Hoagy Carmichael

Composer

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Also Known As

Hoagland Howard Carmichael

Birth Place

Bloomington, Indiana, USA

Born

November 22, 1899

Died

December 27, 1981

Biography

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Tin Pan Alley legend who began composing for films in 1936 and won an Academy Award for "In the Cool Cool Cool of the Evening" in 1951. As an actor he usually played himself, sitting at a piano, smoking a cigarette and singing a song....

Filmography

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Timberjack (1955)

Belles on Their Toes (1952)

The Las Vegas Story (1952)

Johnny Holiday (1950)

Young Man with a Horn (1950)

Smoke Willoughby

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Las Vegas Story, The (1952) -- (Movie Clip) I Get Along Without You Very Well

Topper (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Old Man Moon

Biography

Tin Pan Alley legend who began composing for films in 1936 and won an Academy Award for "In the Cool Cool Cool of the Evening" in 1951. As an actor he usually played himself, sitting at a piano, smoking a cigarette and singing a song.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Timberjack (1955)

Belles on Their Toes (1952)

The Las Vegas Story (1952)

Johnny Holiday (1950)

Young Man with a Horn (1950)

Smoke Willoughby

Night Song (1948)

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Canyon Passage (1946)

Johnny Angel (1945)

Celestial O'Brien

To Have and Have Not (1944)

Piano player at The Rainbow Room

Music (Feature Film)

Captive State (2019)

A Star is Born (2018)

The Dark Tower (2017)

Shanghai (2015)

Low Down (2014)

Gangster Squad (2013)

Gangster Squad (2013)

This Is 40 (2012)

Beginners (2011)

Beginners (2011)

127 Hours (2010)

Lust, Caution (2007)

Last Holiday (2006)

Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights--Hollywood to the Heartland (2006)

Running with Scissors (2006)

Superman Returns (2006)

The Aviator (2004)

Beyond the Sea (2004)

Ocean's Twelve (2004)

American Splendor (2003)

Two Weeks Notice (2002)

American Pie 2 (2001)

Domestic Disturbance (2001)

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)

Ghost World (2001)

Disappearing Acts (2000)

Hanging Up (2000)

Drowning Mona (2000)

Mad Cows (1999)

Song ("Lazy Bones")

The Green Mile (1999)

Slc Punk! (1998)

The Impostors (1998)

The Newton Boys (1998)

Song ("Stardust")

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)

Out to Sea (1997)

Red Corner (1997)

It Runs in the Family (1994)

It Runs in the Family (1994)

Flesh and Bone (1993)

Sleepless In Seattle (1993)

Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)

The Long Day Closes (1992)

A League of Their Own (1992)

Rich in Love (1992)

Song ("Skylark")

Whispers in the Dark (1992)

Malcolm X (1992)

The Babe (1992)

All I Want for Christmas (1991)

For the Boys (1991)

Stepping Out (1991)

True Colors (1991)

Goodfellas (1990)

The Freshman (1990)

The Presidio (1988)

Rain Man (1988)

Ironweed (1987)

Song ("Pappa Treetop Tall")

Heartburn (1986)

Off Beat (1986)

Racing With The Moon (1984)

Terms Of Endearment (1983)

Flashdance (1983)

Song ("The Nearness Of You")

My Favorite Year (1982)

Paternity (1981)

Four Friends (1981)

Song ("Georgia On My Mind")

Stardust Memories (1980)

To the Count of Basie (1979)

Song ("Rocking Chair")

Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979)

The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

What's Up, Doc? (1972)

Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music (1969)

The Big T.N.T. Show (1966)

Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960)

A Touch of Larceny (1960)

Hey Boy! Hey Girl! (1959)

Timberjack (1955)

Three for the Show (1955)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

Those Redheads from Seattle (1953)

The Las Vegas Story (1952)

Here Comes the Groom (1951)

Johnny Holiday (1950)

When You're Smiling (1950)

Night Song (1948)

I Walk Alone (1948)

Over the Santa Fe Trail (1947)

Swanee Showboat (1947)

Canyon Passage (1946)

Johnny Angel (1945)

The Stork Club (1945)

Cowboy Canteen (1944)

To Have and Have Not (1944)

Hands Across the Border (1944)

True to Life (1943)

Hi, Buddy (1943)

Night in New Orleans (1942)

Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941)

Pacific Blackout (1941)

Road Show (1941)

Star Dust (1940)

Saint Louis Blues (1939)

Some Like It Hot (1939)

Thanks for the Memory (1938)

Sing You Sinners (1938)

College Swing (1938)

Say It in French (1938)

Men with Wings (1938)

Every Day's a Holiday (1938)

Anything Goes (1936)

Cast (Special)

Monsanto Presents Mancini (1971)

Music (Special)

Taxicab Confessions 2003: Girls Like It Hot (2003)

Song ("Stardust")

The Designing Women Reunion (2003)

Louisiana Boys: Raised on Politics (1992)

Music ("The Nearness Of You")

Life Events

1936

First film as composer

Videos

Las Vegas Story, The (1952) -- (Movie Clip) I Get Along Without You Very Well Jane Russell as ex-Las Vegas songbird Linda explores her old haunts, with nice location footage, dropping in at her old club, where Hoagy Carmichael is still at the piano, flashing-back on her old song, his famous composition, ex-flame Victor Mature included, in The Las Vegas Story, 1952.

Topper (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Old Man Moon From the opening sequence, affluent George and Marion (Cary Grant, Constance Bennett) go night-clubbing before his morning bank-board meeting, finishing at a joint where they’re on first names with Hoagy Carmichael himself, joining him in an original tune, in the Hal Roach comedy Topper 1937.

Las Vegas Story, The (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Clark County, Nevada Hoagy Carmichael narrates as musician Happy, introducing the town, himself, Jane Russell and briefly Victor Mature in their roles, then Vincent Price appears as her husband, opening The Las Vegas Story, 1952, from RKO, director Robert Stevenson and Vegas-invested studio boss Howard Hughes.

College Swing (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Title Song (Betty Grable) Just the third scene and not essential to the narrative, at what must be the dining hall, an original tune for Paramount by Frank Loesser and Hoagy Carmichael finds Skinnay Ennis launching a duet with Betty Grable, who switches to Jackie Coogan for the dance, choreography by LeRoy Prinz, Raoul Walsh directing, in College Swing, 1938, starring George Burns, Gracie Allen and Bob Hope.

To Have And Have Not (1944) -- (Movie Clip) A Stray Bullet In French Martinique, boat captain Harry (Humphrey Bogart), with would-be thief Marie (Lauren Bacall), is making his deadbeat client pay up when Nazi-backed goons come after Frenchy (Marcel Dalio) and comrades, Capitane Renarde (Dan Seymour) mopping up, in To Have And Have Not, 1944.

Young Man With A Horn (1950) -- (Movie Clip) No Jam Session Rick (Kirk Douglas) meets narrator Smoke (Hoagy Carmichael), at the old Aragon ballroom in Santa Monica, joined by new boss Chandler (Walter Reed) and singer Jo (Doris Day), in Young Man With A Horn, 1950, song by Ray Noble, directed by Michael Curtiz.

Johnny Angel (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Memphis In June Angel (George Raft) and Paulette (Signe Hasso) have just reconciled in the murder-mystery plot, thus the occasion for his driver, the philosophical Celestial O'Brien (Hoagy Carmichael) to offer what was then a new song, his tune with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster, in Johnny Angel, 1946.Johnny Angel, 1946.

Johnny Angel (1946) -- (Movie Clip) The Girls Here Don't Usually Refuse Looking for a gal connected to the killing of his father, also a New Orleans ships’ captain, Angel (George Raft) meets cabbie “Celestial,” (Hoagy Carmichael), skips one offer (from Chili Williams, best known as the pin-up Polka-Dot Girl) then grabs the unwilling Signe Hasso for a dance, in Johnny Angel, 1946.

To Have and Have Not (1944) -- (Movie Clip) He's A Funny Guy Crickett (Hoagy Carmichael) and Marie (Lauren Bacall) are dabbling with Hoagy's composition "How Little We Know," when Harry (Humphrey Bogart) drops into the cafe in Martinique, with a ticket for her to go home, in Howard Hawks' To Have And Have Not, 1944.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Anyone Here For Love Arguably more provocative than any of co-star Marilyn Monroe's numbers, Jane Russell as Dorothy at the ship's pool with the "Olympic Team," tune by Hoagy Carmichael and Harold Adamson, dance direction by Jack Cole, in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953.

To Have And Have Not (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Am I Blue? In a Martinique cafe, boat captain Harry (Humphrey Bogart) is wise to what newcomer Lauren Bacall is up to with his client (Walter Sande), as she joins Crickett (Hoagy Carmichael) for a tune by Harry Akes and Grant Clarke, early in Howard Hawks' To Have And Have Not , 1944.

Mr. Bug Goes To Town (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Katy Did, Katy Didn't Hoppity (voiced by Stan Freed) and Honey (by Pauline Loth) are on a date, pursued by Swat and Smack, but mainly to set-up the first song, by Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser, the “Four Marshals” the credited singers, in the Fleischer brothers’ feature Mr. Bug Goes To Town, 1941.

Young Man with a Horn - (Original Trailer) A young trumpet player (Kirk Douglas) is torn between an honest singer (Doris Day) and a manipulative heiress (Lauren Bacall) in Young Man with a Horn (1950).

Best Years Of Our Lives, The - (Re-issueTrailer) Seven Oscars including Best Picture went to this story of America immediately after World War II, The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946).

Topper (1937) - (Original Trailer) Cary Grant and Constance Bennett are a couple of playful ghosts adding new life to a stuffy bank president (Roland Young), called Topper (1937).

Johnny Angel - (Original Trailer) George Raft plays a sailor who sets out to get the guys who murdered his father in Johnny Angel (1945).

Las Vegas Story, The -- (Original Trailer) Casablanca comes to Nevada with Victor Mature as a gambler who encounters newly married former love Jane Russell in The Las Vegas Story (1952).

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