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- Allie Wrubel was born on January 15, 1905 in Middletown, Connecticut, USA. He was a composer, known for Blood Simple (1984), The Wedding Planner (2001) and Anything Else (2003). He died on December 13, 1973 in Twentynine Palms, California, USA.
- Charter member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Inducted in 1970.
- Prolific American composer/songwriter. Early on played clarinet and saxophone in Paul Whiteman's Orchestra. His extensive song catalogue includes "The Lady In Red", "Music, Maestro, Please", "I'm Stepping Out With a Memory Tonight", "My Own America", "Zip-a-Dee Doo-Dah" (Academy Award, 1947), "Flirtation Walk" and "Gone With the Wind". He was a graduate of Wesleyan University and Columbia University. Member of ASCAP from 1933, the following year signed as a contract song writer by Warner Brothers. With Disney from 1947.
- Close friend of James Cagney.
- His family founded the Wrubels department store in Middletown, Connecticut.
- After earning his bachelor's degree in 1926, Allie enrolled in graduate music studies at Columbia University. He roomed with his close friend, film actor James Cagney -a former Columbia undergrad -, and began playing with bands in Greenwich Village and making the rounds on Tin Pan Alley.
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