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THE JOHNNY MERCER EDUCATIONAL ARCHIVES

MOVIES and SHOWS with Johnny Mercer SONGS

Johnny Mercer did not necessarily write all of the songs for each film. Often, several lyricists collaborated in a single movie.

THIS IS A PARTIAL LISTING OF MOVIES

All through the Night(Warner Bros,1942)

Alvarez Kelly(Columbia,1966)

Americanization of Emily(MGM, 1964)

And the Angels Sing(Paramount,1944)

Apache (United Artists,1954)

Autumn Leaves (Columbia,1956)

Barefoot in the Park(Paramount,1967)

Belle of New York(MGM,1952)

Benny Goodman Story,the(Universal,1956)

Bernardine(Twentieth Century Fox,1957)

Big Hand for a Little Lady(Warner Bros,1966)

Birth of the Blues(Paramount,1941)

Blues in the Night(Warner Bros,1941)

Boy Meets Girl(1938) Mercer/Warren

Breakfast at Tiffany's(Paramount,1961)

Cabinet of the Caligari (Twentieth Century Fox,1965)

Captains of the Clouds(Warner Bros. 1942)

Centennial Summer(Twentieth Century Fox,1946)

Charade(Universal,1963)

Cleopatra(Twentieth Century Fox,1963)

Cowboy from Brooklyn(Warner Bros.,1938)

Daddy Long Legs(Twentieth Century Fox,1955)

Dangerous When Wet(MGM,1953)

Dark Passage(Warner Bros.,1947)

Darling Lili(Paramount,1969)

Days of Wine and Roses(Warner Bros.,1962)

Dear Ruth(Paramount,1947)

Everything I Have is Yours(MGM,1952)

Facts of Life(United Artists,1960)

Fleet's In(Paramount,1942)

For Auld Lang Syne (Warner Bros.,1937)

Forever Amber(Twentieth Century Fox,1947)

Four's a Crowd(Warner Bros.,1938)

Garden of the Moon(Warner Bros.,1938)

Gay Imposters, the BRITISH (Golddiggers in Paris)Warner,1938)

Girl of the Year BRITISH (The Petty Girl) Columbia, 1950

Going Places(Warner Bros.,1938)

Gold-Diggers in Paris(Warner Bros.,1938)

Great Race(Warner Bros,1965)

Hard to Get(Warner Bros.,1938)

Harvey Girls(MGM,1946)

Hatari(Paramount,1961)

Here Comes the Groom(Paramount,1951)

Here Come the Waves(Paramount,1944)

Hollywood Hotel(Warner Bros.,1937)

How the West Was Won(MGM,1962)

I'll Cry Tomorrow(MGM,1956)

Jezebel(Warner Bros.,1938)

Johnny Tiger(Universal,1965)

King of the Underworld(Warner,Bros. 1938)

Kotch(Cinerama,1971)

Laura(Twentieth Century Fox,1944)

Let's Make Music(RKO,1940)

Li'l Abner(Paramount,1959)

Long Good-bye(United Artists,1973)

Love in the Afternoon(Allied Artists,1956)

Love With the Proper Stranger(Paramount,1964)

Man's Favorite Sport(Universal,1964)

Meet Danny Wilson(Universal,1952)

Merry Andrew(MGM,1958)

Missouri Traveler(Buena Vista,1958)

Moment to Moment(Universal,1965)

Mr. Chump(Warner Bros,1938)

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation(Twentieth Century Fox,1962)

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid(Universal,1948)

My Favorite Spy(Paramount,1951)

Naughty But Nice(Warner Bros.,1939)

Navy Blues(Warner Bros.,1941)

Not With My Wife, You Don't(Warner Bros.,1966)

Old Man Rhythm(RKO,1935)

Out of this World(Paramount,1945)

Petty Girl,the(Columbia,1950)

Pink Panther(United Artists,1964)

Pope of Greenwich Village(United Artists,1984)

Ready Willing and Able(Warner Bros,1937)

Rhythm on the Range(Paramount,1936)

Road House (Fox, 1948)

Robin Hood(Buena Vista,1973)

Romance and Rhythm BRITISH (The Cowboy From Brooklyn) Warner, 1938)

Rosie(Universal,1957)

Second Chorus(Paramount,1940)

Senior Prom(Columbia,1958)

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers(MGM,1954)

Singing Marine(Warner Bros,1937)

Sky's the Limit(RKO,1943)

Spring Reunion,1957)

Star Spangled Rhythm(Paramount,1942)

That Certain Feeling(Paramount,1957)

They Got Me Covered(RKO,1943)

Those Redheads from Seattle(Paramount,1953)

Timberjack(Republic,1954)

To Beat the Band(RKO,1935)

To Have and to Have Not(Warner Bros.,1943)

Transatlantic Merry Go Round(United Artists,1934)

True to Life(Paramount,1943)

Varsity Show(Warner Bros,1937)

Wings of the Navy(Warner Bros.,1939)

You Can't Run Away From It(Columbia,1956)

You Were Never Lovelier

You'll Find Out(RKO,1940)

You're the One(Paramount,1941)

SOME AWARDS:

1939: Oscar Nominee: "Jeepers Creepers"
1941: Oscar Nominee: "I'd Know You Anywhere"
1941: Oscar Nominee: "Love of My Life"
1942: Oscar Nominee: "Blues in the Night"
1943: Oscar Nominee: "Dearly Beloved"
1944: Oscar Nominee: "That Old Black Magic"
1944: Oscar Nominee: "My Shining Hour"
1946: Oscar Nominee: "Accentuate the Positive"
1947: Oscar Winner:" On the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe"
1952: Oscar Winner:" In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening"
1956: Oscar Nominee: "Something's Gotta Give"
1961: Oscar Nominee: "The Facts of Life"
1962: Oscar Winner: "Moon River"
1963: Oscar Winner: "Days of Wine and Roses"
1964: Oscar Nominee: "Charade"
1966: Oscar Nominee: "The Sweetheart Tree"
1971: Oscar Nominee: "Whistling Away the Dark"
1971: Golden Globe Winner: "Whistling Away the Dark"
1972: Oscar Nominee: "Life is What You Make It"
1972: Golden Globe Winner: "Life is What You Make It"

THIS IS A PARTIAL LISTING OF SHOWS: (Mercer did not necessarily write all lyrics in these Shows:)

SOME OF THESE THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS FEATURED
MERCER LYRICS THAT ORIGINALLY APPEARED ELSEWHERE

Americana (1932)
Ballyhoo of '32 (1932)
Blackbirds of 1936 (1936)
Blackbirds of 1939 (1939)
Dream(1997)
Forty Second Street(1980)
Foxy(1964)
Garrick Gaieties(1930)
Good Companions,the(1974)
L'il Abner(1956)
Pajama Lady,the(1930)
Saratoga(1959)
Paris in Spring(1930)
Singin' in the Rain(1983)
Sophisticated Ladies(1981)
St. Louis Woman(1946)
Tattle Tales(1930)
Texas, L'il Darling(1949)
Three After Three(1940)
Top Banana(1951)

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