HOWARD DIETZ - ORIGINAL ART SIGNED 1979 - HFSID 132063
Price: $320.00
HOWARD DIETZ
The songwriter draws red bows on this 5x3 card, signing with his season
greetingsin 1979. Dietz wrote hit songs like Moanin' Low,
Dancin' In the Dark, That's Entertainment and designed the MGM
lion logo!
Original Art Signed: "Merry Christmas/from/Howard Dietz/Happy New Year
1979" in blue and red ink. 5x3 ruled card, two ½x¼ drawings, one surface.
Red ink drawings. Dietz (1896-1983) was a versatile newspaper
columnist, publicist and music lyricist. With composer Arthur Schwartz, he
wrote musical comedies in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Dietz's hit
songs included Moanin' Low (1929), Dancin' In the Dark
(1931) and That's Entertainment (1953). He also wrote musical
scores for films, including Key Largo (1948) and The Bandwagon
(1953). Need more? He also designed the MGM lion logo and coined the studio's
motto, "Ars Gratia Artis". Dietz is enshrined in the Songwriters'
Hall of Fame. Lightly toned. Otherwise, fine condition.
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