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No, No, Nanette (1940) -- Perky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle Jimmy from several innocent but ensnaring flirtations...

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Date of Death:

24 January 1963, New York City, New York, USA more

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Songwriter ("I Won't Dance", "Yesterdays", "The Touch of Your Hand") and author... more

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Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. more

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Alternate Names:

Mr. Otto Harbach | Otto Abels Harbach | Otto Harbach | O.A. Hauerbach | Otto Hauerbach

Filmography

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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Grey Gardens (2009) (TV) (writer: "I Won't Dance") 2009 - 7.6 (1,946)
- 2. "Cuéntame" (2001)   (1 episode, 2008) 2008 - 6.9 (232)
AKAs:
  • Cuéntame cómo pasó (Spain: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 3. Gray Matters (2006/I) (writer: "I Won't Dance") 2006 - 5.8 (3,048)
- 4. Breakfast on Pluto (2005) (lyrics: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (1933)) 2005 - 7.3 (8,245)
- 5. Ray (2004/I) (writer: "Yesterdays") 2004 $112M 7.8 (39,606)
- 6. Being Julia (2004)   (writer: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes") 2004 - 7.1 (6,596)
AKAs:
  • Csodálatos Júlia (Hungary)
- 7. A Foreign Affair (2003)   (lyrics: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer Lovey Mine") 2003 - 6.1 (663)
AKAs:
  • 2 Brothers & a Bride (USA: DVD title)
- 8. Hearts in Atlantis (2001) (lyrics: "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" (1933)) 2001 - 6.8 (15,136)
- 9. What Women Want (2000) (writer: "I Won't Dance") 2000 $371M 6.3 (49,596)
- 10. Man on the Moon (1999)   (lyrics: "Rose Marie" (1924)) 1999 $45.6M 7.4 (45,801)
AKAs:
  • Der Mondmann (Germany)
- 11. Dudley Do-Right (1999) (writer: "Indian Love Call") 1999 - 3.6 (4,276)
- 12. Tea with Mussolini (1999)   (writer: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes") 1999 $20.9M 6.7 (5,113)
AKAs:
  • Un te con Mussolini (Italy)
- 13. October Sky (1999) (writer: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes") 1999 - 7.7 (28,311)
- 14. Payback (1999/I) (writer: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes") 1999 $163M 6.9 (40,428)
- 15. Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998) (writer: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes") 1998 - 5.9 (1,495)
- 16. Dusk 'til Dawn (1997) (writer: "Smoke gets in your eyes", "Yesterdays") 1997 - 2.8 (26)
- 17. Mars Attacks! (1996) (writer: "Indian Love Call") 1996 $101M 6.3 (69,706)
- 18. Everyone Says I Love You (1996) (writer: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine") 1996 $34.5M 6.8 (15,293)
- 19. Smoke (1995)   (writer: "Smoke gets in your eyes") 1995 - 7.5 (14,579)
AKAs:
  • Smoke - Raucher unter sich (Germany)
- 20. Backfire! (1995) (writer: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes") 1995 - 2.6 (139)
- 21. Bullets Over Broadway (1994) (lyrics: "Who") 1994 - 7.5 (14,180)
- 22. Les roseaux sauvages (1994)   ("Smoke gets in your eyes") 1994 - 7.5 (2,195)
AKAs:
  • The Wild Reeds (International: English title: festival title)
  • Wild Reeds (USA)
- 23. That's Entertainment! III (1994) (lyrics: "Who?") 1994 - 7.7 (544)
- 24. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) (writer: "SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES") 1994 $244M 7.1 (36,048)
- 25. Addams Family Values (1993) ("Indian Love Call") 1993 - 6.2 (19,005)
- 26. Anita (1992) (writer: "SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES") 1992 - -
- 27. Always (1989) (writer: "SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES") (lyrics: "SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES") 1989 $76.9M 6.2 (10,464)
- 28. Catch Me If You Can (1989) (writer: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes") 1989 - 5.6 (207)
- 29. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) (lyrics: "I Know That You Know") 1989 - 8.0 (18,038)
- 30. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) (writer: "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes") 1987 - 7.1 (30,162)
- 31. September (1987) ("Who") 1987 - 6.4 (3,095)
- 32. In Performance at the White House: A Tribute to American Music - Jerome Kern (1987) (TV) (writer: "Yesterdays") 1987 - -
- 33. Someone to Watch Over Me (1987) (writer: "SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES") 1987 - 6.1 (3,535)
- 34. Rock Odyssey (1987) ("Yesterdays") 1987 - -
- 35. La Bamba (1987) (music: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes") 1987 - 6.6 (7,144)
- 36. Night of the Creeps (1986) (writer: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes") 1986 - 6.6 (3,994)
- 37. "M*A*S*H" (1972)   (1 episode, 1981) 1981 - 8.6 (6,990)
1 TV episode:
  • That's Show Biz (1981) (lyrics: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer" (uncredited))
- 38. "Pennies from Heaven" (1978)   (2 episodes, 1978) 1978 - 8.7 (441)
2 TV episodes:
- 39. "All in the Family" (1971)   (1 episode, 1977) 1977 - 8.8 (1,991)
1 TV episode:
- 40. "The Waltons" (1972)   (2 episodes, 1975-1977) 1977 - 7.5 (727)
2 TV episodes:
  • The Hawk (1977) (lyrics: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer")
  • The Prophecy (1975) (lyrics: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer")
- 41. "The Muppet Show" (1976)   (2 episodes, 1976-1977) 1977 - 8.9 (2,192)
2 TV episodes:
- 42. A Special Olivia Newton-John (1976) (TV) (lyrics: "Every Little Movement") 1976 - 6.5 (44)
- 43. That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) (lyrics: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes") 1976 - 7.3 (872)
- 44. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) (lyrics: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine") 1974 - 7.4 (6,797)
- 45. "The Benny Hill Show" (1969)   (1 episode, 1973) 1973 - 7.3 (666)
1 TV episode:
- 46. American Graffiti (1973) (lyrics: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes") 1973 - 7.6 (28,688)
- 47. Fritz the Cat (1972) (writer: "Yesterdays" (1952)) 1972 - 5.9 (3,059)
- 48. Das Kaffeehaus (1970) (TV)   (writer: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes") 1970 - 7.2 (12)
AKAs:
  • The Coffeehouse
- 49. Roberta (1969) (TV) (lyrics: "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", "You're Devastating") 1969 - 6.5 (8)
- 50. "The Monkees" (1966)   (1 episode, 1967) 1967 - 7.5 (478)
1 TV episode:
- 51. "Bandstand" (1952)   (1 episode, 1964) 1964 - 7.8 (66)
AKAs:
  • AB (USA: short title)
  • American Bandstand (USA: new title)
  • American Bandstand 1966 (USA: ninth season title)
  • New American Bandstand 1965 (USA: new title)
  • VH1's Best of American Bandstand (USA: rerun title)
1 TV episode:
- 52. "The Judy Garland Show" (1963)   (1 episode, 1963) 1963 - 9.6 (87)
1 TV episode:
  • First Show Aired (1963) (lyrics: "Indian Love Call" (uncredited), "Rose Marie" (uncredited))
- 53. "Peter Gunn" (1958)   (1 episode, 1961) 1961 - 8.3 (122)
1 TV episode:
- 54. "The Perry Como Show" (1948)   (1 episode, 1959) 1959 - 7.6 (24)
AKAs:
  • Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (USA: new title)
  • The Chesterfield Supper Club
1 TV episode:
- 55. An Evening with Fred Astaire (1958) (TV) ("I Won't Dance") 1958 - 8.9 (20)
- 56. "The Lux Show" (1957)   (1 episode, 1957) 1957 - -
AKAs:
  • The Lux Show Starring Rosemary Clooney (USA: complete title)
1 TV episode:
- 57. The Helen Morgan Story (1957)   (lyrics: "Love Nest" (uncredited)) 1957 - 6.2 (183)
AKAs:
  • Both Ends of the Candle (UK)
  • Why Was I Born? (USA: alternative title)
- 58. "The Steve Allen Show" (1956)   (1 episode, 1956) 1956 - 9.2 (68)
AKAs:
  • The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 59. East of Eden (1955)   (lyrics: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine" (uncredited)) 1955 - 8.1 (11,337)
AKAs:
  • John Steinbeck's East of Eden (USA: complete title)
- 60. Deep in My Heart (1954) (lyrics: "It", "One Alone") 1954 - 6.5 (249)
- 61. Rose Marie (1954) (lyrics: "Mounties", "Rose Marie", "Indian Love Call", "Totem Tom-Tom") 1954 - 5.8 (154)
- 62. So This Is Love (1953)   (music: "(Ev'rybody Ought to Know How to Do) The Tickle Toe") 1953 - 5.9 (37)
AKAs:
  • The Grace Moore Story (UK)
- 63. The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (1953) (TV) (lyrics: "Indian Love Call", "Tea for Two") 1953 - 7.4 (8)
- 64. The Desert Song (1953) (lyrics: "One Alone", "The Riff Song", "If One Flower Grows Alone in Your Garden", "The Desert Song", "Romance") 1953 - 6.3 (133)
- 65. Lovely to Look at (1952) (lyrics: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (uncredited), "The Touch of Your Hand" (uncredited), "Yesterdays" (uncredited), "You're Devastating" (uncredited)) 1952 - 6.3 (209)
- 66. On Moonlight Bay (1951) (lyrics: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer", "Every Little Movement (Has a Meaning All Its Own)") 1951 - 7.0 (690)
- 67. "Broadway Open House" (1950)   (1 episode, 1951) 1951 - 8.8 (5)
1 TV episode:
- 68. Tea for Two (1950) (lyrics: "Tea for Two", "Overture/Tea for Two", "Tea for Two (Reprise)", "No, No, Nanette", "Tea for Two (Reprise #2)", "Tea for Two (Finale)") 1950 - 6.5 (424)
- 69. "The Voice of Firestone" (1949)   (1 episode, 1949) 1949 - -
1 TV episode:
- 70. Look for the Silver Lining (1949) (lyrics: "Who?") 1949 - 6.0 (104)
- 71. April Showers (1948) (lyrics: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer", "Every Little Movement") 1948 - 6.3 (68)
- 72. My Girl Tisa (1948) (lyrics: "Every Little Movement") 1948 - 6.6 (34)
- 73. The Late George Apley (1947) (writer: "Every Little Movement (Has a Meaning All Its Own)" (uncredited)) 1947 - 7.1 (307)
- 74. Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) (lyrics: "Sunny" (uncredited), "Who?" (uncredited), "She Didn't Say 'Yes'" (uncredited), "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (uncredited), "Yesterdays" (uncredited)) 1946 - 6.5 (797)
- 75. The Jolson Story (1946) (lyrics: "Every Little Movement" (uncredited)) 1946 - 7.6 (636)
- 76. Ain't That Ducky (1945) (lyrics: "Every Little Movement") 1945 - 7.7 (69)
- 77. I Won't Play (1944) (lyrics: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer" (1908) (uncredited)) 1944 - 7.0 (117)
- 78. The Very Thought of You (1944) (lyrics: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer") 1944 - 7.2 (154)
- 79. Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) (lyrics: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer") 1944 - 6.9 (166)
- 80. Shine on Harvest Moon (1944) (lyrics: "Every Little Movement" (1910) (uncredited)) 1944 - 6.6 (117)
- 81. The Desert Song (1943) (lyrics: "One Alone", "The Riff Song", "The Desert Song", "Romance") 1943 - 7.4 (77)
- 82. Is Everybody Happy? (1943) (lyrics: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer") 1943 - 6.4 (6)
- 83. Coney Island (1943) (lyrics: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer") 1943 - 7.1 (133)
- 84. Presenting Lily Mars (1943) (lyrics: "Every Little Movement (Has a Meaning All Its Own)" (1910) (uncredited)) 1943 - 6.7 (291)
- 85. The Male Animal (1942) (lyrics: "Who?" (uncredited)) 1942 - 7.0 (388)
- 86. Birth of the Blues (1941) (lyrics: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer") 1941 - 6.5 (111)
- 87. Sunny (1941) (lyrics: "D'ye Love Me?", "Sunny", "Two Little Love Birds", "Who?") 1941 - 5.3 (29)
- 88. One Night in the Tropics (1940) (lyrics: "Your Dream") 1940 - 6.7 (656)
- 89. It All Came True (1940) (lyrics: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer" (1908) (uncredited)) 1940 - 6.6 (270)
- 90. The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) (lyrics: "CUDDLE UP A LITTLE CLOSER") 1939 $1.82M 6.9 (762)
- 91. The Firefly (1937) (lyrics: "LOVE IS LIKE A FIREFLY", "SYMPATHY", "GIANNINA MIA", "WHEN A MAID COMES KNOCKING AT YOUR HEART", "I LOVE YOU DON DIEGO", FINALE: "GIANNINA MIA") 1937 - 6.6 (128)
- 92. Cain and Mabel (1936) (lyrics: "Who?" (uncredited)) 1936 - 7.9 (842)
- 93. Rose-Marie (1936)   (lyrics: "The Mounties", "Rose Marie", "Totem Tom-Tom") 1936 - 6.9 (448)
AKAs:
  • Indian Love Call (USA: TV title)
  • Rose Marie (USA: poster title)
- 94. Roberta (1935) (lyrics: "Let's Begin" (uncredited), "Yesterdays" (uncredited), "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (uncredited)) 1935 - 7.0 (919)
- 95. The Flame Song (1934) (lyrics: "Song of the Flame", "The Cossack Love Song") 1934 - 3.4 (10)
- 96. The Cat and the Fiddle (1934) (lyrics: "She Didn't Say Yes" (1931), "A New Love is Old" (1931), "The Night Was Made for Love" (1931), "I Watched the Love Parade" (1931), "Poor Pierrot" (1931), "The Breeze Kissed Your Hair" (1931), "One Moment Alone" (1931), "Try to Forget" (1931), "Don't Ask Me Not to Sing" (1933), "The Crystal Candelabra" (1931)) 1934 - 6.9 (118)
- 97. Sunny (1930) (writer: "The Hunt Dance", "I Was Alone", "When We Get Our Divorce", "Who?", "Sunny", "D'Ya Love Me?", "Two Little Love Birds") 1930 - 5.1 (35)
- 98. An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (1930)   (lyrics: "Who?" (1925) (uncredited)) 1930 - 5.0 (67)
AKAs:
  • Warner Bros. Jubilee Dinner (USA: short title)
- 99. Golden Dawn (1930)   (lyrics: "The Whip" (1925), "My Bwanna" (1925), "We Two" (1925), "Dawn" (1925), "Mulungu Thabu") 1930 - 4.7 (58)
AKAs:
  • The Circus Princess (Australia)
- 100. The Song of the Flame (1930) (lyrics: "The Cossack Love Song", "Song of the Flame", "Wander Away") 1930 - -
Writer
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Roberta (1969) (TV) (book) 1969 - 6.5 (8)
- 2. Roberta (1958) (TV) (play) 1958 - -
- 3. The Desert Song (1955) (TV) (play) 1955 - 8.9 (10)
- 4. "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (1950)   (1 episode, 1955) 1955 - 7.8 (140)
AKAs:
  • Colgate Summer Comedy Hour (USA: summer title)
  • Colgate Variety Hour (USA: sixth season title)
  • Michael Todd Revue (USA: subtitle)
1 TV episode:
- 5. Rose Marie (1954) (operetta "Rose Marie") 1954 - 5.8 (154)
- 6. The Desert Song (1953) (play) 1953 - 6.3 (133)
- 7. Lovely to Look at (1952) (play "Roberta") (uncredited) 1952 - 6.3 (209)
- 8. "Musical Comedy Time" (1950)   (1 episode, 1951) 1951 - -
1 TV episode:
- 9. Tea for Two (1950) (play "No, No, Nanette") 1950 - 6.5 (424)
- 10. Up in Mabel's Room (1944) (play) 1944 - 6.8 (43)
- 11. The Desert Song (1943) (play) (as Otto Harbach) 1943 - 7.4 (77)
- 12. Sunny (1941) (play) (as Otto Harbach) 1941 - 5.3 (29)
- 13. No, No, Nanette (1940) (based on the musical comedy by) 1940 - 5.2 (35)
- 14. The Firefly (1937) (play) 1937 - 6.6 (128)
- 15. Rose-Marie (1936)   (operetta) 1936 - 6.9 (448)
AKAs:
  • Indian Love Call (USA: TV title)
  • Rose Marie (USA: poster title)
- 16. Roberta (1935) (play "Roberta") 1935 - 7.0 (919)
- 17. The Cat and the Fiddle (1934) (book) (as Otto Harbach) 1934 - 6.9 (118)
- 18. The Red Shadow (1932/I) (play "The Desert Song") (as Otto Harbach) 1932 - 7.9 (22)
- 19. Men of the Sky (1931) (writer) 1931 - -
- 20. Sunny (1930) (play) (as Otto Harbach) 1930 - 5.1 (35)
- 21. Golden Dawn (1930)   (operetta) (as Otto Harbach) 1930 - 4.7 (58)
AKAs:
  • The Circus Princess (Australia)
- 22. The Song of the Flame (1930) (book) 1930 - -
- 23. No, No, Nanette (1930) (as Otto Harbach) (play) 1930 - -
- 24. The Desert Song (1929) (play) 1929 - 7.0 (25)
- 25. Rose-Marie (1928) (play) 1928 - 4.4 (15)
- 26. Kid Boots (1926) (play) 1926 - 6.7 (36)
- 27. Up in Mabel's Room (1926) (play) 1926 - 8.6 (8)
- 28. Going Up (1923) (story) 1923 - -
- 29. Youth's Desire (1920) (play "Going Up") 1920 - -
- 30. The Girl of My Dreams (1918) (book) (as Otto Hauerbach) 1918 - -
- 31. Madame Sherry (1917) (play) 1917 - -
Actor
Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Men of the Sky (1931) French Major 1931 - -
Thanks
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) (acknowledgment) (as Otto Harbach) 1976 - 7.3 (872)
- 2. That's Entertainment! (1974)   (acknowledgment) (as Otto Harbach) 1974 - 7.6 (2,526)
AKAs:
  • That's Entertainment: 50 Years of MGM (USA: alternative title)
Self
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "The Steve Allen Show" (1956)   Himself - Guest-Recipient (1 episode, 1959) 1959 - 9.2 (68)
AKAs:
  • The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 2. "Toast of the Town" (1948)   Himself (2 episodes, 1951-1954) 1954 - 8.4 (100)
AKAs:
  • The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
2 TV episodes:
- 3. An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee (1930)   (as Mr. Otto Harbach) Himself 1930 - 5.0 (67)
AKAs:
  • Warner Bros. Jubilee Dinner (USA: short title)
- 1. "Toast of the Town"  
1 TV episode:

Additional Details

Other Works:

(1908) Stage: Wrote lyrics for "Three Twins", produced on Broadway. Musical. Music by Karl Hoschna. Book by Charles Dickson. Based on the farce "Incog." by Mrs. R. Pacheco. Lyrics for "(The) Yama Yama Man" by Collin Davis. Musical Director: DeWitt C. Coolman. Scenic Design by P. Dodd Ackerman. Costume Design by Orange Manufacturing Co. Directed by Gus Sohlke. Herald Square Theatre (due to fire, moved to The Majestic Theatre from 18 Jan 1909-close): 15 Jun 1908-20 Mar 1909 (289 performances). Cast: Martin Brown, Clifton Crawford, Willard Curtiss, Bessie McCoy, Alice Yorke, Ida Adams, Joseph Allen, Daisy Appelt, Jessica Berg, Florence Blake, Anna Boyd, Marjorie Cogan, Harry Collins, Hattie DeVon, Rae Dixon, Mabel Elmore, Helen Falconer, Connie Farber, Irene Farber, Ethel Fawcett, Charles Fitz, W.J. Ford, Laura Gaynelle, Ernest Geyer, Viola Grant, Walter Jenkins, Joseph Kaufman, Frances Kennedy, Blanche LaMasney, Lillian Lawson, Dixie Leigh, Bessie Leonard, T.C. MacMahon, Florrie Madison, George Mansfield, W.J. McCarthy, Jo McIntyre, C. McKinley, Irene McLaughlin, Tom McMahon, Eva Mull, Alice Packard, Theresa Powers, George Ross, S. Sommerville, Clara Stanton, Virginia Steinhardt, Jessie Stoner, Richard Taber, Stella Tracy, Mona Trieste, Florence Willard, Hazel Williams, Blanche Wilson. Produced by Joseph M. Gaites. more

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance more


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