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Bert Kalmar

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Bert Kalmar
L to R: Harry Ruby and Bert Kalmar
Born ( 1884-02-10 ) February 10, 1884
New York City , U.S.
Died September 18, 1947 (1947-09-18) (aged 63)
Los Angeles , California , U.S.
Occupations
  • Songwriter
  • screenwriter
Spouse Jessie Brown
Children 2

Bert Kalmar (February 10, 1884 ? September 18, 1947) [1] was an American songwriter, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. [2] He was also a screenwriter.

Biography [ edit ]

Kalmar, a native of New York City , left school at an early age and began working in vaudeville . [1] He appeared on stage as a magician, comedian and dancer before switching to songwriting, after a knee injury ended his performing career. By this time, he had earned enough to start a music publishing company, Kalmar and Puck, where he collaborated with a number of songwriters, including Harry Puck (1891?1964) and Harry Ruby . [3] The publishing firm also operated under the name Kalmar, Puck, Abrahams, Consolidated, Inc., the other named partner being Maurice Abrahams (1883?1931), husband of Belle Baker .

By 1918, Kalmar and Ruby had formed a permanent songwriting team. Together, they wrote the musical score for the Marx Brothers ' stage production of Animal Crackers (1928) and subsequent film version . [1] Their songs were also featured in the Marx Brothers ' films Horse Feathers (1932) and Duck Soup (1933). Kalmar's partnership with Ruby was portrayed in the 1950 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical Three Little Words , starring Fred Astaire and Red Skelton . Kalmar did, however, occasionally work with Oscar Hammerstein II , Ted Snyder and other songwriters. [4]

Bert Kalmar was married to Jessie Brown, with whom he had two children. The couple were later divorced. [ citation needed ]

He died in Los Angeles, California on September 18, 1947 (aged 63). He was interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California . [5]

Works [ edit ]

Broadway [6]

  • Ziegfeld Follies of 1920 (1920) - revue - featured co-songwriter for "I'm a Vamp from East Broadway"
  • Helen of Troy, New York (1923) - co-composer and co-lyricist with Harry Ruby
  • Ziegfeld Follies of 1923 (1923) - revue - featured lyricist for "Society Bud"
  • No Other Girl (1924) - co-composer and co-lyricist with Harry Ruby
  • Holka Polka (1925) - book-editor
  • The Ramblers (1926) - co-composer, co-lyricist, and co-bookwriter with Harry Ruby
  • Lucky (1927) - co-writer with Otto Harbach , Harry Ruby and Jerome Kern
  • The Five O'Clock Girl (1927) and (1981 revival) - lyricist with composer Harry Ruby
  • She's My Baby (1928) - co-bookwriter with Harry Ruby
  • Top Speed (1929) - co-writer and co- producer with Harry Ruby and Guy Bolton
  • High Kickers (1941) - co-composer, co-lyricist with Harry Ruby and co-bookwriter with Ruby and George Jessel
  • The Corn is Green (1943) - actor in the role of "Will Hughes"
  • Fosse (1999) - revue - featured lyricist for "Who's Sorry Now?"

Notable songs

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b c d Colin Larkin , ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing . p. 1338. ISBN   0-85112-939-0 .
  2. ^ "Bert Kalmar | Songwriters Hall of Fame" . Songhall.org . Retrieved 2020-02-26 .
  3. ^ Kalmar profile , AllMusic.com. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  4. ^ Bert Kalmar song catalog. Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine Songwritershalloffame.org. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  5. ^ "Bert Kalmar" . NNDb.com . Retrieved September 19, 2021 .
  6. ^ Bert Kalmar at the Internet Broadway Database

External links [ edit ]

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