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Bert Kalmar
Lyricist, Composer, Writer, Performer
(1884 - 1947)
Bert Kalmar (1884-1947) began his show business career at a tender age, working as a magician and later a comic. After a knee injury sidelined his vaudeville career he and Harry Ruby formed their famous songwriting partnership in 1920. Their first success was a tune co-written with Irving Berlin that was sung by Fanny Brice in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1920. That same year the duo wrote “So Long Oolong (How Long You Gonna Be Gone)” for a pantomime called Bluebeard.
Date of Birth: Feb 16, 1884Birth Place: New York, USA
Biography
Throughout his Hollywood career, Bert Kalmar's musical talent was featured in a variety of Hollywood productions. Kalmar worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "Animal Crackers" (1930), "Broad-Minded" (1931) and "Check and Double Check" (1930). He also contributed to "The Cuckoos" (1930), "The Kid From Spain" (1932) and "Top Speed" (1930). In the forties and the fifties, Kalmar devoted his time to various credits, such as "Ship Ahoy" (1942) starring Eleanor Powell and "Look For the Silver Lining" with June Haver (1949). Kalmar's music was most recently used in "Delivery Man" (2013). Kalmar passed away in September 1947 at the age of 63.
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Kalmar and Ruby
Kalmar and Ruby refers to the famous songwriting team of the first half of the 20th century of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Among the songs they wrote were the major hits "I Wanna Be Loved by You" and "Who's Sorry Now?"
Bert Kalmar
Bert Kalmar was born on February 10, 1884, and died on September 18, 1947. He was an American lyricist. Born in New York, New York, Kalmar ran away from home at the age of 10 to become a magician at a tent show, and retained an interest in magic all his life. He never got much of an education, but decided to make a career in show business. He earned enough money as a vaudeville performer to start a music publishing company called Kalmar and Puck.
Harry Ruby
Harry Ruby was born on October 29, 1895, and died on February 23, 1974. Like Kalmar, Ruby was also born in New York City. Ruby failed in his early ambition of becoming a professional baseball player. Touring the vaudeville circuit as a pianist with the Bootblack Trio and the Messenger Boys Trio he met his long-time partner Bert Kalmar.