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Harry Revel

Known for

Music and sound

Born

December 21, 1905

Birthplace

London, England, UK

Died

November 3, 1958 (aged 52)

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Harry Revel (21 December 1905 – 3 November 1958) was a British-American composer of musical theatre.

Revel was born in London, England. Before emigrating to the United States in 1929, he wrote musicals for productions in London, Paris, Copenhagen, and Vienna.

Once in the US, he worked on Broadway, writing the scores for Ziegfeld Follies of 1931, Meet My Sister and Are You With It?. He later moved to Hollywood. He wrote scores for the films Sitting Pretty, Broadway Through a Keyhole, We're Not Dressing, She Loves Me Not, Shoot the Works, College Rhythm, Love in Bloom, Paris in the Spring, Stolen Harmony, Two for Tonight, Collegiate, Stowaway, Poor Litt...

Best known work

The Gay Divorcee

The Gay Divorcee

1934
The Big Street

The Big Street

1942
The Old-Fashioned Way

The Old-Fashioned Way

1934
We're Not Dressing

We're Not Dressing

1934
Minstrel Man

Minstrel Man

1944
The Mayor of 44th Street

The Mayor of 44th Street

1942
Sitting Pretty

Sitting Pretty

1933
You Can't Have Everything

You Can't Have Everything

1937
Love in Bloom

Love in Bloom

1935
Call Out the Marines

Call Out the Marines

1942

Filmography

  1. 1944

    Minstrel Man

    Songs

  2. 1942

  3. 1942

    The Big Street

    Original Music Composer

  4. 1942

  5. 1937

    You Can't Have Everything

    Original Music Composer, Lyricist

  6. 1936

  7. 1935

    Collegiate

    as Harry Revel

  8. 1935

    Love in Bloom

    Original Music Composer

  9. 1934

  10. 1934

    The Gay Divorcee

    Lyricist, Music

  11. 1934

  12. 1934

  13. 1934

  14. 1933

    Sitting Pretty

    Lyricist, Original Music Composer

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