He and Kay Thompson shared the same birthday (November 9th). From 1942 thru 1957) they gave joint birthday parties during which each presented a surprise production number using special material which featured their friends (Judy Garland, Ann Sothern, Chuck Walters, Ralph Blanel) each never told the other while rehearsing what the other was planning to present.
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1974That's Entertainment!
(documentary)
(writer: "Do the La Conga" 1939 - uncredited, "Americana" 1936 - uncredited / music: "The French Lesson" 1947 - uncredited, "Hoe Down" 1941 - uncredited / lyrics: "You Made Me Love You I Didn't Want to Do It" 1913 - uncredited)
1957Designing Woman
(lyrics: "Music Is Better than Words" - uncredited)
1957Funny Face
(writer: "Bonjour, Paris!" / music: "Think Pink!", "On How to Be Lovely", "Marche Funèbre" / lyrics: "On How to Be Lovely", "Marche Funèbre")
1949On the Town
(music: "Prehistoric Man" - uncredited, "Main Street" - uncredited, "You're Awful" - uncredited, "On the Town" - uncredited, "Count on Me" - uncredited, "That's All There Is, Folks" - uncredited)
1949Take Me Out to the Ball Game
(writer: "Strictly U.S.A." - uncredited / music: "Yes, Indeedy" - uncredited, "O'Brien to Ryan to Goldberg" - uncredited, "The Right Girl for Me" - uncredited, "It's Fate Baby, It's Fate" - uncredited)
1948Kitty Foiled
(short)
(music: "Here's to the Girls" - uncredited)
1941Ziegfeld Girl
(writer: "Minnie from Trinidad" 1941 - uncredited, "Laugh? I Thought I'd Split My Sides" 1941 - uncredited, "Ziegfeld Girls" 1941 - uncredited / music: "Caribbean Love Song" 1941 - uncredited)
1941Kathleen
(music: "Around the Corner" 1941 / lyrics: "Around the Corner" 1941)
1941Babes on Broadway
(writer: "Bombshell from Brazil" - uncredited / music: "Hoe Down" - uncredited)
1941Lady Be Good
(music: "You'll Never Know If an Apple Is Ripe", "Your Words and My Music")
1940Little Nellie Kelly
(music: "A Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow", "It's a Great Day for the Irish" 1940 / lyrics: "A Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow", "It's a Great Day for the Irish" 1940)
1940Strike Up the Band
(music: "Our Love Affair" 1939, "Do the La Conga" 1939, "Nobody" 1939, "The Gay Nineties", "Nell of New Rochelle" 1939, "Walking Down Broadway" - uncredited, "A Man Was the Cause of It All" 1939, "Drummer Boy" 1939 / lyrics: "Do the La Conga" 1939, "Nobody" 1939, "The Gay Nineties", "Nell of New Rochelle" 1939, "A Man Was the Cause of It All" 1939, "Drummer Boy" 1939 / arranger: "Walking Down Broadway" - uncredited)
1938Everybody Sing
(music: "Ever Since the World Began / Shall I Sing a Melody?" 1937 / lyrics: "Ever Since the World Began / Shall I Sing a Melody?" 1937)
1937Broadway Melody of 1938
(lyrics: "You Made Me Love You I Didn't Want to Do It" 1913 - uncredited)
1994That's Entertainment! III
(documentary)
(grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists / to the music arrangers and orchestrators)
1976That's Entertainment, Part II
(documentary)
(acknowledgement: the special style and content of the musical sequences were created by)
1974That's Entertainment!
(documentary)
(acknowledgment: helped to give films their special style and sound)
[on Busby Berkeley] You had to watch Berkeley. He was such an expert technician that a number could get totally lost in images.
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He and Kay Thompson shared the same birthday (November 9th). From 1942 thru 1957) they gave joint birthday parties during which each presented a surprise production number using special material which featured their friends (Judy Garland, Ann Sothern, Chuck Walters, Ralph Blanel) each never told the other while rehearsing what the other was planning to present.
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