IRA GERSHWIN - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 178331
Price: $380.00
IRA GERSHWIN
Ira Gershwin signs an index card in black ink.
Signature: "Ira Gershwin", 5x3 index card. The first
lyricist to win a Pulitzer Prize (1932, Of Thee I Sing), Ira Gershwin
(1896-1983) wrote the lyrics to a number of the songs by his older brother,
George, including "Liza", beginning in 1924 for the musical Lady Be
Good. In 1931, the brothers wrote for their first Hollywood musical,
Delicious. After George's death in 1937, Ira worked with a number of
other composers, including Jerome Kern (Cover Girl, 1944) and Harold
Arlen (the musical remake of A Star is Born, 1954). Nominated for
Academy Awards for Best Song in 1937 (Shall We Dance?), 1944
(Cover Girl) and 1954 (A Star is Born), Ira also wrote lyrics or
the music score for a number of other feature films, including An American in
Paris (1951), The Country Girl (1954) and Funny Face (1957).
Fine condition.
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