Edward Eliscu
Edward Eliscu | |
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| Born | April 2, 1902 |
| Died | June 18, 1998 (aged 96) |
| Occupation(s) | Stage actor, songwriter |
Edward Eliscu (April 2, 1902 – June 18, 1998) was an American lyricist, playwright, producer and actor, and a successful writer of songs for films.[1]
Life
Eliscu was born in Manhattan, New York City.[2] He attended DeWitt Clinton High School in Manhattan as a classmate of director George Cukor. He then attended City College of New York and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree.
He then began acting in Broadway plays. Eliscu's first film score was with Vincent Youmans and Billy Rose for the film Great Day. Two well-known songs from that show include "More Than You Know," and "Without A Song."
He married the dancer and journalist Stella Bloch in 1931. They both worked in the film industry until the House Committee on Un-American Activities named her husband in the 1950s. This ended his career in the film and later in the television industry.[3] Eliscu together with his wife's cousin Mortimer Offner moved away from Hollywood and returned to New York.[4]
Elscu was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975.[2]
He died on June 18, 1998, aged 96, in Newtown, Connecticut.[1]
Works
Selected film and theatre scores
- Lady Fingers
- The Street Singer
- A Little Racketeer
- Frederica (musical) (also librettist)
- Meet the People (also producer)
- The Banker’s Daughter
- 9:15 Revue
- The Garrick Gaieties (1930)
- The Little Show
- Flying Down to Rio (1933)
- The Gay Senorita (1945)
Selected hits
- "Happy Because I’m in Love"
- "Ankle Up the Altar"
- "Music Makes Me"
- "Orchids in the Moonlight"
- "Meet the People"
- "A Fellow and A Girl"
- "You Forgot Your Gloves"
- "They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree"
- "More Than You Know"
Selected collaborators
- Vincent Youmans
- Billy Rose
- Jay Gorney
- Henry Myers (composer)
- John Green
- Gus Kahn
- Vernon Duke
- Manning Sherwin
- Richard Myers
- Ned Lehac
- Billy Hill
References
- ^ a b "Edward Eliscu, 96, Songwriter and Playwright". The New York Times. June 22, 1998.
- ^ a b Songwriters Hall of Fame Archived 2006-10-01 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 19 October 2015
- ^ Stella Bloch papers, New York Public Library, Retrieved 19 October 2015
- ^ Larry Ceplair; Steven Englund (January 1983). The Inquisition in Hollywood: Politics in the Film Community, 1930-1960. University of California Press. pp. 399–400. ISBN 978-0-520-04886-7.
External links
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- 1902 births
- 1998 deaths
- Songwriters from New York (state)
- American male stage actors
- 20th-century American male actors
- 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
- American male dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century American singers
- DeWitt Clinton High School alumni
- City College of New York alumni
- 20th-century American male writers