B. G. Desylva
Biography
Filmography
Writer (Feature Film)
The Stork Club
(1945)
Screenwriter
Danger - Love at Work
(1937)
Contract Writer
Born to Dance
(1936)
Story
Bottoms Up
(1934)
Story and Screenplay
Have a Heart
(1934)
Story
My Weakness
(1933)
Story and dial
Stepping Sisters
(1932)
Contract Writer
Indiscreet
(1931)
[Wrt] by
Just Imagine
(1930)
Story
Just Imagine
(1930)
Dial
Sunnyside Up
(1929)
Dial
Sunnyside Up
(1929)
Story
Producer (Feature Film)
Road to Utopia
(1946)
Executive Producer
Two Years Before the Mast
(1946)
Executive Producer
The Unseen
(1945)
Executive Producer
Incendiary Blonde
(1945)
Executive Producer
The Stork Club
(1945)
Presented By
The Story of Dr. Wassell
(1944)
Executive Producer
Going My Way
(1944)
Executive Producer
Practically Yours
(1944)
Executive Producer
Ministry of Fear
(1944)
Executive Producer
Lady in the Dark
(1944)
Producer
And the Angels Sing
(1944)
Executive Producer
And Now Tomorrow
(1944)
Producer
Till We Meet Again
(1944)
Executive Producer
Standing Room Only
(1944)
Executive Producer
Frenchman's Creek
(1944)
Executive Producer
The Hour Before the Dawn
(1944)
Executive Producer
Hail the Conquering Hero
(1944)
Executive Producer
Double Indemnity
(1944)
Executive Producer
I Love a Soldier
(1944)
Executive Producer
The Great Moment
(1944)
Executive Producer
Rainbow Island
(1944)
Executive Producer
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
(1944)
Executive Producer
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
(1944)
Executive Producer
The Uninvited
(1944)
Executive Producer
The Hitler Gang
(1944)
Executive Producer
The Crystal Ball
(1943)
Producer
Dixie
(1943)
Executive Producer
Five Graves to Cairo
(1943)
Executive Producer
For Whom the Bell Tolls
(1943)
Executive Producer
True to Life
(1943)
Executive Producer
Happy Go Lucky
(1943)
Executive Producer
Hostages
(1943)
Executive Producer
Let's Face It
(1943)
Executive Producer
No Time for Love
(1943)
Executive Producer
Riding High
(1943)
Executive Producer
So Proudly We Hail!
(1943)
Executive Producer
Star Spangled Rhythm
(1943)
Executive Producer
Wake Island
(1942)
Executive Producer
Are Husbands Necessary?
(1942)
Executive Producer
The Forest Rangers
(1942)
Executive Producer
The Glass Key
(1942)
Executive Producer
The Fleet's In
(1942)
Executive Producer
The Lady Has Plans
(1942)
Executive Producer
Road to Morocco
(1942)
Executive Producer
My Favorite Blonde
(1942)
Executive Producer
I Married a Witch
(1942)
Executive Producer
This Gun for Hire
(1942)
Executive Producer
Take a Letter, Darling
(1942)
Executive Producer
The Great Man's Lady
(1942)
Executive Producer
The Palm Beach Story
(1942)
Executive Producer
Sullivan's Travels
(1942)
Executive Producer
Nothing But the Truth
(1941)
Executive Producer
Caught in the Draft
(1941)
Producer
Birth of the Blues
(1941)
Producer
Louisiana Purchase
(1941)
Executive Producer
Bachelor Mother
(1939)
Producer
The Rage of Paris
(1938)
Producer
Merry-Go-Round of 1938
(1937)
Associate Producer
You're a Sweetheart
(1937)
Producer
Sing, Baby, Sing
(1936)
Associate Producer
Captain January
(1936)
Producer
Ladies in Love
(1936)
Associate Producer
Poor Little Rich Girl
(1936)
Associate Producer
Stowaway
(1936)
Associate Producer
The Littlest Rebel
(1935)
Associate Producer
Bottoms Up
(1934)
Producer
Just Imagine
(1930)
Associate Producer
Music (Feature Film)
Dolemite Is My Name
(2019)
Song
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
(2018)
Music Composer
Wonder Wheel
(2017)
Music Composer
Molly's Game
(2017)
Song
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
(2016)
Song
Fort McCoy
(2014)
Song
The Rite
(2011)
Song
Marmaduke
(2010)
Song
Nanny McPhee Returns
(2010)
Song
The Water Horse
(2007)
Song
FUN WITH DICK AND JANE
(2005)
Song
The White Countess
(2005)
Song
The Aviator
(2004)
Composer
Melinda and Melinda
(2004)
Song
Loser
(2000)
Song
The End of the Affair
(1999)
Song
Buena Vista Social Club
(1998)
Song
Everyone Says I Love You
(1996)
Song
I'm Not Rappaport
(1996)
Song
Manhattan Murder Mystery
(1993)
Song
White Men Can't Jump
(1992)
Song
Shadows And Fog
(1991)
Music
Roger & Me
(1989)
Song
Beaches
(1988)
Song
The Brave Little Toaster
(1987)
Song
Hannah and Her Sisters
(1986)
Song
The Purple Rose of Cairo
(1985)
Song
Lucky Lady
(1975)
Song If I Had A Talking Picture Of You (")
Star!
(1968)
Composer
Thoroughly Modern Millie
(1967)
Composer
Senior Prom
(1959)
Composer
The Helen Morgan Story
(1957)
Composer
The Benny Goodman Story
(1956)
Composer
Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
(1956)
Composer
The Best Things in Life Are Free
(1956)
Composer
Love Me or Leave Me
(1955)
Composer
Pete Kelly's Blues
(1955)
Composer
The Eddie Cantor Story
(1954)
Composer
A Star Is Born
(1954)
Composer
The Jazz Singer
(1953)
Composer
Somebody Loves Me
(1952)
Composer
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
(1951)
Composer
Lullaby of Broadway
(1951)
Composer
Hunt the Man Down
(1951)
Composer
I'll Get By
(1950)
Composer
Love That Brute
(1950)
Composer
You're My Everything
(1949)
Composer
When My Baby Smiles at Me
(1948)
Composer
Bill and Coo
(1948)
Composer
Till the Clouds Roll By
(1947)
Composer
Margie
(1946)
Composer
Ziegfeld Follies
(1946)
Composer
Anchors Aweigh
(1945)
Composer
Pillow to Post
(1945)
Composer
Rhapsody in Blue
(1945)
Composer
Blonde from Brooklyn
(1945)
Composer
Since You Went Away
(1944)
Composer
Show Business
(1944)
Composer
Broadway
(1942)
Composer
Birth of the Blues
(1941)
Composer
The Great American Broadcast
(1941)
Composer
Hollywood Hotel
(1938)
Composer
The Great Ziegfeld
(1936)
Composer
Music Is Magic
(1935)
Composer
Take a Chance
(1933)
Composer
Flying High
(1931)
Composer
Just Imagine
(1930)
Composer
Follow the Leader
(1930)
Composer
Follow Thru
(1930)
Composer
Queen High
(1930)
Composer
The Big Pond
(1930)
Composer
Good News
(1930)
Composer
Lucky Boy
(1929)
Composer
In Old Arizona
(1929)
Composer
Sally
(1929)
Composer
Say It with Songs
(1929)
Composer
Sunnyside Up
(1929)
Composer
The Singing Fool
(1928)
Composer
Music (Special)
Michael Feinstein & Friends
(1991)
Song
Harry Connick, Jr. & His Orchestra: Swinging Out With Harry
(1990)
Song
Misc. Crew (Special)
Panama Hattie
(1954)
Libretto
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