Portrait of E.Y. Harburg

Writing

E.Y. Harburg

Career

Active from 1935 to 1968, with a break from 1936 to 1967, busiest in 1935 and 1968 with 1 main title each.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score54/100
Highest rated
Poster for Broadway Gondolier
Broadway Gondolier
GoodWatch score62/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Music (Original Song)

    1940 · Won · 12th Academy Awards

    Over the Rainbow

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Music (Original Song)

    1946 · Nominated · 18th Academy Awards

    More and More

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Music (Original Song)

    1944 · Nominated · 16th Academy Awards

    Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
E.Y. Harburg Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.8, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.2, average 5.5
  • Tension
    4.2, average 5.9
  • Violence
    2.4, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

      Movies and TV shows

      30
      Type
      Role
      Score
      Decade
      Genre
      Group by

      Upcoming

      1 title
      Lydia
      Lydia

      Music

      1990s

      2 titles
      The Wizard of Oz on Ice
      The Wizard of Oz on Ice (1996)

      Lyricist, Songs

      The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True
      The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (1995)

      Lyricist

      1970s

      1 title
      The Great Man's Whiskers
      The Great Man's Whiskers (1972)

      Songs

      1960s

      3 titles · average score 65
      Finian's Rainbow
      Finian's Rainbow (1968)
      GoodWatch score 47

      Screenplay, Musical

      I Could Go on Singing
      I Could Go on Singing (1963)
      GoodWatch score 84

      Lyricist

      Gay Purr-ee
      Gay Purr-ee (1962)
      GoodWatch score 64

      Songs, Lyricist

      1950s

      3 titles · average score 49
      Bloomer Girl
      Bloomer Girl (1956)

      Lyricist

      Paris in the Springtime
      Paris in the Springtime (1956)

      Lyricist

      April in Paris
      April in Paris (1952)
      GoodWatch score 49

      Lyricist

      1940s

      12 titles · average score 60
      California
      California (1947)
      GoodWatch score 64

      Lyricist

      Cover Girl
      Cover Girl (1944)
      GoodWatch score 80

      Lyricist

      Hollywood Canteen
      Hollywood Canteen (1944)
      GoodWatch score 69

      Lyricist

      Kismet
      Kismet (1944)
      GoodWatch score 50

      Songs

      Can't Help Singing
      Can't Help Singing (1944)
      GoodWatch score 55

      Lyricist

      Meet the People
      Meet the People (1944)
      GoodWatch score 45

      Producer

      Hell-Bent for Election
      Hell-Bent for Election (1944)
      GoodWatch score 56

      Lyricist

      Cabin in the Sky
      Cabin in the Sky (1943)
      GoodWatch score 76

      Lyricist

      Rio Rita
      Rio Rita (1942)
      GoodWatch score 57

      Lyricist

      Ship Ahoy
      Ship Ahoy (1942)
      GoodWatch score 55

      Lyricist

      Panama Hattie
      Panama Hattie (1942)
      GoodWatch score 50

      Lyricist

      Babes on Broadway
      Babes on Broadway (1941)
      GoodWatch score 65

      Lyricist

      1930s

      7 titles · average score 65
      The Wizard of Oz
      The Wizard of Oz (1939)
      GoodWatch score 85

      Lyricist

      At the Circus
      At the Circus (1939)
      GoodWatch score 78

      Lyricist

      Gold Diggers of 1937
      Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)
      GoodWatch score 49

      Lyricist

      The Singing Kid
      The Singing Kid (1936)
      GoodWatch score 60

      Lyricist

      Stage Struck
      Stage Struck (1936)
      GoodWatch score 54

      Lyricist

      Broadway Gondolier
      Broadway Gondolier (1935)
      GoodWatch score 62

      Story

      Queen High
      Queen High (1930)

      Songs

      1920s

      1 title · average score 74
      Applause
      Applause (1929)
      GoodWatch score 74

      Lyricist