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Jay Gorney memorial celebration

Title: Jay Gorney memorial celebration [videorecording] / [Hosted by] the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater ; all songs composed by Jay Gorney ; lyricists, E.Y. Harburg and Howard Dietz.
Publication: New York, 1990.

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1 videodisc (DVD) (107 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

This program is a tribute to songwriter Jay Gorney, who died in June of 1990. The program includes reminiscences by family members, friends and associates who speak of Gorney's role as father, friend, and husband, and as a renowned songwriter who collaborated with some of the most esteemed lyricists of his day to produce songs and scores for Hollywood and the musical theater. The speakers also discuss Gorney's championship of songwriters via his involvement with ASCAP and The Songwriters Guild of America, his discovery of Shirley Temple, and his appearance before the House Un-American Activities Committee, where he tried to sing The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in the form of his song The Bill of Rights.

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Note

No credits on tape.
Also available on NCOV 5037.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer (note)

Speakers: Rod Gorney, Morton Gould, Karen Lynn Gorney, George David Weiss, Laura Greene, Daniel Gorney, Daniel Neiden, Bel Kaufman, Marie Santell, Edward Eliscu, Morgot Moser, David Brooks, Marvin Lagunoff, Joseph Papp, Sondra Gorney.
Performers: Karen Lynn Gorney, Laura Greene, Daniel Neiden, Marie Santell, Edward Eliscu, Margot Moser, David Brooks, Mary-Cleere Haran, Joseph Papp.
Performers (archival video): Shirley Temple, Jay Gorney.

Event (note)

Videotaped at the Public Theater, New York, N.Y., Sep. 10, 1990.

Biography (note)

Writer, lyricist and composer Jay Gorney (1896-1990) was born in Bailystock, Russia. Escaping a Russian pogrom, the Gorney family emigrated to Detroit in 1906. Gorney attended the University of Michigan where he studied law and music. Perhaps best known for penning the tune to the Depression-era anthem Brother, can you spare a dime?, with lyrics by E.Y. (Yip) Harburg, Gorney enjoyed a successful career writing music for Broadway shows and revues. These include Earl Carroll's Vanities (1925), Merry-Go-Round (1927), The Ziegfeld follies of 1931 and Meet the people (1940). During the 1930s through the 1940s Gorney wrote music for several Hollywood movies, including Jimmy and Sally, Moonlight and pretzels, Wild gold, Lottery lover, Redheads on parade, The heat's on and Hey Rookie! In addition to Harburg, Gorney collaborated with lyricists Lew Brown, Henry Myers, Edward Eliscu, Sidney Clare, Howard Dietz and Jean and Walter Kerr for both film and stage. From the late 1940s through the 1960s Gorney taught classes in musical theater and songwriting. In the early 1960s Gorney wrote and produced several episodes of religious programming for television, and with E.Y. Harburg adapted the music of Jacques Offenbach for the Broadway show The happiest girl in the world.

Contents

Songs (show) / performer: The Bill of Rights (Meet the people) / Daniel Neiden -- What wouldn't I do for that man? / Karen Lynn Gorney -- Bewitched by the night [and] Ah, but is it love? (Moonlight and pretzels) / Marie Santell -- That Mittle Europa of mine (Meet the people) / Edward Eliscu, singer and lyricist -- A fellow and a girl (Meet the people) / Margot Moser -- Dusty shoes (Moonlight and pretzels) / David Brooks -- What makes my baby blue (The battle of Paris) / Mary-Cleeve Haran, singer -- Brother, can you spare a dime? (Americana) / Joseph Papp, singer.

Call Number

NCOV 938

OCLC

855210195

Title

Jay Gorney memorial celebration [videorecording] / [Hosted by] the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater ; all songs composed by Jay Gorney ; lyricists, E.Y. Harburg and Howard Dietz.

Imprint

New York, 1990.

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Cast

Speakers: Rod Gorney, Morton Gould, Karen Lynn Gorney, George David Weiss, Laura Greene, Daniel Gorney, Daniel Neiden, Bel Kaufman, Marie Santell, Edward Eliscu, Morgot Moser, David Brooks, Marvin Lagunoff, Joseph Papp, Sondra Gorney.

Performers: Karen Lynn Gorney, Laura Greene, Daniel Neiden, Marie Santell, Edward Eliscu, Margot Moser, David Brooks, Mary-Cleere Haran, Joseph Papp.

Performers (archival video): Shirley Temple, Jay Gorney.

Event

Videotaped at the Public Theater, New York, N.Y., Sep. 10, 1990.

Biography

Writer, lyricist and composer Jay Gorney (1896-1990) was born in Bailystock, Russia. Escaping a Russian pogrom, the Gorney family emigrated to Detroit in 1906. Gorney attended the University of Michigan where he studied law and music. Perhaps best known for penning the tune to the Depression-era anthem Brother, can you spare a dime?, with lyrics by E.Y. (Yip) Harburg, Gorney enjoyed a successful career writing music for Broadway shows and revues. These include Earl Carroll's Vanities (1925), Merry-Go-Round (1927), The Ziegfeld follies of 1931 and Meet the people (1940). During the 1930s through the 1940s Gorney wrote music for several Hollywood movies, including Jimmy and Sally, Moonlight and pretzels, Wild gold, Lottery lover, Redheads on parade, The heat's on and Hey Rookie! In addition to Harburg, Gorney collaborated with lyricists Lew Brown, Henry Myers, Edward Eliscu, Sidney Clare, Howard Dietz and Jean and Walter Kerr for both film and stage. From the late 1940s through the 1960s Gorney taught classes in musical theater and songwriting. In the early 1960s Gorney wrote and produced several episodes of religious programming for television, and with E.Y. Harburg adapted the music of Jacques Offenbach for the Broadway show The happiest girl in the world.

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Tributes.

Added Author

Gorney, Jay, 1896-1990, composer.

Harburg, E. Y. (Edgar Yipsel), 1896-1981, lyricist.

Dietz, Howard, 1896-1983, lyricist.

Gorney, Roderic, 1924- speaker.

Gould, Morton, 1913-1996, speaker.

Gorney, Karen Lynn, performer.

Weiss, George (George David), speaker.

Greene, Laura, speaker.

Greene, Laura, performer.

Gorney, Daniel, speaker.

Neiden, Daniel, speaker.

Neiden, Daniel, performer.

Kaufman, Bel, speaker.

Santell, Marie, speaker.

Santell, Marie, performer.

Eliscu, Edward, 1902-1998, speaker.

Eliscu, Edward, 1902-1998, performer.

Moser, Margot, 1930- speaker.

Moser, Margot, 1930- performer.

Brooks, David (Vocalist), performer.

Brooks, David (Vocalist), speaker.

Lagunoff, Marvin, speaker.

Haran, Mary Cleere, performer.

Papp, Joseph, speaker.

Papp, Joseph, performer.

Gorney, Sondra, speaker.

Gorney, Jay, 1896-1990, performer.

Temple, Shirley, 1928-2014, performer.

New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, producer.

Research Call Number

NCOV 938

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