Betty Comden (May 3, 1917 – November 23, 2006) was an American lyricist, playwright, and screenwriter who contributed to numerous Hollywood musicals and...

written during the transition from silent films to "talkies", writers Betty Comden and Adolph Green decided that was when the story should be set. When...

an American lyricist and playwright who, with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the screenplays and songs for musicals on Broadway and in Hollywood...

Comden and Green was a 60-year songwriting partnership, comprising Betty Comden (1917–2006) and Adolph Green (1914–2002). They first worked together in...

“Singin' in the Rain, an interview with Betty Comden and Adolph Green”, the film's screenwriter Betty Comden recalled, "How [Arthur Freed] could have...

in a Musical. He also received Tony nominations for his roles in the Betty Comden and Adolph Green musical Applause (1970), and the Sondheim musical A...

A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green is a musical revue with a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Leonard Bernstein,...

role as Margo Channing in Applause (1970). The musical was written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. She performed the role both on Broadway and the West...

Based on the successful 1956 Broadway production of the same name by Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Jule Styne, the film focuses on Ella Peterson, based...

Singin' in the Rain is a stage musical with story by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyrics by Arthur Freed, and music by Nacio Herb Brown. Adapted from...

with music by Leonard Bernstein and Roger Edens and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. It is an adaptation of the Broadway stage musical of...

experimental film with music and lyrics written by Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. The project eventually collapsed when Coppola's American...

Rodgers and Hammerstein. Burt Bacharach and Hal David followed in 1972. Betty Comden and Adolph Green were selected in 1980, and Leiber and Stoller were inducted...

Ringing, with its book and lyrics written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Jule Styne. Comden and Green were hired to adapt the musical into...

Bernstein Betty Comden and Adolph Green Comden and Green Notable song: "New York, New York". On the Twentieth Century 1978 Broadway Cy Coleman Betty Comden and...

lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green) – Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra "O'Brien to Ryan to Goldberg" (music by Roger Edens, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph...

as the basis for the musical film Singin' in the Rain. Screenwriters Betty Comden and Adolph Green recall that before shooting had started, they had "painfully...

Comden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Betty Comden (1917–2006), one-half of the musical-comedy duo Comden and Green Danny Comden...

six of whom won without male writing partners, and for eleven shows: Betty Comden – Hallelujah, Baby! (1968), On the Twentieth Century (1978), and The...

Blossom Dearie Sings Comden and Green is a 1959 album by Blossom Dearie, focusing on the work of lyricists Betty Comden and Adolph Green. "Lucky to Be...

Jerome Chodorov and Joseph Fields, Music by Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green Robert Fryer 1954 (8th) Kismet Book by Luther Davis...

Stephen Schwartz Steven Epstein 4 nominations Adolph Green Alex Lacamoire Betty Comden David Caddick Dean Sharenow Fred Ebb Jeanine Tesori John Kander Jule...

the lyrics were written by Carolyn Leigh, with additional lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. The original Broadway production, starring Mary Martin...

musical theater songwriting duos: Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and John Kander and Fred Ebb. Members of six music...

and Betty Comden 1951: Annie Get Your Gun – Sidney Sheldon 1952: An American in Paris – Alan Jay Lerner * 1953: Singin' in the Rain – Betty Comden and...

the Woodside" Count Basie Eddie Durham 1956 "Just in Time" Jule Styne Betty Comden and Adolph Green 1935 "Just One of Those Things" Cole Porter Cole Porter...

2012. Retrieved January 30, 2013. Robert Berkvist (November 24, 2006). "Betty Comden, Half of Lyrics Team Behind Musicals of Grace and Wit, Dies at 89". The...

followed this with small parts in successful productions such as the Betty Comden and Adolph Green musical Say, Darling (1958–59) featuring Robert Morse...

Wife (1977) with Michael Stewart, On the Twentieth Century (1978) with Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and Home Again, Home Again with Barbara Fried, although...

Pan (1950) Wonderful Town (1953) West Side Story (1957) A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green (1958, collaboration) The Race to Urga (1969 - incomplete)...