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Edgar Yipsel Harburg (born Isidore Hochberg; April 8, 1896 – March 5, 1981) was an American popular song lyricist and librettist who worked with many well-known composers. He wrote the lyrics to the standards "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
In 1962 he and Arlen scored the animated feature Gay Purr-ee (now a video classic featuring the voice of Judy Garland). From 1951 to 1961 during the House Un-American Activities Committee investigations and the McCarthy hearings Yip was “blacklisted” for his political views from film, television and radio.
Feb 8, 2023 · Gay Purr-ee was released by Warner Bros and produced by UPA Studios, and the songs were done by the same fellows who did songs for The Wizard of Oz in 1939, Harold Arlen and E. Y. "Yip" Harburg. The film was written by Chuck Jones and his wife Dorothy.
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Gay Purr-ee is a 1962 American animated musical film produced by United Productions of America and released by Warner Bros. It features the voice of Judy Garland as Mewsette, a feline living in the French countryside wanting to go to Paris in her only animated-film role, as well as Robert Goulet in his first feature film as her love interest ...
In 1962 he and Arlen scored the animated feature Gay Purr-ee (now a video classic featuring the voice of Judy Garland). From 1951 to 1961 during the House Un-American Activities Committee investigations and the McCarthy hearings Yip was “blacklisted” for his political views from film, television and radio.
In 1962 he and Arlen scored the animated feature “Gay Purr-ee” (featuring the voice of Judy Garland). From 1951 to 1961 during the House Un-American Activities Committee investigations and the McCarthy hearings, Harburg was “blacklisted” for his political views from film, television and radio but kept working on Broadway.
Dec 12, 2022 · The songs in Gay Pur-ee were created by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg, both legends who had given us some of the greatest music in movie history with The Wizard of Oz.
