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born: "24 December 1893"
died: "22 September 1981"
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# Harry Warren

Composer. Born 24 December 1893 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died 22 September 1981.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 24 December 1893, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- **Died:** 22 September 1981
- **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscars (3 won · 8 nominated)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Warren, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q938810, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0912851/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1147115

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- **HBO Max:** [*42nd Street*](https://film.one/film/42nd-street.md) (82)

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## Biography

Harry Warren (24 December 1893 – 22 September 1981) was an American composer and lyricist. He wrote the music for the 1933 Warner Bros. film *42nd Street*, with lyrics by Al Dubin and choreography by Busby Berkeley, with whom he collaborated on many musical films.

Warren was the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He received eleven Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song and won three: for "Lullaby of Broadway" (with Dubin), "You'll Never Know" (with Mack Gordon) and "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" (with Johnny Mercer). Over a career spanning several decades he wrote more than 800 songs, many featured in films including *Gold Diggers of 1933*, *Footlight Parade*, *An Affair to Remember* and *Separate Tables*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *42nd Street* (1933), Fi1m 82, Lyricist, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/42nd-street.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *42nd Street* (2019), Musical
- *42nd Street* (1986), Music
- *That's Entertainment, Part II* (1976), Thanks
- *The Happy Ending* (1969), Sound Recordist
- *The Ladies Man* (1961), as Songs
- *Separate Tables* (1958), as Songs
- *An Affair to Remember* (1957), as Songs
- *Artists and Models* (1955), as Songs
- *Just for You* (1952), Music
- *Skirts Ahoy!* (1952), Music
- *Texas Carnival* (1951), as Songs
- *Summer Stock* (1950), as Songs
- *The Barkleys of Broadway* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *My Dream Is Yours* (1949), as Songs
- *Mother Wore Tights* (1947), as Songs
- *The Harvey Girls* (1946), as Songs
- *Ziegfeld Follies* (1945), as Songs · Original Music Composer
- *The Gang's All Here* (1943), as Songs
- *Hello, Frisco, Hello* (1943), as Songs
- *Tin Pan Alley* (1940), Lyricist, Original Music Composer
- *Naughty but Nice* (1939), as Songs
- *Honolulu* (1939), as Songs
- *Mr. Dodd Takes the Air* (1937), as Songs
- *Marked Woman* (1937), Original Music Composer, Lyricist
- *Gold Diggers of 1937* (1936), as Songs
- *Colleen* (1936), Original Music Composer
- *Page Miss Glory* (1936), as Songs
- *Shipmates Forever* (1935), Original Music Composer, Lyricist
- *Gold Diggers of 1935* (1935), as Songs
- *Dames* (1934), Original Music Composer, Lyricist
- *Twenty Million Sweethearts* (1934), Original Music Composer, Lyricist
- *A Very Honorable Guy* (1934), as Harry
- *Roman Scandals* (1933), as Songs
- *Footlight Parade* (1933), Music, Lyricist
- *Gold Diggers of 1933* (1933), Original Music Composer, Lyricist
- *42nd Street* (1933), as Short Songwriter (uncredited) · Original Music Composer, Lyricist — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/42nd-street.md)
- *Spring Is Here* (1930), as Songs
- *Looney Tunes* (1929), series, Music
- *Millionaire for a Day* (1921), Actor
- *Over the Top* (1918), Assistant Director
- *For France* (1917), Assistant Director

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 3 won, 8 nominated

- 1958: Best Original Song (nominated), for *An Affair to Remember*
- 1954: Best Original Song (nominated), for *That's Amore*
- 1953: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Zing a Little Zong*
- 1947: Best Original Song (won), for *On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe*
- 1944: Best Original Song (won), for *You'll Never Know*
- 1943: Best Original Song (nominated), for *(I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo*
- 1942: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Chattanooga Choo Choo*
- 1941: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Down Argentine Way*
- 1939: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Jeepers Creepers*
- 1938: Best Original Song (nominated)
- 1936: Best Original Song (won), for *Lullaby of Broadway*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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