Harold Atteridge(1886-1938)
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Songwriter ("Fascination", "By the Beautiful Sea"), composer,
librettist, writer and author, educated at the University of Chicago
(Ph.B). He was a charter member of ASCAP in 1914, and was a staff
writer for the Shuberts, and wrote the Broadway stage scores for "The
Whirl of Society"; "Honeymoon Express"; and "The Peasant Girl". He
wrote the librettos for "Vera Violetta"; "The Passing Show" (12
editions); "The Whirl of the World"; "Dancing Around"; "Maid in
America"; "A World of Pleasure"; "Robinson Crusoe, Jr."; "The Show of
Wonders"; "Doing Our Bit"; "Sinbad"; "Monte Cristo, Jr."; "The Last
Waltz"; "Bombo"; "The Rose of Stamboul"; "The Dancing Girl"; "Topics of
1923"; "Innocent Eyes"; "Pleasure Bound"; "The Midnight Rounders"; "Big
Boy"; "Artists and Models"; "Gay Paree"; "A Night in Paris"; "A Night
in Spain"; "Ziegfeld Follies of 1927"; "Greenwich Village Follies of
1928"; and "Everybody's Welcome". His chief musical collaborators
included Al Jolson, Harry Carroll, Louis Hirsch, Otto Motzan, and
Sigmund Romberg. His other popular-song compositions include "My Yellow
Jacket Girl"; "Omar Khayyam"; "My Lady of the Telephone"; "Sister Susie
Started Syncopation"; "The Ragtime of Pan"; "Lotus Flower"; "Galli
Curci Rag"; "Broadway Butterfly"; "Jazza Da-Doo", and "Doing My
Bit".
