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Irving Kahal(1903-1942)

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Irving Kahal was born on 5 March 1903 in Houtzdale, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for The Conversation (1974), We Own the Night (2007) and Forrest Gump (1994). He died on 7 February 1942 in New York City, New York, USA.
BornMarch 5, 1903
DiedFebruary 7, 1942(38)
BornMarch 5, 1903
DiedFebruary 7, 1942(38)
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Known for

Gene Hackman, John Cazale, and Allen Garfield in The Conversation (1974)
The Conversation
7.7
  • Soundtrack("When I Take My Sugar To Tea" (1931))
  • 1974
Mark Wahlberg, Robert Duvall, Joaquin Phoenix, and Eva Mendes in We Own the Night (2007)
We Own the Night
6.8
  • Soundtrack("I'll Be Seeing You")
  • 2007
Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994)
Forrest Gump
8.8
  • Soundtrack("Paramount Newsreel Music")
  • 1994
Cary Elwes in Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
6.7
  • Soundtrack("The Night Is Young And You're So Beautiful")
  • 1993

Credits

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  • Calling All Girls (1942)
    Calling All Girls
    6.6
    Short
    • lyrics
    • 1942
  • Shake, Mr. Shakespeare
    6.4
    Short
    • special songs
    • 1936
  • Rhythmitis (1936)
    Rhythmitis
    5.7
    Short
    • lyricist: songs
    • 1936
  • Wash Your Step (1936)
    Wash Your Step
    5.8
    Short
    • lyricist: original songs
    • 1936
  • Roof Tops of Manhattan (1935)
    Roof Tops of Manhattan
    5.6
    Short
    • special music and lyrics
    • 1935
  • Ann Dvorak, Allen Jenkins, Helen Morgan, Rudy Vallee, and Alice White in Sweet Music (1935)
    Sweet Music
    5.8
    • lyrics: songs (as Fain and Kahal)
    • 1935
  • What, No Men? (1935)
    What, No Men?
    6.0
    Short
    • lyrics by
    • 1935
  • Ann Dvorak, Dick Foran, Margaret Lindsay, Jean Muir, and Franchot Tone in Gentlemen Are Born (1934)
    Gentlemen Are Born
    6.3
    • lyricist: songs
    • 1934
  • Josephine Hutchinson and Dick Powell in Happiness Ahead (1934)
    Happiness Ahead
    6.6
    • music & lyrics by
    • 1934
  • Joan Blondell, Hugh Herbert, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Zasu Pitts, and Dick Powell in Dames (1934)
    Dames
    7.0
    • music & lyrics by (as Kahal)
    • 1934
  • Jimmy Durante and Lupe Velez in Strictly Dynamite (1934)
    Strictly Dynamite
    5.6
    • music and lyrics by
    • 1934
  • Hal Le Roy in Harold Teen (1934)
    Harold Teen
    6.1
    • lyrics by
    • 1934
  • Bette Davis, William Powell, Hugh Herbert, Frank McHugh, and Verree Teasdale in Fashions of 1934 (1934)
    Fashions of 1934
    6.6
    • music & lyrics by
    • 1934
  • James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, and Dick Powell in Footlight Parade (1933)
    Footlight Parade
    7.5
    • music and lyrics by
    • 1933
  • The Road Is Open Again
    5.2
    Short
    • lyrics
    • 1933

Soundtrack



  • Adam Scott in Severance (2022)
    Severance
    8.7
    TV Series
    • writer: "I'll Be Seeing You"
    • 2022–2025
  • Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
    Deadpool & Wolverine
    7.6
    • writer: "I'll Be Seeing You"
    • 2024
  • Walton Goggins, Aaron Moten, and Ella Purnell in Fallout (2024)
    Fallout
    8.3
    TV Series
    • writer: "I Can Dream, Can't I?" (uncredited)
    • 2024
  • Billy Gardell and Folake Olowofoyeku in Bob Hearts Abishola (2019)
    Bob Hearts Abishola
    7.0
    TV Series
    • lyrics: "I'll Be Seeing You" (uncredited)
    • 2024
  • Michelle Yeoh, Sam Song Li, and Justin Chien in The Brothers Sun (2024)
    The Brothers Sun
    7.5
    TV Series
    • writer: "I Can Dream, Can't It"
    • 2024
  • Alfred Molina, Rossif Sutherland, and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers in Three Pines (2022)
    Three Pines
    7.2
    TV Series
    • writer: "I'll Be Seeing You"
    • 2022
  • EastEnders (1985)
    EastEnders
    4.8
    TV Series
    • lyrics: "I'll Be Seeing You" (uncredited)
    • 2000–2022
  • Liam Neeson, Alan Cumming, Jessica Lange, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Danny Huston, Diane Kruger, and François Arnaud in Marlowe (2022)
    Marlowe
    5.4
    • writer: "I'll Be Seeing You"
    • 2022
  • Bérénice Bejo, Pierfrancesco Favino, Nanni Moretti, and Kasia Smutniak in The Hummingbird (2022)
    The Hummingbird
    6.3
    • lyrics: "I'll Be Seeing You"
    • 2022
  • Good Night Oppy (2022)
    Good Night Oppy
    7.7
    • writer: "I'll Be Seeing You"
    • 2022
  • Truus de Boer in The end (2022)
    The end
    Short
    • writer: "I'll be seeing you"
    • 2022
  • Eva Birthistle, Anne-Marie Duff, Sharon Horgan, Eve Hewson, and Sarah Greene in Bad Sisters (2022)
    Bad Sisters
    8.2
    TV Series
    • writer: "I'll Be Seeing You"
    • 2022
  • Elise Cervin and Tobias Schepers in Elise & Tobi: Je te verrai/I'll be seeing you (2021)
    Elise & Tobi: Je te verrai/I'll be seeing you
    Music Video
    • lyrics: "Je te Verrai" (I'll be Seeing you)
    • 2021
  • Billy Bob Thornton in Goliath (2016)
    Goliath
    8.1
    TV Series
    • writer: "I Can Dream, Can't I?" (uncredited)
    • 2021
  • Jennifer Hudson in Respect (2021)
    Respect
    6.6
    • writer: "I'll Be Seeing You"
    • 2021

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Fain and Kahal
  • Born
    • March 5, 1903
    • Houtzdale, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Died
    • February 7, 1942
    • New York City, New York, USA(uremic poisoning)
  • Other works
    Stage: Wrote (w/Joe Fletcher, Irving Bibo, William B. Friedlander, Ted Snyder, Francis Weeler, 'Rene Mercier', Ballard MacDonald, Sam Coslow, Dave Ringle) additional numbers for "Footlights", produced on Broadway. Musical comedy. Book by Roland Oliver. Music / lyrics by Harry Denny. Additional text by Henry C. White. Musical Director: Oscar Radin. Music orchestrated by Otto Drescher. Directed by Francis 'Bunny' Weldon. Lyric Theatre (moved to Wallack's Theatre from 19 Sep 1927-close): 19 Aug 1927-24 Sep 1927 (43 performances). Cast: Doris Babb (as "Billie McIntyre "), Lily Burton (as "Eileen Olsen "), Mae Cathcart (as "Gloria Lyttle"), Jack Coyle, Harry Denny, Tiah Devitt, Catherine Dixon, Harriett Dixon, Evelyn Eldridge, Judy Gilmore, Rita Krivett, Lenore Laurence, Dorothy Livingston, June Martin, LeRoi Operti (as "Oscar Jennings"), Anne Page, Ellalee Ruby, Nathalie Segal, Edward Shaw, Lorraine Sherwood, Louis Sorin (as "Jacob Perlstein"), George Sweet, Lulu Thorne, J. Kent Thurber (as "George Weston"), Vilma Walden, Frances Walker, Evelyn Warcoux, Ruth Wheeler (as "Violet Wilding"), Jack Wilson. Produced by The Tom Cat, Inc.

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    Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

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