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Bert Kalmar

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American lyricist (1884-1947)

Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • The Marx Brothers
  • Monkey Business and Duck Soup

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1884-02-10
Active to
1947-09-18
lyricist

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
596
Total plays
1,555

Tags

1920sAll

Bert Kalmar (February 10, 1884 - September 18, 1947) was a Jewish American lyricist. He was born in New York, New York. He ran away from home at the age of 10 to become a magician at a tent show, and retained an interest in magic all his life. He never got much of an education, but decided to make a career in show business. He earned enough money as a vaudeville performer to start a music publishing company, Kalmar and Puck. He hired Harry Ruby as a song plugger <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Bert
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
New York City
Place of death
Los Angeles
Occupation
screenwriter
Languages spoken
English language
Number of children
2
Work location
New York City
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date of birth
1884-02-16
date of death
1947-09-17
partner in business or sport
Harry Ruby
writing language
English language
Commons category
Bert Kalmar
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