The Neuman Family
and Staff of

in any one spot on earth in
any one period. It was a
feast," he said.
A move to Hollywood
brought a job at 20th Century
Fox as a vocal coach for Alice
Faye, Tony Martin and
Shirley Temple. He then land-
ed a job at Republic Pictures
writing for Roy Rogers and
Gene Autry. "I wrote five or
six songs for each picture. I
wrote country and western
music. I wrote music for cat-
tle and mules and pigs and
dogs. I did just about
everything I was asked to do,"
he recalled.
In the 1930s and 1940s he
churned out a raft of movie
credits, pairing most notably
with the talented and ir-
repressible lyricist Sammy
Cahn. In 1948 they parted,
but were reunited long
enough to win the 1954
Academy Award for Three
Coins in the Fountain.
"I've had a lot of great fun
with Sammy. We had fights,
we hated each other, we made
up. Now we're good friends:'
he said. Styne and Cahn first
invaded Broadway theater in
1947 with the smash success
High Button Shoes.
Highlights of his career in-
clude his teaming with
lyricist Leo Robin for
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,
which made a star of saucer-
eyed Carol Charming. Her
rendition of Diamonds Are. a
Girl's Best Friend became a -
permanent credo for devious
gold-diggers. The Bells Are
Ringing was another tower-
- ing home run for Styne; this
time he was wedded to lyric
and book writers Comden and
Green.
He paraded some great en-
tries on Broadway which, in
ther- 1950s and 1960s, con-
tinued to break the tape
ahead of the field. Gypsy was
the crowning achievement of
Styne's career — a lovingly
crafted work which proved
that Styne was a dramatic
composer on par with Broad-
way's best. •
But he didn't stop there.
"Barbra Streisand," he went
on, "was born for her part in
Funny Girl. The score made
her, and what a score," he ex-
claimed. "It's a powerful
score:' he repeated, proudly
unencumbered by false
modesty.
What was his greatest thrill
on the musical stage? "Open-
ing night of Gypsy in
England;' he said with a
broad beam. .
He will be back on the
boards next season with The
Bar Mitzvah Boy and a
musical based on Treasure
Island called Pieces of Eight.
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