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Jack Yellen(1892-1991)

  • Writer
  • Music Department
  • Composer
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Jack Yellen was born on 6 July 1892 in Bratsk, Russia. He was a writer and composer, known for 1941 (1979), Dolores Claiborne (1995) and Strictly Ballroom (1992). He died on 17 April 1991 in Springville, New York, USA.
BornJuly 6, 1892
DiedApril 17, 1991(98)
BornJuly 6, 1892
DiedApril 17, 1991(98)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win

Known for

1941 (1979)
1941
5.8
  • Soundtrack("Down by the Ohio")
  • 1979
Jennifer Jason Leigh and Kathy Bates in Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Dolores Claiborne
7.4
  • Soundtrack("Happy Days Are Here Again")
  • 1995
Sonia Kruger, Paul Mercurio, and Tara Morice in Strictly Ballroom (1992)
Strictly Ballroom
7.2
  • Soundtrack("Happy Feet")
  • 1992
Owen Wilson in Midnight in Paris (2011)
Midnight in Paris
7.6
  • Soundtrack("Ain't she Sweet")
  • 2011

Credits

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Writer

  • Elisha Cook Jr., Preston Foster, Douglas Fowley, Richard Greene, Dick Hogan, Nancy Kelly, and Slim Summerville in Submarine Patrol (1938)
    Submarine Patrol
    6.1
    • screenplay
    • 1938
  • John Barrymore, Joan Davis, Jack Haley, George Murphy, and Marjorie Weaver in Hold That Co-ed (1938)
    Hold That Co-ed
    6.1
    • screen play
    • 1938
  • Richard Greene and Sonja Henie in My Lucky Star (1938)
    My Lucky Star
    6.0
    • screenplay
    • 1938
  • Shirley Temple, Jimmy Durante, Phyllis Brooks, George Murphy, and Edna May Oliver in Little Miss Broadway (1938)
    Little Miss Broadway
    6.5
    • original screen play
    • 1938
  • Jimmy Durante, Fred Allen, Joan Davis, Alice Faye, Tony Martin, Gregory Ratoff, and Marjorie Weaver in Sally, Irene and Mary (1938)
    Sally, Irene and Mary
    6.2
    • screenplay
    • 1938
  • Eddie Cantor, June Lang, Gypsy Rose Lee, and Roland Young in Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
    Ali Baba Goes to Town
    6.3
    • screen play
    • 1937
  • Don Ameche, Alice Faye, Gypsy Rose Lee, Tony Martin, Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Arthur Treacher, Charles Winninger, and The Ritz Brothers in You Can't Have Everything (1937)
    You Can't Have Everything
    6.3
    • screen play
    • 1937
  • Ben Bernie, Alice Faye, Jack Haley, Patsy Kelly, Ned Sparks, and Walter Winchell in Wake Up and Live (1937)
    Wake Up and Live
    6.7
    • screenplay
    • 1937
  • Love Is News (1937)
    Love Is News
    6.9
    • screenplay
    • 1937
  • Stuart Erwin, Jack Haley, Arline Judge, and Patsy Kelly in Pigskin Parade (1936)
    Pigskin Parade
    6.1
    • screenplay
    • 1936
  • Alice Faye, Ted Healy, Patsy Kelly, Adolphe Menjou, Gregory Ratoff, Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, and Jimmy Ritz in Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)
    Sing, Baby, Sing
    5.7
    • story and screenplay
    • 1936
  • Shirley Temple in Our Little Girl (1935)
    Our Little Girl
    6.3
    • additional dialogue
    • 1935
  • George White's 1935 Scandals (1935)
    George White's 1935 Scandals
    5.8
    • screen play
    • 1935
  • Warner Baxter in Hell in the Heavens (1934)
    Hell in the Heavens
    7.0
    • additional dialogue
    • 1934
  • Ketti Gallian in Marie Galante (1934)
    Marie Galante
    5.6
    • contributor to special sequences (uncredited)
    • 1934

Music Department

  • Joan Davis, Jack Haley, Martha Holliday, Gene Krupa, and Ethel Smith in George White's Scandals (1945)
    George White's Scandals
    5.6
    • songs by
    • 1945
  • W.C. Fields, Eleanor Powell, Cab Calloway, Woody Herman, and Sophie Tucker in Sensations of 1945 (1944)
    Sensations of 1945
    6.0
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
    Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
    7.0
    • music and lyrics by
    • 1938
  • Walter Catlett, Hugh O'Connell, and Zasu Pitts in The Affair of Susan (1935)
    The Affair of Susan
    6.6
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • George White's 1935 Scandals (1935)
    George White's 1935 Scandals
    5.8
    • songs by
    • 1935
  • John Boles and Jeanie Lang in King of Jazz (1930)
    King of Jazz
    6.7
    • lyrics: songs
    • 1930
  • Bessie Love, Joe Schenck, and Gus Van in They Learned About Women (1930)
    They Learned About Women
    5.3
    • words and music by
    • 1930
  • Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Berth Marks (1929)
    Berth Marks
    6.9
    Short
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1929

Composer

  • Stefano Ardinzone, Massimo Martini, and Carlo Marotti in Stefano Junior (1969)
    Stefano Junior
    7.5
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1969

Personal details

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  • Born
    • July 6, 1892
    • Bratsk, Russia
  • Died
    • April 17, 1991
    • Springville, New York, USA
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:

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  • Trivia
    As a Republican, Yellen's feelings were mixed when the Democrats chose "Happy Days" as the anthem of Roosevelt's 1932 campaign.

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