Roger Edens

Composer

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Also Known As

Rollins Edens

Birth Place

Hillsboro, Texas, USA

Born

November 09, 1905

Died

July 13, 1970

Biography

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Oscar-winning Roger Edens was an unequivocal star of his craft. He followed this honor with songs in "Babes on Broadway" (1941) with Mickey Rooney, the comedy adaptation "Good News" (1947) with June Allyson and the adaptation "On the Town" (1949) with Gene Kelly. Edens won an Academy Award for "Strike Up the Band" in 1940. In the fifties and the sixties, Edens devoted his time to vari...

Filmography

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The Clock (1945)

Hello, Dolly! (1969)

Associate Producer

The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)

Associate Producer

Associate Producer

Funny Face (1957)

Deep in My Heart (1954)

Photos & Videos

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Singin' In The Rain (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Moses Supposes

Good News (1947) -- (Movie Clip) French Lesson

Family & Companions

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Leonard Gershe

Companion

Screenwriter, playwright.

Biography

Oscar-winning Roger Edens was an unequivocal star of his craft. He followed this honor with songs in "Babes on Broadway" (1941) with Mickey Rooney, the comedy adaptation "Good News" (1947) with June Allyson and the adaptation "On the Town" (1949) with Gene Kelly. Edens won an Academy Award for "Strike Up the Band" in 1940. In the fifties and the sixties, Edens devoted his time to various credits, such as "Deep in My Heart" with Jose Ferrer (1954), "Invitation to the Dance" with Igor Youskevitch (1956) and "Funny Face" with Audrey Hepburn (1957). He also worked on "Pepe" (1960) and "Billy Rose's Jumbo" (1962). Edens's music was also featured in the Robert Lindsay musical comedy "Bert Rigby, You're a Fool" (1989) and "That's Entertainment! III" (1994) starring June Allyson. Edens was most recently credited in "Celebrating the Green: The History of Saint Patrick's Day" (History, 2000-01). Edens passed away in July 1970 at the age of 65.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Clock (1945)

Producer (Feature Film)

Hello, Dolly! (1969)

Associate Producer

The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)

Associate Producer

Associate Producer

Funny Face (1957)

Deep in My Heart (1954)

The Band Wagon (1953)

Associate Producer

On the Town (1949)

Associate Producer

The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)

Associate Producer

Good News (1947)

Associate Producer

The Harvey Girls (1946)

Associate Producer

Music (Feature Film)

The Quiet American (2002)

That's Entertainment! III (1994)

Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989)

The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)

Music Arrangement

"Pepe" and "Mimi" Special material and routines by

Funny Face (1957)

Invitation to the Dance (1956)

It's Always Fair Weather (1955)

Deep in My Heart (1954)

A Star Is Born (1954)

Singin' in the Rain (1952)

The Belle of New York (1952)

On the Town (1949)

Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)

Easter Parade (1948)

Boarding House Blues (1948)

Good News (1947)

Ziegfeld Follies (1946)

Ziegfeld Follies (1946)

Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

Thousands Cheer (1944)

Cabin in the Sky (1943)

Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)

Presenting Lily Mars (1943)

Girl Crazy (1943)

Presenting Lily Mars (1943)

Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)

Panama Hattie (1942)

Babes on Broadway (1942)

For Me and My Gal (1942)

Babes on Broadway (1942)

Panama Hattie (1942)

Kathleen (1942)

Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)

Lady Be Good (1941)

Ziegfeld Girl (1941)

Little Nellie Kelly (1940)

Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)

Music Arrangement

Forty Little Mothers (1940)

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)

Music Arrangement

Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)

Two Girls on Broadway (1940)

Strike Up the Band (1940)

Babes in Arms (1939)

The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939)

Special Music score and finale

Society Lawyer (1939)

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Pre-recording Supervisor

Everybody Sing (1938)

Music interpolations and vocal Arrangements

Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)

Vocal arrangements by

Listen, Darling (1938)

Music Arrangements by

Vivacious Lady (1938)

Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)

A Day at the Races (1937)

Music Arrangement

Music Arrangement

Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)

Music Arrangement

Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)

Born to Dance (1936)

Music Arrangement

Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)

Take a Chance (1933)

Producer (Special)

Merman on Broadway (1959)

Music (Special)

Celebrating the Green: The History of Saint Patrick's Day (2001)

Diamonds on the Silver Screen (1992)

Cast (Short)

The Story of a Dress (1964)

Life Events

1933

Hired as a composer for Ethel Merman's films at Paramount

1935

Hired as a music supervisor at MGM

Videos

Singin' In The Rain (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Moses Supposes Silent star Don (co-director and choreographer Gene Kelly) with diction coach (Robert Watson), joined by musical partner Cosmo (Donald O’Connor) for the flat-out athletic tap number to the song by Roger Edens, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, a rousing bit from Singin’ In The Rain, 1952.

Good News (1947) -- (Movie Clip) French Lesson Tait College football star Tommy (Peter Lawford) at the library meets hard working student Connie (June Allyson), who helps him learn French to woo another girl, with a Comden & Green specialty number, in Good News, 1947.

Good News (1947) -- (Movie Clip) He's A Ladies Man After practice, inexplicably British football jock Tommy (Peter Lawford) leads Bobby (Ray McDonald), Danny (Mel Torme) and pals in a Buddy DeSylva tune about how to attract girls, in the Arthur Freed MGM musical Good News, 1947.

Funny Face (1957) -- (Movie Clip) I Rather Feel Like Expressing Myself (Basal Metabolism) Continuing their philosophical dispute, now in a Paris cafe, Fred Astaire as fashion photographer Dick and Audrey Hepburn as bookish recruited model Jo introduce her solo dance, with contributions from Astaire, director Stanley Donen and choreographer Eugene Loring, in Funny Face, 1957.

Funny Face (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Let's Kiss And Make Up After a minor dispute, in Paris, between Fred Astaire as photographer Dick and Audrey Hepburn as reluctant model Jo, director Stanley Donen finishes the song by George & Ira Gershwin and Fred solos, in Paramount’s Funny Face, 1957.

Funny Face (1957) -- (Movie Clip) You're Anna Karenina Photographer Dick (Fred Astaire) has finally got his model (Audrey Hepburn as literature-oriented Jo) to Paris and begins coaching her, director Stanley Donen shooting on location at Gare du Nord, Opera Garnier, the Seine and Latona Fountain, Versailles, in Funny Face, 1957.

Tender Comrade (1943) -- (Movie Clip) You Made Me Love You Speedy path to a flashback getting top-billed Ginger Rogers, as Southern California wartime factory gal Jo, into a sexy outfit (with three, maybe four-inch heels in the back yard!), recalling the proposal by now-deployed Chris (Robert Ryan), in the home-front drama Tender Comrade. 1943.

Band Wagon, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) That's Entertainment Bloviating director Cordova (Jack Buchanan) has just fallen from a platform while making his point, which he continues for Lester & Lily (Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray) and Tony (Fred Astaire), a now-famous tune by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz, in Vincente Minnelli's The Band Wagon, 1953.

Band Wagon, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Dancing In The Dark Ballerina Gaby (Cyd Charisse) and comeback-track movie star Tony (Fred Astaire) have suddenly warmed to each other, strolling in Central Park into "Dancing In The Dark," by Arthur Schwartz, choreographed by Michael Kidd, in The Band Wagon, 1953.

Band Wagon, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) A Shine On Your Shoes Faded movie star Tony (Fred Astaire) hanging in a Manhattan arcade, kicks into a famous number, Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz's "A Shine On Your Shoes," choreography by Michael Kidd, Leroy Daniels featured, in The Band Wagon, 1953.

Funny Face (1957) -- (Movie Clip) She's A Thinker Having difficulty making their model (Dovima) look brainy, fashion editor Maggie (Kay Thompson) and photographer Dick (Fred Astaire) seize a Greenwich Village bookstore, finding co-star Audrey Hepburn as clerk Jo, early in director Stanley Donen’s Funny Face, 1957.

Funny Face (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Title Song Fred Astaire (as fashion photographer Dick Avery, based on Richard Avedon) is in the dark room explaining to bookish Jo (Audrey Hepburn, title character) why he wants to take her to Paris to be photographed, song from the original George & Ira Gershwin 1927 musical, in Funny Face. 1957.

Family

Edward Edens

Father

Cotton salesman.

Grace Edens

Mother

Companions

Leonard Gershe

Companion

Screenwriter, playwright.

Bibliography

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