1936 - uncredited, "In Your Own Quiet Way" 1936 - uncredited, "She's in Love Lady of the Moon Number" - uncredited, "You're Kinda Grandish" 1936 - uncredited, "The New Parade" 1936 - uncredited)
1936Gold Diggers of 1937
(music: "Life Insurance Song" 1936 - uncredited, "Speaking of the Weather" 1936, "Let's Put Our Heads Together" 1936)
1936I Love to Singa
(short)
(music: "I Love to Sing-a" - uncredited)
1936Maid for a Day
(short)
(music: "You're the Cure for What Ails Me" - uncredited)
1936At Sea Ashore
(short)
(music: "Sweet and Hot" - uncredited)
1936The Singing Kid
(music: "I Love to Sing-a", "The Swingin'est Man in Town", "I Want to Sing a Mammy Song", "My How This Country Has Changed", "You're the Cure for What Ails Me", "Here's Looking at You", "Save Me, Sister")
1936The Old Mill Pond
(short)
(music: "Kickin' the Gong Around" - uncredited)
1936Strike Me Pink
(music: "First You Have Me High Then You Have Me Low" 1935 - uncredited, "The Lady Dances" 1935 - uncredited, "Calabash Pipe" 1935 - uncredited, "Shake It Off with Rhythm" 1935 - uncredited)
1933Let's Fall in Love
(music: "Let's Fall in Love" 1933 - uncredited, "Love Is Love Anywhere" 1933 - uncredited, "This Is Only the Beginning" 1933 - uncredited)
1933California Weather
(short)
(music: "Stormy Weather Keeps Rainin' All the Time" - uncredited)
1933Roman Scandals
(music: "Kickin' the Gong Around" 1931 - uncredited)
1933Take a Chance
(music: "It's Only a Paper Moon" - uncredited)
Hooray for What! (1937). Musical comedy. Music by Harold Arlen. Music orchestrated by Don Walker. Book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. Conceived by E.Y. Harburg. Additional orchestrations by Joseph Glover, Conrad Salinger and Paul Sterrett. Musical Director: Robert Emmett Dolan...
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He was one of the members of the Ken Darby Vocal Trio. His voice can be heard as the Scarecrow in the Decca Records single of the Harburg-Arlen song "The Jitterbug", which was cut from the final release print of "The Wizard of Oz". This Decca Records single, with "Over the Rainbow" (as sung by Judy Garland)on the reverse side...
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