Yip Harburg: Legendary Lyricist and Human Rights Activist

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Index Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. Academy Awards and nominations, 93, 99 acting, Yip’s early love of, 9, 13 Adams, Frank P. “F. P. A.,” 15 “Adrift on a Star” (1961), 224–26 aging, Yip on, 238–39 Americana (1932), 25–34, 37, 40, 42 Andersen, Hans Christian, 151 Anderson, Eddie Rochester, 100 Anderson, John Murray, 53 And Promenade Home (de Mille), 137 “And Russia Is Her Name” (1944), 112–13 “Anthem for a New Depression” (1974), 33 antislavery movement, 125–30 anti–Viet Nam war activism, 236, 241–43, 245 antiwar activism. See peace/antiwar activism “April in Paris” (1932), 46–48, 68–69, 70 Aristophanes, 219 Arlen, Harold: background of, 102; Bloomer Girls, 120, 129, 132–33; collaborative relationship with Yip, 25, 103–7; de Mille and, 140, 141; “Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe,” 99–101; Hooray for What!, 62–67; human rights activism and, 109; “It’s Only a Paper Moon,” 42–45; Jamaica, 206; “Last Night When We Were Young,” 60–62; Life Begins at 8:40, 52–60; Mercer partnership , 97–98; “Over the Rainbow ,” 82–83, 85–90, 105–6; photo, 84; politics and, 109; Warners, working for, 73, 75; on working in Hollywood, 103–4; Yip on character of, 53. See also The Wizard of Oz Aronson, Boris, 47 Atkinson, Brooks, 212 At the Circus (1939), 94 At This Point in Rhyme (1976), 237 Ayers, Lemuel, 139 Baird, Bil, 202, 203 Baum, L. Frank, 75 “The Begat” (1947), 171, 184 Berkeley, Busby, 74 “B. G. Bigelow, Inc.” (1951), 205 blacklisting, xiii, 108, 112, 190, 192, 194–98, 230–34 “Black Night at the White House” (1976), 241 Bloomer, Amelia, 123 Bloomer Girl (1944), 118, 120–25, 126, 127–34, 137 Blue Holiday (1945), 142 Bogart, Humphrey, 115 Bolger, Ray, 54, 80, 81 Bookspan, Martin [interviewer], 1 Bowron, Fletcher, 112 296 | Index breadlines, effect on Yip, 26–27 Breen, Joseph I., 96 Brewer, Roy, 196–97 Broadway theater. See musical theater Bromberg, Joseph Edward, 198 “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” (1932), 26–34, 40, 42 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The Life of Composer Jay Gorney (Gorney , S.), 35 business venture, Yip’s early, 21–22 Cabin in the Sky (1943), 94, 99–101 Can’t Help Singing (1944), 142 Carroll, Earl, 25 Cavett, Dick, 79 CCNY (City College of New York), 13, 15–16, 235 censorship, 95–97. See also McCarthy era Centennial Summer (1946), 142 child labor, 6 The Children’s Crusade (1971), 227–28 Christadora Settlement House, 7, 11– 12 City College of New York (CCNY), 13, 15–16, 235 civil rights movement, 125, 236 “Civil War Ballet,” 131, 137 classic song, elements of, 44–45 Cold War, 112, 136, 189. See also McCarthy era comedy. See humor communism and Soviet Union, 111– 13, 190, 191, 195–98. See also McCarthy era Communist Control Act (1954), 189 composers, Yip’s collaborative: Duke, 45–48, 50–51, 68–70, 99–100; Fain, 200, 203; Gorney, 24–26, 27, 28, 35–39, 219; Kern, xi, 60, 112; Offenbach, 219; relationship and remembering, x–xi; Robinson, 115–17, 134–35; Schwartz, 24, 114; Styne, 227. See also Arlen, Harold; Lane, Burton “The Conning Tower,” 14, 15, 21, 24 Consolidated Gas and Electric Company , 21 Consolidated Gas Iron Company, 21–22 Corey, Irwin, 202 Corwin, Norman, 135 Courtland, Jerome, 202 Cowardly Lion as archetypal character , 90–91 creativity and creative process, 44, 47, 52, 73, 105, 148–50, 187. See also writing process The Crock of Gold (Stephens), 143, 157 dance, integrating into story, 173 Darling of the Day (1968), 227 de Havilland, Olivia, 112 de Mille, Agnes, 130–31, 137–41, 139 democracy, Yip on, 191 Depression, Great, 23–24, 26, 40 Dewey, Thomas E., 114 Dietz, Howard, 24 “Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead” (1939), 79 director, Yip on role of, 207 Donaldson Awards, Finian’s Rainbow , 142 “Don’t Look Now, Mr. Dewey” (1944), 114–15 Index | 297 “Down With Love” (1937), 64 Duke, Vernon, 45–48, 50–51, 68–70, 99–100 “The Eagle and Me” (1944), 125, 127, 129–30 Earl Carroll Vanities, 42 Ebsen, Buddy, 80, 81 economic equality. See greed vs. equality theme educational activism, 110, 235–36 Einstein, Albert, 136 election songwriting, 114–17, 119, 248– 49 “Epitaph” (1976), 251 ethnic tensions in Yip’s neighborhood, 3, 6, 12–13 Fain, Sammy, 200, 203 Falkenberg, Jinx, 246 Fields, W...