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Mack Gordon

Mack Gordon (1904–1959) was an American composer, songwriter and lyricist.

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Mack Gordon, American songwriter, who won the 1943 Academy Award for Best Original Song

Los Angeles Times · CC BY 4.0

Biography

Recorded at birth as Morris Gittler.

Also worked under the name Mack Gordon.

Born at Warsaw in 1904, died in New York City in 1959.

The recorded working language is English.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are stage and screen, comedy and melodrama.

Distinctions recorded are Academy Award for Best Original Song.

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  • Warsaw
  • New York City
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 21 August 2026.

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