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Nacio Herb Brown(1896-1964)

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  • Composer
  • Actor
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Nacio Herb Brown
In spite of the fact, that he only had been on a conservatory for only short time, he was a very successful popular composer, who wrote with lyricist and later producer Arthur Freed not only the songs for MGM musical and non-musical films, e.g. "Broadway Melody" for the movie "The Broadway Melody", "You Are My Lucky Star" and "Broadway Rhythm" for "Broadway Melody of 1936", "Temptation" for "Going Hollywood" and - best remembered - "Singin' in the Rain" from "The Hollywood Revue of 1929", which became a classic in the movie "Singin' in the Rain" in the version of Gene Kelly. He also worked with Richard A. Whiting and Buddy G. DeSylva on the Broadway Musical "Take a Chance."
BornFebruary 22, 1896
DiedSeptember 28, 1964(68)
BornFebruary 22, 1896
DiedSeptember 28, 1964(68)
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Nacio Herb Brown, Eleanor Powell, and Arthur Freed in Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
Nacio Herb Brown, J. Emmett Beck, James Burroughs, Dorothy Coonan Wellman, Drew Demorest, Edward Dillon, Charles King, Carla Laemmle, Bessie Love, Angella Mawby, Anita Page, Betty Recklaw, Alice Weaver, Ruth Jennings, Claudette Mawby, Claudine Mawby, Alice Pitman, Diana Verne, The Angeles Twins, and Betty Arthur in The Broadway Melody (1929)
Nacio Herb Brown, James Burroughs, Earl Burtnett, Eddie Bush, Paul Gibbons, Charles King, Ches Kirkpatrick, Eddie Lang, Bessie Love, Anita Page, and Bill Seckler in The Broadway Melody (1929)
Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed, Charles King, Bessie Love, and Anita Page in The Broadway Melody (1929)
Nacio Herb Brown, Charles King, Bessie Love, and Anita Page in The Broadway Melody (1929)

Known for

Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor in Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Singin' in the Rain
8.3
  • Music Department(music by)
  • 1952
Natalie Portman and Jean Reno in Léon: The Professional (1994)
Léon: The Professional
8.5
  • Soundtrack(as Nacio Brown, "Singing in the Rain")
  • 1994
Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock, Eva Marie Saint, and Philip Ober in North by Northwest (1959)
North by Northwest
8.3
  • Soundtrack("Singin' in the Rain" (1929))
  • 1959
Godzilla (1998)
Godzilla
5.4
  • Soundtrack("Singin' in the Rain")
  • 1998

Credits

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Music Department

  • Lucas Secon in The Work of Director Michel Gondry (2003)
    Lucas: Lucas with the Lid Off
  • Frank McHugh and Marvin Miller in The Millionaire (1955)
    The Millionaire
  • William Boyd in Hopalong Cassidy (1952)
    Hopalong Cassidy
  • Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor in Singin' in the Rain (1952)
    Singin' in the Rain
  • The Kissing Bandit (1948)
    The Kissing Bandit
  • Ricardo Montalban, Cyd Charisse, Jimmy Durante, Peter Lawford, Esther Williams, and Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra in On an Island with You (1948)
    On an Island with You
  • Cesar Romero, Sonja Henie, Woody Herman, Carole Landis, and Jack Oakie in Wintertime (1943)
    Wintertime
  • Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, and Ronald Sinclair in Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937)
    Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
  • Robert Taylor and Eleanor Powell in Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
    Broadway Melody of 1938
  • Charley Chase and Elissa Landi in Hollywood Party (1937)
    Hollywood Party
    • (uncredited)
  • Eleanor Powell in Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
    Broadway Melody of 1936
  • Student Tour (1934)
    Student Tour
  • Myrna Loy and George Brent in Stamboul Quest (1934)
    Stamboul Quest
    • (uncredited)
  • Walt Disney, Oliver Hardy, Ruth Channing, Irene Hervey, Stan Laurel, Marion O'Connell, Lupe Velez, and Beatrice Hagen in Hollywood Party (1934)
    Hollywood Party
  • Joan Crawford in Sadie McKee (1934)
    Sadie McKee

Composer

  • The Hot Choc-late Soldiers (1934)
    The Hot Choc-late Soldiers
  • Basil Rathbone and Pola Negri in A Woman Commands (1932)
    A Woman Commands
  • Helen Twelvetrees in Millie (1931)
    Millie

Actor

  • The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
    The Hollywood Revue of 1929
    • (uncredited)
  • Charles King, Bessie Love, and Anita Page in The Broadway Melody (1929)
    The Broadway Melody
    • (uncredited)

Personal details

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    • February 22, 1896
    • Deming, New Mexico, USA
    • September 28, 1964
    • San Francisco, California, USA(cancer)
    • April 28, 1942 - September 28, 1964 (his death, 2 children)
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the Following productions:
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    • 2 Articles

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  • Trivia
    While in the midst of a divorce, Nacio became romantically involved with singer/actress/dancer Doris Eaton. He wrote "Singin' in the Rain" and "Doll Dance" for her, which she introduced in "The Hollywood Music Box Revue" in 1927.

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