Ira Gershwin Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles

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IRA GERSHWIN

Born: December 6, 1896 in New York City, New York
Died: August 17, 1983 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California

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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).

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2010 Howl (Sound), 1958-1969 The Lawrence Welk Show (Sound), 1949-1954 The Milton Berle Show (Sound), 2010 $#*! My Dad Says (Sound), 2010 Secrets of the Tribe (Sound), 2012 The Voice (Sound), 2002-2004 Independent Lens (Sound), 2002 Elaine Stritch at Liberty (Sound), 1976 Rhoda (Sound), 1949 Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet (Music Department), 1964 The Ed Sullivan Show (in person), 7th Heaven (Sound), 1987 American Masters (Other), 2011 Divendres (Sound), 2010 Huckabee (Sound), 2010 The Secret Life of the American Teenager (Sound), 2010 Parks and Recreation (Sound), 2010 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (Sound), 2009 Fame (Sound), 2009 BBC Proms (Sound), 2008 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Scandal of 1920 (Sound), 2008 Nancy LaMott: I'll Be Here with You (Sound), 2007 P.S. I Love You (Sound), 2007 Two Faces (Sound), 2007 Singer's Spotlight (Sound), 2007 The Killing (Sound), 2003 Mona Lisa Smile (Sound), 2003 American Splendor (Sound), 2002 Catch Me If You Can (Sound), 2001 Pangako... Ikaw lang (Sound), 2001 These Old Broads (Sound), 2000 Return to Me (Sound), 1999 The Bachelor (Sound), 1999 VH1 Presents Donna Summer: Live and More... Encore! (Sound), 1998 Meet Joe Black (Sound), 1998 Little Voice (Sound), 1998 Living Out Loud (Sound), 1997 Dusk 'til Dawn (Sound), 1996 The Birdcage (Sound), 1996 Late Show with David Letterman (Sound), 1995 The Grass Harp (Sound), 1994 Bullets Over Broadway (Sound), 1992 Jennifer Eight (Sound), 1992 MGM: When the Lion Roars (Sound), 1991 Hot Shots! (Sound), 1991 He Said, She Said (Sound), 1991 Breakfast with the Arts (Sound), 1990 Tune in Tomorrow... (Sound), 1989 When Harry Met Sally... (Sound), 1989 Loverboy (Sound), 1989 Midnight Caller (Sound), 1988 Working Girl (Sound), 1988 Torch Song Trilogy (Sound), 1987 Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (Sound), 1987 Miami Vice (Sound), 1984 City Heat (Sound), 1984 Speed (Sound), 1978 Pennies from Heaven (Sound), 1977 The Richard Pryor Show (Sound), 1976 Dinah! (Sound), 1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (Sound), 1976 Evening at Pops (Sound), 1974 Chinatown (Sound), 1974 That's Entertainment! (Sound), 1974 Really Raquel (Sound), 1973 Save the Tiger (Sound), 1971 Our American Musical Heritage (Sound), 1968 Star! (Sound), 1967 The Kraft Music Hall (Sound), 1963 The Jerry Lewis Show (Sound), 1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (Sound), 1962 The Garry Moore Show (Sound), 1962 Arthur Freed's Hollywood Melody (Sound), 1962 The Judy Garland Show (Sound), 1962 The Bell Telephone Hour (Sound), 1960 Frank Sinatra's Welcome Home Party for Elvis Presley (Sound), 1959 Porgy and Bess (Sound), 1958 77 Sunset Strip (Sound), 1957-1958 The Lux Show (Sound), 1957 The Helen Morgan Story (Sound), 1956 Omnibus (Sound), 1955 Ford Star Jubilee (Sound), 1954 Young at Heart (Sound), 1954 The Glenn Miller Story (Sound), 1954 Crime Wave (Sound), 1953 Harry James and His Music Makers (Sound), 1953 She's Back on Broadway (Sound), 1951-1952 The Colgate Comedy Hour (Sound), 1952 The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue (Sound), 1951 I'll See You in My Dreams (Sound), 1951 An American in Paris (Sound), 1951 Footlight Varieties (Sound), 1950 Tea for Two (Sound), 1947 The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (Sound), 1946 The Jolson Story (Sound), 1946 Okay for Sound (Sound), 1940 Strike Up the Band (Sound), 1933 Harry Warren: America's Foremost Composer (Sound), 1931 That Certain Trio (Sound), 1951 An American in Paris (Music Department), 2010 15 Till Midnight (Sound), Great Performances (Sound), 2012 Dancing with the Stars (Sound), 2008 Fringe (Sound), 2013 Per un futur sense Alzheimer (Sound), The Simpsons (Sound), 2006 Shut Up and Sing (Sound), 1994 Corrina, Corrina (Sound), 2011 Òpera en texans (Sound), 2007 Eterna Magia (Sound), Gilmore Girls (Sound), The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (Sound), 1966 Hippodrome (Sound), 1954-1961 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (Sound), 1992 Diana Ross Live! The Lady Sings... Jazz & Blues: Stolen Moments (Sound), 2005 Nuit américaine (Sound), Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Sound), 1961 The Red Skelton Hour (Sound), 2008 True Blood (Sound), 1985 The Two Ronnies (Sound), 1971 The Barbara McNair Show (Sound), Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers in London (Sound), 1956 Stars of Jazz (Sound), 2002 The West Wing (Sound), 1991 Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (Sound), 1988 The Golden Girls (Sound), 1987 In Performance at the White House: A Tribute to American Music - (Sound), 1987 Falcon Crest (Sound), 1987 Pee-wee's Playhouse (Sound), 1987 Nadine (Sound), 1985 After Hours (Sound), 1984 Once Upon a Time in America (Sound), 1980 Amorevolmente (Sound), 1978 Are You Being Served (Sound), 1978 The Boss' Son (Sound), 1977 New York, New York (Sound), 1976 M*A*S*H (Sound), 1968 A Little of What You Fancy (Sound), 1965 When the Boys Meet the Girls (Sound), 1964 Jazz 625 (Sound), 1963 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (Sound), 1963 The Jack Paar Program (Sound), 1962 Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall (Sound), 1961 Yves Montand on Broadway (Sound), 1960 Hawaiian Eye (Sound), 1958 An Evening with Fred Astaire (Sound), 1958 This Is Your Life (Sound), 1957 The Gisele MacKenzie Show (Sound), 1956-1957 Hey, Jeannie! (Sound), 1956 That Certain Feeling (Sound), 1954 The Country Girl (Sound), 1953 Three Sailors and a Girl (Sound), 1953 So This Is Love (Sound), 1952 With a Song in My Heart (Sound), 1950 Nancy Goes to Rio (Sound), 1944 Cover Girl (Sound), 1943 Girl Crazy (Sound), 1943 So's Your Uncle (Sound), 1937 A Damsel in Distress (Sound), 1931 Playing with Fire (Sound), 1937 A Damsel in Distress (Music Department), 2004 Broadway: The American Musical (Other), 2001 Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (Other), 1999 Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Harold Arlen (Other), 2011 Glee (Sound), 2011 Dancing Stars (Sound), 2010 Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (Sound), 2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (Sound), 2010 A Star Is Born: Special Features (Sound), 2009 Viver a Vida (Sound), 2009 Public Enemies (Sound), 2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: (Sound), 2008 Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon (Sound), 2007 Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64 (Sound), 2007 It Takes Two (Sound), 2007 Raines (Sound), 2006 Take the Lead (Sound), 2005 Carly Simon: A Moonlight Serenade on the Queen Mary 2 (Sound), 2005 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jon Lovitz (Sound), 2003 Anything Else (Sound), 2003 Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (Sound), 2000 Chocolat (Sound), 2000 Liam (Sound), 2000 Love's Labour's Lost (Sound), 1999 A Walk on the Moon (Sound), 1999 Man of the Century (Sound), 1998 B. Monkey (Sound), 1998 Sarah Brightman in Concert (Sound), 1996 The Outer Limits (Sound), 1995 Grumpier Old Men (Sound), 1995 Golden Anniversary (Sound), 1995 Cybill (Sound), 1995 Barbra: The Concert (Sound), 1994 Doomsday Gun (Sound), 1993 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Sound), 1992 Mr. Saturday Night (Sound), 1991 Designing Women (Sound), 2011 Blaus de l'ànima (Sound), Baseball (Sound), 2013 The Voice of the Philippines (Sound), 1998 Marriages (Sound), 2007 Paraíso Tropical (Sound), The Jack Benny Program (Sound), 2012 Ginger & Rosa (Sound), 2013 The Gershwin's 'Porgy and Bess' (Music Department), All in the Family (Sound), 1973 A Summer Without Boys (Sound), 2007 Run, Fatboy, Run (Sound), 1957-1960 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (Sound), 1980 De Mike Burstyn show (Sound), 1985 Webster (Sound), 1983 Les mots pour le dire (Sound), 1981 American Pop (Sound), 1980 Big Blonde (Sound), 1969 This Is Tom Jones (Sound), 1968 The Jazz Age (Sound), 1965 Sylvia (Sound), 1964 Kiss Me, Stupid (Sound), 1960 Peter Gunn (Sound), 1959 Some of Manie's Friends (Sound), 1958 The Eddie Fisher Show (Sound), 1957 Timex All-Star Jazz Show (Sound), 1957 The Frank Sinatra Show (Sound), 1957 The Edsel Show (Sound), 1957 The Nat King Cole Show (Sound), 1954 Your Hit Parade (Sound), 1954 A Star Is Born (Sound), 1954 Lady in the Dark (Sound), 1954 Coke Time (Sound), 1951 Meet Danny Wilson (Sound), 1951 Starlift (Sound), 1950 The Glass Menagerie (Sound), 1949 The Barkleys of Broadway (Sound), 1946 Till the Clouds Roll By (Sound), 1945 Ziegfeld Follies (Sound), 1945 Rhapsody in Blue (Sound), 1943 Princess O'Rourke (Sound), 1941 Lady Be Good (Sound), 1940 Cavalcade of San Francisco (Sound), 1937 Shall We Dance (Sound), 1933 That's a Good Girl (Sound), 1933 Flying Devils (Sound), 1931 Sky High (Sound), 1977 Song by Song (Music Department), 1968 The Jazz Age (Music Department), 1964 Kiss Me, Stupid (Music Department), 1954 Lady in the Dark (Music Department), 1949 The Barkleys of Broadway (Music Department), 1937 Shall We Dance (Music Department), 1959 The Bell Telephone Hour (in person), 2011 Gershwin's Summertime: The Song That Conquered the World (Other), 2012 The Walking Dead (Sound), 2010 Wishful Drinking (Sound), 2010 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (Sound), 2010 Eat Pray Love (Sound), 2009 Els matins a TV3 (Sound), 2009 Moonlight Serenade (Sound), 2009 Dancing with the Stars (Sound), 2008 Leatherheads (Sound), 2007 The War (Sound), 2007 The Band's Visit (Sound), 2006 The Good Shepherd (Sound), 2005 Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Sarah Vaughan (Sound), 2004 Spanglish (Sound), 2004 The Aviator (Sound), 2003 The Human Stain (Sound), 2003 Normal (Sound), 2002 Ronnie Milsap: Live (Sound), 2002 Sinatra: The Classic Duets (Sound), 2000 Bette (Sound), 1999 RKO 281 (Sound), 1999 At First Sight (Sound), 1998 The Cruise (Sound), 1998 Celebrity (Sound), 1998 There's Something About Mary (Sound), 1998 My Giant (Sound), 1998 The Proposition (Sound), 1998 3rd Rock from the Sun (Sound), 1998 Skinnamarink TV (Sound), 1997 L.A. Confidential (Sound), 1996 Camping Cosmos (Sound), 1996 Hollow Reed (Sound), 1996 Muppets Tonight (Sound), 1996 Jake's Women (Sound), 1995 Mr. Holland's Opus (Sound), 1995 Miami Rhapsody (Sound), 1994 The War (Sound), 1994 That's Entertainment! III (Sound), 1994 Four Weddings and a Funeral (Sound), 1993 Cracker (Sound), 1992 Traces of Red (Sound), 1992/I Hero (Sound), 1992 The Public Eye (Sound), 1992 Quantum Leap (Sound), 1991 Bugsy (Sound), 1991 My Girl (Sound), 1991 The Indian Runner (Sound), 1991 Madonna: Truth or Dare (Sound), 1990 Avalon (Sound), 1990 Betsy's Wedding (Sound), 1989 Grammy Living Legends (Sound), 1987 Someone to Love (Sound), 1987 Man on Fire (Sound), 1987 Beyond Therapy (Sound), 1986 'Round Midnight (Sound), 1986 George Burns' 90th Birthday Party: A Very Special Special (Sound), 1985 White Nights (Sound), Today (Sound), The Muppet Show (Sound), Fame (Sound), The Waltons (Sound), The Ed Sullivan Show (Sound), 1956 MGM Parade (Sound), 2012 Hello I Must Be Going (Sound), 2001 How Harry Met Sally... (Sound), The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (Sound), 1981 They All Laughed (Sound), 1953 The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (Sound), 1952 The Liberace Show (Sound), 1947 The Man I Love (Sound), 1946 Humoresque (Sound), 1945 George White's Scandals (Sound), 1945 Where Do We Go from Here (Sound), 1944 Lady in the Dark (Sound), 1943 The North Star (Sound), 1941 Blues in the Night (Sound), 1938 The Goldwyn Follies (Sound), 1932 Girl Crazy (Sound), 1931 Delicious (Sound), 1931 Night Club Revels (Sound), 1993 American Playhouse (Music Department), 1943 The North Star (Music Department), 1932 Girl Crazy (Music Department), 1932 Girl Crazy (Sound), 2003-2005 Great Performances (Other), 2012 The 66th Annual Tony Awards (Sound), 2011 Herr Alsmann trifft Frau Hielscher (Sound), 2010 Chico & Rita (Sound), 2010 Escrito nas Estrelas (Sound), 2010 Edge of Darkness (Sound), 2009 Ugly Betty (Sound), 2008 Definitely, Maybe (Sound), 2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (Sound), 2007 American Masters (Sound), 1999-2007 The Sopranos (Sound), 2007 For the Bible Tells Me So (Sound), 2006 Man of the Year (Sound), 2006 Brainstorm (Sound), 2005 Nynne (Sound), 2004 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Christopher Walken (Sound), 2004 Still Standing (Sound), 2004 Rosemary Clooney: Singing at Her Best (Sound), 2003 Something's Gotta Give (Sound), 2003 I'll Be There (Sound), 2002 Live from Lincoln Center (Sound), 2001 Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (Sound), 2000 The Whole Nine Yards (Sound), 2000 About Adam (Sound), 1999 Bicentennial Man (Sound), 1999 Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm (Sound), 1999 Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (Sound), 1999 Great Railway Journeys (Sound), 1997 That Old Feeling (Sound), 1996 Pavarotti & Friends for War Child (Sound), 1995 The Neon Bible (Sound), 1995 Forget Paris (Sound), 1994 It Could Happen to You (Sound), 1994 Entertaining the Troops (Sound), 1993 American Playhouse (Sound), 1992 Brain Donors (Sound), 1991 Guilty by Suspicion (Sound), 1989 Enemies: A Love Story (Sound), 1988 Rain Man (Sound), 1987-1988 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (Sound), 1988 Aloha Summer (Sound), 1987 Someone to Watch Over Me (Sound), 1987 The Witches of Eastwick (Sound), 1987 The Happy Valley (Sound), 1986 One Voice (Sound), 1986 Mr. Belvedere (Sound), 1986 Off Beat (Sound), 1985 Bassey: You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet (Sound), 1980 The Donna Summer Special (Sound), 1977 The Choirboys (Sound), 1975 Cher (Sound), 1974 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (Sound), 1974 The Carol Burnett Show (Sound), 1971 A Safe Place (Sound), 1963 Hollywood and the Stars (Sound), 1962 Here's Edie (Sound), 1959 But Not for Me (Sound), 1958 Jazz Party (Sound), 1957 Beau James (Sound), 1957 Funny Face (Sound), 1955 The 27th Annual Academy Awards (Sound), 1955 Three for the Show (Sound), 1953 Give a Girl a Break (Sound)

Theater Credits | show more show less

Nice Work If You Can Get It - Writing (April 24, 2012 - Present), The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess - Writing (January 12, 2012 - September 23, 2012), Come Fly Away - Music (March 25, 2010 - September 5, 2010), Lovemusik - Writing (May 3, 2007 - June 24, 2007), Never Gonna Dance - Writing (December 4, 2003 - February 15, 2004), Elaine Stritch At Liberty - Writing (February 21, 2002 - May 27, 2002), George Gershwin Alone - Music (April 30, 2001 - July 22, 2001), The Gershwins' Fascinating Rhythm - Writing (April 25, 1999 - May 9, 1999), Crazy For You - Writing (February 19, 1992 - January 7, 1996), Oh, Kay! - Writing (November 1, 1990 - April 14, 1991), Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood - Writing (January 23, 1986 - February 2, 1986), My One And Only - Music (May 1, 1983 - March 3, 1985), Porgy and Bess - Writing (April 7, 1983 - May 15, 1983), A Kurt Weill Cabaret - Writing (November 5, 1979 - June 1, 1980), Porgy and Bess - Writing (September 25, 1976 - January 9, 1977), Mr. Wonderful - Music (March 22, 1956 - February 23, 1957), At Home With Ethel Waters - Other (September 22, 1953 - October 10, 1953), Porgy and Bess - Writing (March 10, 1953 - November 28, 1953), Of Thee I Sing - Writing (May 5, 1952 - July 5, 1952), Park Avenue - Writing (November 4, 1946 - January 4, 1947), The Firebrand of Florence - Writing (March 22, 1945 - April 28, 1945), Porgy and Bess - Writing (February 7, 1944 - April 8, 1944), Lady in the Dark - Writing (February 27, 1943 - May 15, 1943), Porgy and Bess - Writing (January 22, 1942 - September 26, 1942), Lady in the Dark - Writing (September 2, 1941 - May 30, 1942), Lady in the Dark - Writing (January 23, 1941 - June 15, 1941), The Show is On - Writing (September 18, 1937 - October 2, 1937), The Show is On - Writing (December 25, 1936 - July 17, 1937), Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 - Writing (September 14, 1936 - December 19, 1936), Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 - Writing (January 30, 1936 - May 9, 1936), Porgy and Bess - Writing (October 10, 1935 - January 25, 1936), Thumbs Up! - Writing (December 27, 1934 - May 11, 1935), Let 'Em Eat Cake - Writing (October 21, 1933 - January 6, 1934), Of Thee I Sing - Writing (May 15, 1933 - June 10, 1933), Pardon My English - Writing (January 20, 1933 - February 25, 1933), Of Thee I Sing - Writing (December 26, 1931 - January 14, 1933), Shoot the Works - Writing (July 21, 1931 - October 3, 1931), Sweet and Low - Writing (November 17, 1930 - April 1931), Girl Crazy - Writing (October 14, 1930 - June 6, 1931), Garrick Gaieties - Writing (June 4, 1930 - October 8, 1930), Strike Up the Band - Writing (January 14, 1930 - June 28, 1930), Show Girl - Writing (July 2, 1929 - October 5, 1929), Treasure Girl - Writing (November 8, 1928 - January 5, 1929), Rosalie - Writing (January 10, 1928 - October 27, 1928), Oh, Kay! - Writing (January 2, 1928 - January 14, 1928), Funny Face - Writing (November 22, 1927 - June 23, 1928), Oh, Kay! - Writing (November 8, 1926 - June 1927), Americana - Other (July 26, 1926 - February 1927), Tip-Toes - Writing (December 28, 1925 - June 12, 1926), Captain Jinks - Writing (September 8, 1925 - January 30, 1926), Tell Me More - Writing (April 13, 1925 - July 11, 1925), Lady, Be Good! - Writing (December 1, 1924 - September 12, 1925), Be Yourself - Writing (September 3, 1924 - November 22, 1924), Nifties of 1923 - Writing (September 25, 1923 - November 3, 1923), Little Miss Bluebeard - Writing (August 28, 1923 - January 26, 1924), Molly Darling - Writing (September 1, 1922 - November 25, 1922), George White's Scandals [1922] - Writing (August 28, 1922 - November 11, 1922), For Goodness Sake - Writing (February 21, 1922 - May 20, 1922), Two Little Girls in Blue - Writing (May 3, 1921 - August 27, 1921), The Sweetheart Shop - Writing (August 31, 1920 - October 16, 1920), Ladies First - Writing (October 24, 1918 - March 15, 1919), A Night with Janis Joplin - Writing (October 10, 2013 - February 9, 2014), Life b_egins at 8:40 - Writing (August 27, 1934 - March 16, 1935)