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Lew Brown (I)

Date of birth (location) 10 December 1893 Odessa, Russia Date of death (details) 5 February 1958 New York, New York, USA. (heart attack) Mini biography Songwriter ("Beer Barrel Polka", "Sonny Boy", "The Thrill is Gone"), composer... (show more) Sometimes Credited As: Brown

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Filmography as: Soundtrack, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer, Composer, Producer, Actor, Self

Soundtrack - filmography
(2000s) (1990s) (1980s) (1970s) (1960s) (1950s) (1940s) (1930s) (1920s)

1. Fun with Dick and Jane (2005) (writer: "The Best Things in Life Are Free")
   ... aka Alternative Career (Philippines: English title)
   ... aka Fun with Dick & Jane (USA: poster title)
2. Melinda and Melinda (2004) (writer: "The Best Things In Life Are Free")
3. Being Julia (2004) (writer: "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries")
   ... aka Csodálatos Júlia (Hungary)
4. Northfork (2003) (writer: "It All Depends on You" (1926))
5. Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (2003) (TV) (writer: "The Best Things in Life Are Free")
6. Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002) (writer: "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries")
7. Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song (2001) (lyrics: "You're the Cream in My Coffee")
8. Invincible (2001) (lyrics: "You're the Cream in My Coffee" (1928))
   ... aka Unbesiegbar (Germany)
9. Fosse (2001) (TV) (music: "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (from "Big Deal" 1986)) (lyrics: "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (from "Big Deal" 1986))
10. Enigma (2001) (lyrics: "Black Bottom" (1926))
    ... aka Enigma - Das Geheimnis (Germany)
11. Chain of Fools (2000) (writer: "Down to This")
12. Loser (2000) (writer: "The Best Things in Life Are Free")
    ... aka The Loser (USA)
    
    
13. The Story of Us (1999) (writer: "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree")
14. Jakob the Liar (1999) (writer: "Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out The Barrel)")
    ... aka Jakob le menteur (France)
15. Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) (writer: "I Used to Love You (But It's All Over Now)")
16. Sweet and Lowdown (1999) (writer: "Shine")
17. The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) (writer: "Comes Love")
18. Buena Vista Social Club (1999) (writer: "Black Bottom")
    ... aka Buena Vista Social Club (France)
19. In Dreams (1999) (writer: "DON'T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE")
20. You've Got Mail (1998) (writer: "Dummy Song")
21. Celebrity (1998) (writer: "That Old Feeling")
22. That Old Feeling (1997) (writer: "That Old Feeling")
23. Wild Man Blues (1997) ("Shine")
24. In Love and War (1996) ("Beer Barrel Polka")
25. Everyone Says I Love You (1996) (writer: "I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All?")
26. Jack (1996) ("Button Up Your Overcord")
27. A Walk in the Clouds (1995) (writer: "Beer Barrel Polka")
    ... aka Caminando por las nubes (Mexico)
    ... aka Paseo por las nubes, Un (Mexico)
28. Roommates (1995) (writer: "BEER BARREL POLKA (ROLL OUT THE BARREL)")
29. Radioland Murders (1994) (writer: "That Old Feeling")
30. Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) ("The Best Things in Life Are Free")
31. Twenty Bucks (1993) (writer: "The Best Things in Life Are Free")
32. Husbands and Wives (1992) (writer: "That Old Feeling")
33. White Men Can't Jump (1992) (writer: "THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE")
34. Pretty Woman (1990) (writer: "One Sweet Letter From You")
    
    
35. The Survivors (1983) ("LIFE IS JUST A BOWL OF CHERRIES")
36. Death and Transfiguration (1983) (writer: "It All Depends on You")
    
    
37. The Front Page (1974) ("Button Up Your Overcoat")
    
    
38. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) (writer: "THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE")
39. "Mickie Finn's"
        - Episode #1.12 (1966) TV Episode (writer: "Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel)")
40. Carol for Another Christmas (1964) (TV) (music: "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree")
41. Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall (1962) (TV) (writer: "History of Musical Comedy)
42. The Last Hungry Cat (1961) (lyrics: "Lucky Day")
    
    
43. The Benny Goodman Story (1955) (writer: "Shine")
44. Love Me or Leave Me (1955) (music: "It All Depends On You")
45. Hare Trimmed (1953) (lyrics: "Lucky Day")
46. With a Song in My Heart (1952) (lyrics: "THAT OLD FEELING")
47. Thumb Fun (1952) (lyrics: "Lucky Day")
48. Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951) (writer: "The Birth of the Blues")
49. American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950) (lyrics: "That Old Feeling")
    ... aka I Shall Return (UK)
50. South Sea Sinner (1950) (writer: "I'M THE LONESOMEST GAL IN TOWN")
    ... aka East of Java (UK)
    
    
51. You're My Everything (1949) (writer: "THE VARSITY DRAG")
52. The Cat That Hated People (1948) (lyrics: "That Old Feeling")
53. Bill and Coo (1948) (lyrics: "TWEET-TWEET")
54. Good News (1947) ("Be a Ladies' Man", "Lucky in Love", "The Best Things in Life Are Free", "Just Imagine", "Varsity Drag)
55. Okay for Sound (1946) (writer: "Sonny Boy")
56. The Dolly Sisters (1945) (lyrics: "GIVE ME THE MOONLIGHT, GIVE ME THE GIRL")
57. George White's Scandals (1945) (music: "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries:)
58. Incendiary Blonde (1945) (lyrics: "Oh By Jingo! (Oh By Gee, You're the Only Girl For Me) (1919)")
59. Diamond Horseshoe (1945) (writer: "(I'D CLIMB THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN) IF I KNEW I'D FIND YOU")
    ... aka Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe
60. Since You Went Away (1944) (music: "Together" (1928)) (lyrics: "Together" (1928))
61. Happy-Go-Nutty (1944) (music: "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree") (lyrics: "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree")
62. Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) (lyrics: "I Love an Esquire Girl" (1943))
63. A Guy Named Joe (1943) (music: "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" (1942)) (lyrics: "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" (1942))
64. Swing Fever (1943) (writer: "Mississippi Dreamboat", "I Planted A Rose", "One Girl And Two Boys")
    ... aka Right About Face (USA)
65. Cavalcade of Dance (1943) (lyrics: "Black Bottom" (1926))
66. I Dood It (1943) (writer: "So Long Sarah Jane", "Petunia")
    ... aka By Hook or by Crook (UK)
67. Thousands Cheer (1943) (music: "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" (1942)) (lyrics: "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" (1942), "I Dug a Ditch" (1943))
68. Presenting Lily Mars (1943) (music: "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" (1942)) (lyrics: "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" (1942))
69. Crash Dive (1943) (lyrics: "DON'T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE")
70. How's About It (1943) (writer: "Here Comes the Navy")
71. Casablanca (1942) (lyrics: "Shine")
72. Flying Tigers (1942) (lyrics: "That Old Feeling")
73. Unholy Partners (1941) (writer: "It All Depends on You")
74. Birth of the Blues (1941) (lyrics: "The Birth of the Blues")
75. Penny Serenade (1941) (writer: "Just a Memory")
76. Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra (1941) (lyrics: "The Birth of the Blues")
77. Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) (writer: "Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out The Barrel)")
    
    
78. Barricade (1939) (lyrics: "There'll Be Other Nights" (1939) (uncredited))
79. These Glamour Girls (1939) (writer: "Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel)" (1934))
80. Straight Place and Show (1938) (lyrics: "With You on My Mind" (1938) (uncredited), "Why Not String Along With Me" (1938) (uncredited))
    ... aka Damon Runyon's Straight Place and Show (USA: complete title)
    ... aka They're Off (UK)
81. Tarnished Angel (1938) (lyrics: "It's the Doctor's Orders" (1938))
82. Hard to Get (1938) (writer: "Sonny Boy" (1928))
83. New Faces of 1937 (1937) (lyrics: "Our Penthouse on Third Avenue" (1937), "It Goes to Your Feet" (1937), "If I Didn't Have You" (1937), "Love Is Never Out of Season" (1937))
84. Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937) (writer: "California, Here I Come")
85. Stand-In (1937) (lyrics: "That Old Feeling")
86. Vogues of 1938 (1937) (music: "That Old Feeling")
    ... aka All This and Glamour Too
    ... aka Vogues (USA: TV title)
    ... aka Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 (USA: complete title)
87. The Singing Kid (1936) (writer: "Sonny Boy")
88. Strike Me Pink (1936) (lyrics: "FIRST YOU HAVE ME HIGH", "THE LADY DANCES", "CALABASH PIPE", "SHAKE IT OFF WITH RHYTHM")
89. Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934) (writer: "She's Way Up Thar")
90. It's a Gift (1934) ("California, Here I Come")
91. The Loudspeaker (1934) ("Who But You", "Doo Ah Doo Ah Know What I'm Doing")
    ... aka The Radio Star (UK)
92. Stand Up and Cheer! (1934) (music: "Stand Up And Cheer!", "I'm Laughin'", "Baby, Take a Bow", "Broadway's Gone Hill-Billy", "This Is Our Last Night Together", "She's 'Way Up Thar") (lyrics: "Stand Up And Cheer!", "I'm Laughin'", "Baby, Take a Bow", "Broadway's Gone Hill-Billy", "This Is Our Last Night Together", "We're Out of the Red")
93. Crashing the Gate (1933) (lyrics: "St. Louis Blues")
94. You Try Somebody Else (1932) (lyrics: "YOU TRY SOMEBODY ELSE")
95. Make Me a Star (1932) (writer: "California, Here I Come")
96. The Champ (1931/I) ("Don't Tell Her What Happened to Me")
97. One More Time (1931) (lyrics: "One More Time")
98. I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1931) (writer: "I'D CLIMB THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN")
99. The Two Barks Brothers (1931) (writer: "Sonny Boy")
100. One Good Turn (1930) ("Don't Tell Her What Happened to Me")
101. Follow the Leader (1930) ("Broadway (The Heart of the World)")
     ... aka Manhattan Mary (USA)
102. Follow Thru (1930) ("Button Up Your Overcoat", "You Wouldn't Fool Me, Would You?", "I Want to Be Bad")
103. Good News (1930) (lyrics: "Good News" (1927), "The Varsity Drag" (1927), "Tait Song" (1927), "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (1927), "He's a Ladies' Man" (1927), "Students Are We" (1927))
     ... aka Hip Hip Happy (USA)
104. Hold Everything (1930) ("To Know You Is To Love You")
     
     
105. Sunny Side Up (1929) (lyrics: "I'M A DREAMER, AREN'T WE ALL", "YOU FIND THE TIME AND I'LL FIND THE PLACE", "YOU'VE GOT ME PICKIN' PETALS OFF O' DAISIES", "SUNNY SIDE UP", "TURN ON THE HEAT", "IF I HAD A TALKING PICTURE OF YOU", "IT'S GREAT TO BE NECKED")
106. Song of Love (1929) ("Atlas Is Itless")
107. Say It with Songs (1929) ("I'm in Seventh Heaven", "Little Pal", "Used to You", "Why Can't You")
108. Blackmail (1929) ("Sonny Boy")
109. The Singing Fool (1928) ("It All Depends on You", "Sonny Boy")
110. Broadway's Queen of Jazz (1927) ("Oh Baby, Don't We Get Along ?")
111. Dorothy Whitmore (1927) ("For Old Time's Sake")
112. Down South (1927) ("Together")
     
     

Filmography as: Soundtrack, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer, Composer, Producer, Actor, Self

Miscellaneous Crew - filmography
(1980s) (1970s) (1950s) (1940s) (1930s) (1920s)

1. Falling in Love Again (1980) (lyricist: "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree")
   ... aka In Love
   
   
2. Something Short of Paradise (1979) (lyricist: "You Try Somebody Else")
   ... aka Perfect Love (USA: video title)
3. Lucky Lady (1975) (lyricist: "If I had a Talking Picture of You")
4. That's Entertainment! (1974) (acknowledgment)
   
   
5. Wideo Wabbit (1956) (lyricist: "Lucky Day") (uncredited)
6. The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956) (songs)
7. Smarty Cat (1955) (lyricist: "That Old Feeling") (uncredited)
8. Forward March Hare (1953) (lyricist: "Lucky Day") (uncredited)
9. Oily Hare (1952) (lyricist: "Lucky Day") (uncredited)
10. Skirts Ahoy! (1952) (lyricist: "Oh By Jingo") (uncredited)
11. Kiddin' the Kitten (1952) (lyricist: "Lucky Day") (uncredited)
    
    
12. The House of Tomorrow (1949) (lyricist: "That Old Feeling") (uncredited)
13. George White's Scandals (1945) (lyricist)
14. The Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943) (lyricist: "Johnny, Get Your Gun") (uncredited)
15. Yokel Boy (1942) (lyricist)
    ... aka Hitting the Headlines (UK)
16. Birth of the Blues (1941) (lyricist: "The Birth of the Blues")
    
    
17. Conspiracy (1939) (lyricist)
18. Straight Place and Show (1938) (lyricist)
    ... aka Damon Runyon's Straight Place and Show (USA: complete title)
    ... aka They're Off (UK)
19. Buddy's Adventures (1934) (lyricist: "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries") (uncredited)
20. George White's Scandals (1934) (lyricist)
21. Flying High (1931) (lyricist: original play)
    ... aka George White's Flying High
    ... aka Happy Landing (UK)
    
    
22. Sunny Side Up (1929) (lyricist)
23. Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid (1929) (lyricist: "Sonny Boy") (uncredited)
    
    

Filmography as: Soundtrack, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer, Composer, Producer, Actor, Self

Writer - filmography
(1950s) (1940s) (1930s)

1. "Musical Comedy Time"
       - Flying High (1951) TV Episode (play)
   
   
2. Good News (1947) (play)
3. Yokel Boy (1942) (book)
   ... aka Hitting the Headlines (UK)
   
   
4. Straight Place and Show (1938) (additional dialogue)
   ... aka Damon Runyon's Straight Place and Show (USA: complete title)
   ... aka They're Off (UK)
5. Flying High (1931) (book of musical play)
   ... aka George White's Flying High
   ... aka Happy Landing (UK)
6. Indiscreet (1931) (as Brown) (uncredited) (story Obey That Impulse)
   ... aka Careless Heart (USA)
7. Follow the Leader (1930) (play Manhattan Mary)
   ... aka Manhattan Mary (USA)
8. Just Imagine (1930) (as Brown)
9. Good News (1930) (musical play)
   ... aka Hip Hip Happy (USA)
   
   

Filmography as: Soundtrack, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer, Composer, Producer, Actor, Self

Composer - filmography
(1980s) (1940s) (1930s) (1920s)

1. Falling in Love Again (1980) (song "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree")
   ... aka In Love
   
   
2. Yokel Boy (1942)
   ... aka Hitting the Headlines (UK)
   
   
3. Straight Place and Show (1938)
   ... aka Damon Runyon's Straight Place and Show (USA: complete title)
   ... aka They're Off (UK)
4. Next Time We Love (1936) (song "Together") (uncredited)
   ... aka Next Time We Live (UK)
5. Flying High (1931)
   ... aka George White's Flying High
   ... aka Happy Landing (UK)
6. Follow the Leader (1930) (musical "Manhattan Mary")
   ... aka Manhattan Mary (USA)
   
   
7. In Old Arizona (1928) (song "My Tonia")
   
   

Filmography as: Soundtrack, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer, Composer, Producer, Actor, Self

Producer - filmography

1. Stand Up and Cheer! (1934) (associate producer)
2. Indiscreet (1931) (producer) (as Brown)
   ... aka Careless Heart (USA)
   
   

Filmography as: Soundtrack, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer, Composer, Producer, Actor, Self

Actor - filmography

1. Stand Up and Cheer! (1934) (uncredited) .... Voice of Jimmy Durante Penguin
   
   

Filmography as: Soundtrack, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer, Composer, Producer, Actor, Self

Self - filmography

1. Morton Downey in America's Greatest Composers Series, #2 (1932) .... Himself
   
   

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