Production Staff
Grant Clarke
Lyricist
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Con Conrad
Composer
Lyricist
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Malvin M. Franklin
Composer
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Alex Gerber
Lyricist
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George Gershwin
Composer
George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn on September 26, 1898, and began his musical training when he was 13. At 16 he quit high school to work as a "song plugger" for a music publisher, and soon he was writing songs himself. "Swanee," as introduced by Al Jolson, brought George his first real fame and led to his writing a succession of 22 musical comedies, most with his older brother, Ira. The Gershwins' shows include Lady Be Good, Oh, Kay!, Strike Up the Band, Girl Crazy, and the Pulitzer Prize winning Of Thee I Sing. From his early career George ... read more
Leopold Godowski
Composer
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E. Ray Goetz
Lyricist
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Bert Kalmar
Lyricist
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George W. Meyer
Composer
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Sidney D Mitchell
Lyricist
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Frances Nordstrom
Lyricist
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Jose Padilla
Composer
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Harry Ruby
Composer
Leon Errol
Director
Lew M. Fields
Producer
The Selwyns
Producer
Herbert Stothart
Musical Director
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