Harry Warren was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song eleven times and won three Oscars for composing "Lullaby of Broadway", "You'll Never Know" and "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe". He wrote the music for the first blockbuster film musical, 42nd Street, choreographed by Busby Berkeley, with whom he would collaborate on many musical films.
78 recording of "Chattanooga Choo Choo" by the Glenn Miller Orchestra with vocal solo by Tex Beneke
"Dance of the Dollars" production number launched the song "We're in the Money" in Gold Diggers of 1933
42nd Street is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film directed by Lloyd Bacon, with songs by Harry Warren (music) and Al Dubin (lyrics). The film's numbers were staged and choreographed by Busby Berkeley. It starred an ensemble cast of Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, and Ginger Rogers.
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Una Merkel, Ruby Keeler and Ginger Rogers in 42nd Street
Tough director Julian Marsh (Warner Baxter) and naive newcomer chorus girl, Peggy Sawyer (Ruby Keeler).
Pat Denning (George Brent) and his old vaudeville partner Dorothy Brock (Bebe Daniels).
