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Vincent P. Bryan

Illustration — In My Merry Oldsmobile songbook featuring an Oldsmobile Curved Dash automobile Vincent Patrick Bryan (June 22, 1878 – April 27, 1937) was an American composer and lyricist. • Illustration — Vincent P Bryan Down Where The Wurzburger Flows In the 1903-1909 production of The Wizard of Oz he was called upon to introduce new songs in numerous revisions. • with Theodore F. Morse • Nautical Nonsense (Hurrah for Baffin's Bay!) (Scarecrow and Tin Woodman) • with J.B. Mullen • Down on the Brandywine (Trixie Tryfle and Pastoria) • 'Twas Enough to Make a Perfect Lady Mad (Cynthia Cynch) • Under a Panama (Dorothy Gale) • The Nightmare (Scarecrow and Tin Woodman) • with Charles Zimmerman • Marching Thro' Georgia (Scarecrow and Tin Woodman) • Sitting Bull (Scarecrow) • Football (Scarecrow and Tin Woodman) • Marching Through Port Arthur (Scarecrow and Tin Woodman) • with Leo Edwards • The Tale of the Monkey (Cynthia Cynch) • My Own Girl (Sir Dashemoff Daily) He was a close behind-the-scenes collaborator of Charlie Chaplin from 1915 to 1917. Along with Hal Roach he directed three Harold Lloyd films in 1919: He Leads, Others Follow, Soft Money and Pay Your Dues. An addiction to heroin prematurely ended his promising career in motion pictures.

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Vincent P. Bryan

Sheet music cover of "In My Merry Oldsmobile" (Gus Edwards (music) and Vincent Bryan (lyrics)) featuring an Oldsmobile Curved Dash automobile. A photograph of singer Bert Morphy is in the upper left.

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Full name
Vincent Patrick Bryan.
Born
1878.
Died
1937.
Nationality
United States.
Occupation
composer, screenwriter, lyricist and director.
Fields
film score.
Languages
English.

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Illustration — In My Merry Oldsmobile songbook featuring an Oldsmobile Curved Dash automobile Vincent Patrick Bryan (June 22, 1878 – April 27, 1937) was an American composer and lyricist. • Illustration — Vincent P Bryan Down Where The Wurzburger Flows In the 1903-1909 production of The Wizard of Oz he was called upon to introduce new songs in numerous revisions. • with Theodore F. Morse • Nautical Nonsense (Hurrah for Baffin's Bay!) (Scarecrow and Tin Woodman) • with J.B. Mullen • Down on the Brandywine (Trixie Tryfle and Pastoria) • 'Twas Enough to Make a Perfect Lady Mad (Cynthia Cynch) • Under a Panama (Dorothy Gale) • The Nightmare (Scarecrow and Tin Woodman) • with Charles Zimmerman • Marching Thro' Georgia (Scarecrow and Tin Woodman) • Sitting Bull (Scarecrow) • Football (Scarecrow and Tin Woodman) • Marching Through Port Arthur (Scarecrow and Tin Woodman) • with Leo Edwards • The Tale of the Monkey (Cynthia Cynch) • My Own Girl (Sir Dashemoff Daily) He was a close behind-the-scenes collaborator of Charlie Chaplin from 1915 to 1917. Along with Hal Roach he directed three Harold Lloyd films in 1919: He Leads, Others Follow, Soft Money and Pay Your Dues. An addiction to heroin prematurely ended his promising career in motion pictures.

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