Harold Arlen

Harold Arlen

American composer of popular music (1905-1986)

Harold Arlen was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, including "Over the Rainbow", which won him the Oscar for Best Original Song, he was nominated as composer for 8 other Oscar awards. Arlen is a contributor to the Great American Songbook. "Over the Rainbow" was voted the 20th century's No. 1 song by the RIAA and the NEA.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 10 films (1932–1944) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 8 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1944 HIT THE ROAD TO DREAMLAND R C M Productions 16mm sound
1943 Cabin in the sky Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. (Publisher) 1:39:00 16mm B&W sound
1943 Stormy weather Films inc. 77 16mm B&W sound
1943 Stormy weather. Andrew L. Stone 4:00 16mm B&W sound
1943 Stormy Weather. Andrew L. Stone 6980 ft. B&W
1942 Stormy Weather. Andrew L. Stone 1 reel 16mm B&W sound
1942 They Got Me Covered. David Butler 94 min. B&W
1939 At the circus Edward Buzzell 83 min 16mm B&W sound
1939 The Wizard of Oz MGM/UA 1:02 16mm Color & B&W sound
1932 MANHATTAN PARADE. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W