Otto Harbach - Turner Classic Movies

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Over the duration of his Hollywood career, Otto Harbach produced music for multiple Hollywood productions. Harbach worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "Going Up" (1923), "Golden Dawn" (1930) and "Kid Boots" (1926). He also contributed to "No, No, Nanette" (1930), "Sunny" (1930) and "The Desert Song" (1929). Harbach was also credited in "Yotzi...

Filmography

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Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980)

Book As Source Material

Men of the Sky (1931)

The Laundromat (2019)

Superfly (2018)

Somewhere (2010)

Step Up 3-D (2010)

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Cat And The Fiddle, The (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Music In Exchange For Indigestion

Cat And The Fiddle, The (1934) -- (Movie Clip) The Night Was Made For Love

Biography

Over the duration of his Hollywood career, Otto Harbach produced music for multiple Hollywood productions. Harbach worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "Going Up" (1923), "Golden Dawn" (1930) and "Kid Boots" (1926). He also contributed to "No, No, Nanette" (1930), "Sunny" (1930) and "The Desert Song" (1929). Harbach was also credited in "Yotzim Kavua" (1979) starring Jonathan Segal, "Those Lips Those Eyes" with Frank Langella (1980) and "La Bamba" (1987) starring Lou Diamond Phillips. He also was recognized in "Someone to Watch Over Me" with Tom Berenger (1987). Harbach was most recently credited in the Rick Malambri drama sequel "Step Up 3-D" (2010). Harbach passed away in January 1963 at the age of 90.

Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980)

Book As Source Material

Men of the Sky (1931)

Music (Feature Film)

The Laundromat (2019)

Superfly (2018)

Somewhere (2010)

Step Up 3-D (2010)

What Women Want (2000)

Love's Labour's Lost (2000)

October Sky (1999)

Dudley Do-Right (1999)

Tea With Mussolini (1999)

Man on the Moon (1999)

Everyone Says I Love You (1996)

Mars Attacks! (1996)

Billy Bathgate (1991)

Pink Lightning (1991)

How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)

Song ("Smoke Gets In Your Eyes")

Catch Me If You Can (1989)

Kill Me Again (1989)

Song ("Smoke Gets In Your Eyes")

September (1987)

Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)

La Bamba (1987)

Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980)

Yotzim Kavua (1979)

Song ("Smoke Gets In Your Eyes")

Fritz The Cat (1972)

The Helen Morgan Story (1957)

Deep in My Heart (1954)

Rose Marie (1954)

So This Is Love (1953)

The Desert Song (1953)

Lovely To Look At (1952)

Love Nest (1951)

Tea for Two (1950)

Look for the Silver Lining (1949)

April Showers (1948)

My Girl Tisa (1948)

The Late George Apley (1947)

Till the Clouds Roll By (1947)

Shady Lady (1945)

Shine on Harvest Moon (1944)

Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)

Coney Island (1943)

Presenting Lily Mars (1943)

The Desert Song (1943)

Is Everybody Happy? (1943)

Birth of the Blues (1941)

No, No Nanette (1940)

The Firefly (1937)

Rose-Marie (1936)

The Cat and the Fiddle (1934)

Men of the Sky (1931)

Golden Dawn (1930)

No, No, Nanette (1930)

Song of the Flame (1930)

The Cuckoos (1930)

The Desert Song (1929)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980)

Life Events

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Cat And The Fiddle, The (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Music In Exchange For Indigestion Clever opening, Brussels already established, Ramon Novarro is introduced as composer-performer Victor, tangling with the proprietor (Paul Porcasi) and eventually meeting co-star Jeanette MacDonald as visiting American Shirley, in MGM’s version of the Jerome Kern/Otto Harbach Broadway hit, The Cat And The Fiddle, 1934.

Cat And The Fiddle, The (1934) -- (Movie Clip) The Night Was Made For Love Broke and infatuated composer Victor (Ramon Novarro) has crossed a Brussels rooftop pursuing American Shirley (Jeanette MacDonald), herself an aspiring performer, whom he’s just met, leading to a Jerome Kern-Otto Harbach song, then remembering his audition, in MGM’s The Cat And The Fiddle, 1934.

Cat And The Fiddle, The (1934) -- (Movie Clip) She Didn't Say Yes Daffy Brussels music patron Charles (Butterworth) caught a bouquet tossed out by American Shirley (Jeanette MacDonald), who’s both arguing and celebrating a new gig with new friend Victor (Ramon Novarro), whose friends turn up, for a Jerome Kern-Otto Harbach song, in MGM’s The Cat And The Fiddle, 1934.

Firefly, The (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Donkey Serenade Seemingly carefree Spaniard Don Diego (Allan Jones) has pursued singer and secret spy Nina Maria (Jeanette MacDonald) en route to her mission in France, her disinterest cueing what would become Jones’ signature song (music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart, lyric by Bob Wright and Chet Forrest), to the livestock, accompanied by driver Manuel Alvarez Maciste, in MGM’s The Firefly, 1937.

Desert Song, The (1944) -- (Movie Clip) One Alone Working in the song from the 1926 Sig Romberg operetta (lyrics credited to Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel), American Paul (Dennis Morgan) entertains the French commander (Bruce Cabot), joined by singer Margot (Irene Manning), but really alerting the local Moroccan rebels, Gene Lockhart the club owner, in The Desert Song, 1944.

Tea For Two (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Always They Could Be Worse Opening scene comedy with "Cuddles" Sakall as "Uncle Max," finding teens led by niece and nephew (Johnny McGovern, Mary Eleanor Donahue), from Warner Bros. 1950 update of No! No! Nannette!, Tea For Two, starring Doris Day and Gordon MacRae.

Roberta (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Le Marquis De Indiana Auditioning with the stranded band in Paris, Huck (Fred Astaire) is sure he sees old girlfriend Lizzie (Ginger Rogers), runs to buddy John (Randolph Scott), who explains she's a Polish countess, song by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach, early in Roberta, 1935.

Roberta (1935) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Be Hard To Handle In Paris, ex-couple Huck (Fred Astaire) and Lizzie (Ginger Rogers, here dropping her "Polish Countess" routine) remember old times and dance a reprise of the song by Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach and Bernard Dougall, in Roberta, 1935.

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