Edward Eliscu

Eliscu was born in Manhattan, New York City. His parents, Frank and Sofia Eliscu, were born in Romania and emigrated to the United States.[1] He attended DeWitt Clinton High School in Manhattan as a classmate of director George Cukor. He then attended City College of New York and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree. His older brother Millton D'Eliscu was a military officer, multi-sport coach, and athletic director.[2] He then began acting in Broadway plays. Eliscu's first film score was with Vincent Youmans and Billy Rose for the film Great Day. Two well-known songs from that show include "More Than You Know," and "Without a Song." He married the dancer and journalist Stella Bloch in 1931. They both worked in the film industry until the House Committee on Un-American Activities named her husband in the 1950s. This ended his career in the film and later in the television industry.[3] Eliscu together with his wife's cousin Mortimer Offner moved away from Hollywood and returned to New York.[4] Eliscu was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975.[5] He died on June 18, 1998, aged 96, in Newtown, Connecticut.[6] Eliscu is the grandfather of music journalist and broadcaster Jenny Eliscu.[7]

• "Happy Because I'm in Love" • "Ankle Up the Altar" • "Music Makes Me" • "Orchids in the Moonlight" • "Meet the People" • "A Fellow and a Girl" • "You Forgot Your Gloves" • "Without a Song" • "More Than You Know" • "I'll Still Belong To You (Eliscu and Brown song)" • "Carioca" • "Flying Down to Rio" • "Great Day"

• Vincent Youmans • Billy Rose • Jay Gorney • Henry Myers (composer) • John Green • Gus Kahn • Vernon Duke • Manning Sherwin • Richard Myers • Ned Lehac • Billy Hill • Nacio Herb Brown (songwriter)

Edward Eliscu is recorded as actor, songwriter, screenwriter, composer and lyricist.

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