---
name: "Irving Kahal"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/irving-kahal"
fi1m_id: "irving-kahal"
imdb_id: "nm0434655"
tmdb_id: 1535640
wikidata_id: "Q6074648"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "5 March 1903"
died: "7 February 1942"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-25T01:10:53.546921+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Irving Kahal

## Identity

Irving Kahal

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/irving-kahal
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** irving-kahal
- **IMDb ID:** nm0434655
- **TMDB ID:** 1535640
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6074648
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Kahal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6074648, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0434655/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1535640

Composer. Born 5 March 1903 in Houtzdale. Died 7 February 1942.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 5 March 1903, Houtzdale
- **Died:** 7 February 1942
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Kahal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6074648, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0434655/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1535640

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Footlight Parade*](https://film.one/film/footlight-parade.md) (70)

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## Biography

Irving Kahal was an American lyricist and songwriter. Born in Houtzdale, Pennsylvania, on 5 March 1903, he died in New York City on 7 February 1942. In the mid-1920s he met composer Sammy Fain while performing in vaudeville sketches; the pair collaborated for the rest of Kahal’s life.

Kahal contributed lyrics to several Warner Bros. musical films, including *Footlight Parade* (1933) and *Dames* (1934). With Fain he also wrote for Broadway productions such as *Everybody’s Welcome* (1931). He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

*Sources: songhall.org, en.wikipedia.org, ibdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Footlight Parade* (1933), Fi1m 70, Music, Lyricist — [page](https://film.one/film/footlight-parade.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *The Singing Hill* (1941), Lyricist
- *Goin' to Town* (1935), Lyricist
- *Dames* (1934), Original Music Composer, Lyricist
- *Fashions of 1934* (1934), Lyricist, Music
- *Footlight Parade* (1933), Music, Lyricist — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/footlight-parade.md)
- *Young Man of Manhattan* (1930), as Songs

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Songwriters Hall of Fame 1970: Songwriters Hall of Fame (won)

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

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