Biography
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Harry Revel (21 December 1905 – 3 November 1958) was a British-American composer of musical theatre.
Revel was born in London, England. Before emigrating to the United States in 1929, he wrote musicals for productions in London, Paris, Copenhagen, and Vienna.
Once in the US, he worked on Broadway, writing the scores for Ziegfeld Follies of 1931, Meet My Sister and Are You With It?. He later moved to Hollywood. He wrote scores for the films Sitting Pretty, Broadway Through a Keyhole, We're Not Dressing, She Loves Me Not, Shoot the Works, College Rhythm, Love in Bloom, Paris in the Spring, Stolen Harmony, Two for Tonight, Collegiate, Stowaway, Poor Little Rich Girl, Ali Baba Goes to Town, Wake Up and Live, You Can't Have Everything, Head Over Heels, Love and Kisses, Four Jacks and a Jill and Love Finds Andy Hardy.
Harry Revel collaborated with lyricists Mack Gordon, Mort Greene, Paul Francis Webster, Buddy Feyne and Arnold Horwitt. In 1934 he appeared in Hollywood Rhythm, a short film purporting to show the songwriting team of Mack Gordon and Harry Revel brainstorming the score for College Rhythm.
Revel co-produced and co-wrote the score (with Webster) for the 1944 Benny Fields musical Minstrel Man. The score was nominated for an Academy Award, a first for low-budget studio Producers Releasing Corporation.
He wrote themes for Les Baxter's 1947 theremin exotica album, Music Out of the Moon.
Revel died in New York. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits

Minstrel Man
Role: Songs
MOVIE • 1944

The Mayor of 44th Street
Role: Music
MOVIE • 1942

The Big Street
Role: Original Music Composer
MOVIE • 1942

Call Out the Marines
Role: Music
MOVIE • 1942

You Can't Have Everything
Role: Original Music Composer
MOVIE • 1937

You Can't Have Everything
Role: Lyricist
MOVIE • 1937

Florida Special
Role: Songs
MOVIE • 1936

Love in Bloom
Role: Original Music Composer
MOVIE • 1935

The Gay Divorcee
Role: Lyricist
MOVIE • 1934

The Gay Divorcee
Role: Music
MOVIE • 1934

The Old-Fashioned Way
Role: Songs
MOVIE • 1934

We're Not Dressing
Role: Songs
MOVIE • 1934

Sitting Pretty
Role: Lyricist
MOVIE • 1933

Sitting Pretty
Role: Original Music Composer
MOVIE • 1933