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 Ballroom Dancing (1992). He died on 17 April 1991 in Springville, New York, USA.

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Awards
- 1 win total

Known for

John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in 1941 (1979)

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 Ballroom Dancing (1992)

Ballroom Dancing

7.2

Soundtrack("Happy Feet")

1992

Owen Wilson in Minuit à Paris (2011)

Minuit à Paris

7.6

Soundtrack("Ain't she Sweet")

2011

Credits

Writer

Patrouille en mer
6.0
- screenplay
- 1938
Hold That Co-ed
6.1
- screen play
- 1938
Le mannequin du collège
6.0
- screenplay
- 1938
Little Miss Broadway
6.5
- original screen play
- 1938
Sally, Irene and Mary
6.2
- screenplay
- 1938
Nuits d'Arabie
6.3
- screen play
- 1937
Brelan d'as
6.3
- screen play
- 1937
Fantôme Radiophonique
6.7
- screenplay
- 1937
L'Amour en première page
6.9
- screenplay
- 1937
Parade du football
6.1
- screenplay
- 1936
Chante, bébé, chante!
5.7
- story and screenplay
- 1936
Our Little Girl
6.3
- additional dialogue
- 1935
George White's Scandals
5.8
- screen play
- 1935
Hell in the Heavens
7.0
- additional dialogue
- 1934
Marie Galante
5.6
- contributor to special sequences (uncredited)
- 1934

Music Department

George White's Scandals
5.6
- songs by
- 1945
Sensations of 1945
6.0
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1944
Mam'zelle vedette
7.0
- music and lyrics by
- 1938
The Affair of Susan
6.6
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1935
George White's Scandals
5.8
- songs by
- 1935
La Féérie du jazz
6.7
- lyrics: songs
- 1930
They Learned About Women
5.2
- words and music by
- 1930
Laurel et Hardy en wagon-lit
6.9
Short
- composer: stock music (uncredited)
- 1929

Composer

Personal details

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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