Identité
Genre : homme
Naturalisation : Etats-Unis
État civil :
- Israel Isidor Baline
Fonctions : Acteur, Auteur de l'œuvre originale, Compositeur de la musique préexistante, Parolier des chansons préexistantes, Compositeur des chansons préexistantes, Parolier des chansons originales, Compositeur des chansons originales, Compositeur de la musique originale, Supervision musicale
Biographie
Formation :
Emigré aux Etats-Unis en 1893 avec sa famille, Irving Berlin doit très tôt travailler pour gagner sa vie. Embauché comme garçon de café chanteur à New York, il écrit ses premières chansons. Dès 1911, il compose des musiques d'opérette.Carrière :
En dépit d'un grand succès musical inspiré du ragtime (Alexander's Ragtime Band , 1911), Irving Berlin doit attendre 1929 pour débuter au cinéma dans The Cocoanuts / Noix de coco avec les Marx Brothers. Les simples mélodies du compositeur mêlées à des paroles légères se prêtent alors parfaitement bien aux comédies musicales. De grands noms deviennent des interprètes réguliers de ses compositions : Fred Astaire (Top hat / Le Danseur du dessus , 1935, et Follow the fleet / En suivant la flotte , 1936, de Mark Sandrich), Bing Crosby (Holiday Inn / L'Amour chante et danse , 1942, id. ; Blue skies / La Mélodie du bonheur , 1946, de Stuart Heisler). Une des grandes réussites d'Irving Berlin tient à des chansons simples, faciles à retenir, qui ont fait le succès de films comme There's no business like show business / La Joyeuse Parade (1954) de Walter Lang ou de White Christmas / Noël blanc (1954) de Michael Curtiz.Autres activités :
Irving Berlin a signé deux standards de la chanson américaine : God bless America, une chanson patriotique composée en 1918 et White Christmas, une chanson de Noël écrite en 1940 et traduite en français par Francis Blanche sous le titre Noël blanc.Filmographie
Courts métrages
Auteur de l'œuvre originale
- 1925 - Stop, Look and Listen
Compositeur des chansons préexistantes
- 1926 - Alexander's Ragtime Band
- 1926 - When the Midnight Choo-choo Leaves for Alabam'
- 1926 - My Wife's Gone to the Country
- 1927 - What price piano
- 1928 - Gus Arnhein and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra
- 1928 - Blossom Seeley and Bennie Fields
- 1928 - Dick Rich and His Melodious Monarchs
- 1928 - A famous male impersonator
- 1928 - The Band Beautiful
- 1928 - Down South
- 1928 - Earl Burtnett and His Biltmore Hotel Orchestra
- 1928 - Songs : I wonder and I'm more than satisfied
- 1928 - When East Meets West
- 1928 - A cycle of songs
- 1928 - Song impressions
- 1929 - Metro Movitone Revue
- 1929 - Gus Van and Joe Schenck
- 1930 - Hells Heels
- 1930 - Roseland
- 1931 - Chickens Come Home
- 1931 - The Smart Set-up
- 1931 - My Wife's Gone to the Country
- 1931 - Russian Lullaby
- 1932 - Oh ! How I Hate to Get up in the Morning
- 1933 - Boilesk
- 1933 - Betty Boop's Big Boss
- 1935 - Ticket or leave it
- 1935 - Vitaphone Casino
- 1942 - December 7th = Pearl Harbour
- 1942 - Any bonds today ?
- 1943 - The Voice that Thrilled the World
- 1945 - The Return of Mr. Hook
- 1945 - Tokyo woes
- 1945 - No buddy atoll
- 1948 - Community sing 9655 : Feudin' and fightin'
- 1951 - Sing Again of Michigan
- 1953 - Philharmaniacs
Parolier des chansons préexistantes
- 1926 - Alexander's Ragtime Band
- 1926 - When the Midnight Choo-choo Leaves for Alabam'
- 1926 - My Wife's Gone to the Country
- 1927 - What price piano
- 1928 - Gus Arnhein and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra
- 1928 - Blossom Seeley and Bennie Fields
- 1928 - Dick Rich and His Melodious Monarchs
- 1928 - A famous male impersonator
- 1928 - The Band Beautiful
- 1928 - Down South
- 1928 - Earl Burtnett and His Biltmore Hotel Orchestra
- 1928 - Songs : I wonder and I'm more than satisfied
- 1928 - When East Meets West
- 1928 - A cycle of songs
- 1928 - Song impressions
- 1929 - Metro Movitone Revue
- 1929 - Gus Van and Joe Schenck
- 1930 - Hells Heels
- 1930 - Roseland
- 1931 - Chickens Come Home
- 1931 - The Smart Set-up
- 1931 - My Wife's Gone to the Country
- 1931 - Russian Lullaby
- 1932 - Oh ! How I Hate to Get up in the Morning
- 1933 - Boilesk
- 1933 - Betty Boop's Big Boss
- 1935 - Ticket or leave it
- 1935 - Vitaphone Casino
- 1942 - December 7th = Pearl Harbour
- 1942 - Any bonds today ?
- 1943 - The Voice that Thrilled the World
- 1945 - The Return of Mr. Hook
- 1945 - Tokyo woes
- 1945 - No buddy atoll
- 1948 - Community sing 9655 : Feudin' and fightin'
- 1951 - Sing Again of Michigan
- 1953 - Philharmaniacs
Compositeur des chansons originales
- 1928 - Gus Arnhein and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra
- 1928 - Ruth Etting
Parolier des chansons originales
- 1928 - Gus Arnhein and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra
- 1928 - Ruth Etting
Compositeur de la musique préexistante
- 1929 - Broadway folly
- 1930 - Pardon Us
- 1931 - Alexander's Ragtime Band
- 1933 - Reaching for the Moon
- 1933 - Hello Pop !
- 1934 - The Live ghost
- 1934 - Vaudeville
- 1945 - The Good egg
- 1996 - Signing off
- 2000 - Ja jestem Jurek
Acteur
- 1943 - Show Business at War
Longs métrages
Compositeur des chansons préexistantes
- 1927 - The Jazz Singer
- 1928 - The Awakening
- 1928 - Show People
- 1929 - Applause
- 1929 - The Cocoanuts
- 1930 - Puttin'on the Ritz
- 1932 - Merrily We Go to Hell
- 1932 - Young Bride
- 1932 - Cynara
- 1936 - Way out West
- 1936 - The Great Ziegfeld
- 1937 - On the Avenue
- 1938 - The Amazing Dr Clitterhouse
- 1938 - Alexander's Ragtime Band
- 1939 - Idiot's Delight
- 1941 - Louisiana Purchase
- 1942 - Home in Wyomin'
- 1942 - Coney Island
- 1942 - Holiday Inn
- 1943 - Christmas Holiday
- 1945 - War Comes to America
- 1946 - The Jolson Story
- 1946 - Blue Skies
- 1946 - The Fabulous Dorseys
- 1948 - Big City
- 1950 - It's a Big Country
- 1950 - Annie Get Your Gun
- 1951 - Meet Danny Wilson
- 1953 - Call Me Madam
- 1971 - The Godfather
- 1972 - Paper Moon
- 1973 - The Great Gatsby
- 1974 - Young Frankenstein
- 1978 - The Deer Hunter
- 1978 - All That Jazz
- 1979 - Cabo Blanco
- 1979 - Bye Bye Brasil
- 1981 - Pennies from Heaven
- 1983 - The Purple Rose of Cairo
- 1983 - Lassiter
- 1983 - The Return of Captain Invincible
- 1984 - Before Stonewall
- 1985 - Ishtar
- 1986 - September
- 1986 - Who's That Girl
- 1987 - Batteries not Included
- 1987 - Bright Lights, Big City
- 1988 - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- 1991 - Solitaire
- 1992 - The Butcher's Wife
- 1993 - That's Entertainment III
- 1993 - Grumpy Old Men
- 1994 - Pontiac Moon
- 1994 - Forget Paris
- 1994 - The Santa Clause
- 1994 - With Honors
- 1995 - Let It Be Me
- 1995 - Sleepers
- 1995 - Mrs Winterbourne
- 1995 - The English Patient
- 1996 - Tu nombre envenena mis sueños
- 1996 - Mother Night
- 1997 - Meet Joe Black
- 1997 - Out to Sea
- 1998 - Matrimoni
- 1998 - Little Voice
- 1998 - Finding Graceland
- 1998 - The Green Mile
- 1998 - Edge of Seventeen
- 1998 - I'll be home for Christmas
- 1999 - Love's Labour's Lost
- 1999 - About Adam
- 1999 - Joe Gould's Secret
- 1999 - La Bûche
- 1999 - Baby Geniuses
- 1999 - The Next Best Thing
- 1999 - Billy Elliot
- 2000 - A.I. Artificial Intelligence
- 2000 - The Tailor of Panama
- 2000 - The Cat's Meow
- 2000 - Lucky Numbers
- 2001 - Green Dragon
- 2001 - Hart's War
- 2001 - Bowling for Columbine
- 2001 - The Kid stays in the picture
- 2001 - Mr. Deeds
- 2001 - Lucky Break
- 2002 - Unconditional Love
- 2002 - Spun
- 2002 - The Human Stain
- 2002 - The Human Stain
- 2002 - The Dreamers
- 2002 - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
- 2002 - Plots with a View
- 2002 - Mona Lisa Smile
- 2002 - Star trek : Nemesis
- 2002 - Sunshine State
- 2002 - The Weather Underground
- 2003 - Surviving Christmas
- 2003 - Polar Express
- 2003 - The Aviator
- 2004 - Romance and Cigarettes
- 2004 - Miracle
- 2004 - Tiovivo c. 1950
- 2004 - Christmas with the Kranks
- 2004 - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
- 2004 - Prime
- 2004 - Confetti
- 2004 - Pitbullterje
- 2005 - Hollywoodland
- 2005 - Sicko
- 2005 - Looking for comedy in the muslim world
- 2005 - Spider-Man 3
- 2005 - The Good Shepherd
- 2005 - Anytown, USA
- 2006 - The Savages
- 2006 - Expired
- 2006 - Shut up and Sing
- 2006 - Gray matters
- 2006 - Dreamgirls
- 2006 - Chacun son cinéma : Cinéma de boulevard
- 2006 - The Santa Clause 3 : The Escape Clause
- 2007 - My Life in Ruins
- 2007 - The Edge of Love
- 2007 - Four Christmases
- 2007 - Show Business : the Road to Broadway
- 2008 - Sita sings the blues
- 2008 - The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
- 2008 - Pageant
- 2008 - Spike
- 2010 - For colored girls
- 2022 - One Life
Parolier des chansons préexistantes
- 1927 - The Jazz Singer
- 1928 - The Awakening
- 1928 - Show People
- 1929 - Applause
- 1929 - The Cocoanuts
- 1930 - Puttin'on the Ritz
- 1932 - Merrily We Go to Hell
- 1932 - Young Bride
- 1932 - Cynara
- 1934 - Wharf Angel
- 1936 - Way out West
- 1936 - The Great Ziegfeld
- 1937 - On the Avenue
- 1938 - The Amazing Dr Clitterhouse
- 1938 - Alexander's Ragtime Band
- 1939 - Idiot's Delight
- 1941 - Louisiana Purchase
- 1942 - Home in Wyomin'
- 1942 - Coney Island
- 1942 - Holiday Inn
- 1943 - Christmas Holiday
- 1943 - Hello Frisco Hello
- 1945 - War Comes to America
- 1946 - The Jolson Story
- 1946 - It's a Wonderful Life
- 1946 - Blue Skies
- 1946 - The Fabulous Dorseys
- 1948 - Big City
- 1950 - It's a Big Country
- 1950 - Annie Get Your Gun
- 1951 - Meet Danny Wilson
- 1953 - Call Me Madam
- 1971 - The Godfather
- 1972 - Paper Moon
- 1973 - The Great Gatsby
- 1974 - Young Frankenstein
- 1978 - The Deer Hunter
- 1978 - All That Jazz
- 1979 - Cabo Blanco
- 1979 - Bye Bye Brasil
- 1981 - Pennies from Heaven
- 1983 - The Purple Rose of Cairo
- 1983 - Lassiter
- 1983 - The Return of Captain Invincible
- 1984 - Before Stonewall
- 1985 - Ishtar
- 1986 - September
- 1986 - Who's That Girl
- 1987 - Batteries not Included
- 1987 - Bright Lights, Big City
- 1988 - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- 1991 - Solitaire
- 1992 - The Butcher's Wife
- 1993 - That's Entertainment III
- 1993 - Grumpy Old Men
- 1994 - Pontiac Moon
- 1994 - Forget Paris
- 1994 - The Santa Clause
- 1994 - With Honors
- 1995 - Let It Be Me
- 1995 - Sleepers
- 1995 - Money Train
- 1995 - Mrs Winterbourne
- 1995 - The English Patient
- 1996 - Tu nombre envenena mis sueños
- 1996 - Mother Night
- 1997 - Meet Joe Black
- 1997 - Out to Sea
- 1998 - Matrimoni
- 1998 - Little Voice
- 1998 - Finding Graceland
- 1998 - The Green Mile
- 1998 - Edge of Seventeen
- 1998 - I'll be home for Christmas
- 1999 - Love's Labour's Lost
- 1999 - About Adam
- 1999 - Joe Gould's Secret
- 1999 - Baby Geniuses
- 1999 - The Next Best Thing
- 1999 - Billy Elliot
- 2000 - A.I. Artificial Intelligence
- 2000 - The Tailor of Panama
- 2000 - The Cat's Meow
- 2000 - Lucky Numbers
- 2001 - Green Dragon
- 2001 - Hart's War
- 2001 - Bowling for Columbine
- 2001 - The Kid stays in the picture
- 2001 - Mr. Deeds
- 2001 - Lucky Break
- 2002 - Unconditional Love
- 2002 - Spun
- 2002 - The Human Stain
- 2002 - The Dreamers
- 2002 - Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
- 2002 - Plots with a View
- 2002 - Mona Lisa Smile
- 2002 - Star trek : Nemesis
- 2002 - Sunshine State
- 2002 - The Weather Underground
- 2003 - Surviving Christmas
- 2003 - Polar Express
- 2003 - The Aviator
- 2004 - Romance and Cigarettes
- 2004 - Miracle
- 2004 - Christmas with the Kranks
- 2004 - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
- 2004 - Prime
- 2004 - Confetti
- 2004 - Pitbullterje
- 2005 - Hollywoodland
- 2005 - Sicko
- 2005 - Looking for comedy in the muslim world
- 2005 - Spider-Man 3
- 2005 - The Good Shepherd
- 2005 - Anytown, USA
- 2006 - The Savages
- 2006 - Expired
- 2006 - Shut up and Sing
- 2006 - Gray matters
- 2006 - Dreamgirls
- 2006 - Chacun son cinéma : Cinéma de boulevard
- 2006 - The Santa Clause 3 : The Escape Clause
- 2007 - My Life in Ruins
- 2007 - The Edge of Love
- 2007 - Four Christmases
- 2007 - Show Business : the Road to Broadway
- 2008 - Sita sings the blues
- 2008 - The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
- 2008 - Pageant
- 2008 - Spike
- 2010 - For colored girls
- 2022 - One Life
Acteur
- 1929 - Glorifying the American Girl
Compositeur de la musique originale
- 1929 - Glorifying the American Girl
Compositeur de la musique préexistante
- 1929 - The Time, the Place and the Girl
- 1929 - Coquette
- 1931 - Suicide Fleet
- 1932 - Westward Passage
- 1935 - Top Hat
- 1941 - Moontide
- 1941 - Louisiana Purchase
- 1945 - Kärlekens kors
- 1945 - Rakkauden risti
- 1951 - Radio tulee hulluksi
- 1954 - There's no Business Like Show Business
- 1957 - The Big Show
- 1971 - The King of Marvin Gardens
- 1972 - Dillinger
- 1976 - Silent Movie
- 1982 - Once Upon a Time in America
- 1986 - The Golden Child
- 1988 - Crimes and Misdemeanors
- 1988 - Tap
- 1989 - Communion
- 1991 - Muuttolinnun aika
- 1991 - Husbands and Wives
- 1995 - Money Train
- 1996 - La Tregua
- 1996 - Titanic
- 1998 - Patch Adams
- 1999 - The Story of Us
- 2000 - Rollerball
- 2002 - Ghosts of the Abyss
- 2002 - Capturing the Friedmans
- 2002 - Anger Management
- 2005 - Hollywoodland
- 2005 - Flags of Our Fathers
- 2006 - Mister Lonely
- 2006 - I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
- 2006 - Hécuba, un sueño de pasión
- 2007 - This Christmas
- 2009 - Wall Street : Money Never Sleeps
- 2010 - RED
- 2010 - José e Pilar
- 2010 - A little help
Compositeur des chansons originales
- 1929 - Lady of the Pavements
- 1929 - Hallelujah !
- 1930 - Puttin'on the Ritz
- 1931 - Reaching for the Moon
- 1935 - Top Hat
- 1937 - On the Avenue
- 1938 - Alexander's Ragtime Band
- 1939 - Idiot's Delight
- 1942 - Holiday Inn
- 1943 - This Is the Army
- 1946 - It's a Wonderful Life
- 1946 - Blue Skies
- 1954 - There's no Business Like Show Business
- 1957 - Sayonara
Parolier des chansons originales
- 1929 - Lady of the Pavements
- 1929 - Hallelujah !
- 1930 - Puttin'on the Ritz
- 1931 - Reaching for the Moon
- 1935 - Top Hat
- 1937 - On the Avenue
- 1938 - Alexander's Ragtime Band
- 1942 - Holiday Inn
- 1943 - This Is the Army
- 1946 - Blue Skies
- 1954 - There's no Business Like Show Business
- 1957 - Sayonara
- 1996 - La Tregua
Auteur de l'œuvre originale
- 1931 - Reaching for the Moon
- 1937 - On the Avenue
- 1938 - Alexander's Ragtime Band
- 1942 - Holiday Inn
- 1943 - This Is the Army
- 1946 - Blue Skies
- 1950 - Annie Get Your Gun
- 1953 - Call Me Madam
Supervision musicale
- 1938 - Alexander's Ragtime Band
Bibliographie éditoriale
- Ouvrage : As thousands cheer : the life of Irving Berlin / By Laurence Bergreen. - New York : Da Capo Press, 1996
- Ouvrage : Broadway babies : the people who made the American musical / Ethan Mordden. - New-York : Oxford University Press, 1983
- Ouvrage : Sweet and lowdown : America's popular song writers / Warren Craig ; with a foreword by Milton Ager. - Metuchen : Scarecrow Press, 1978
- Ouvrage : The great songwriters of Hollywood / Craig Warner. - New-York ; London : Barnes : Tantivy, 1980
- Périodique : Ciné Revue, n° 19, 12 mai 1988. Joan MacTrevor, "Irving Berlin : l'histoire du génial compositeur qui ne sait ni lire ni écrire la musique !"
- Périodique : Ciné Revue, n° 40, 5 octobre 1989. Joan MacTrevor, "Irving Berlin avait toujours refusé de donner ses mélodies à la publicité !"
- Périodique : Cinéma 59, n° 39, août 1959."Petit lexique de la comédie musicale américaine : Irving Berlin"
- Périodique : Cinéma 74, n° 184, février 1974. Jacques-André Bizet, "Filmographie : A, comme Astaire... : Irving Berlin"
- Périodique : Cinéma 80, n° HS Comédie Musicale, décembre 1980, décembre 1980. "Dictionnaire : Irving Berlin"
- Périodique : Classic Images, n° 173, novembre 1989. "Irving Berlin"
- Périodique : Film Français (Le), n° 2265, 29 septembre 1989. "A salute to Irving Berlin"
- Périodique : Films in Review, vol. 9, n° 5, mai 1958
- Périodique : Listener (The), vol. 119, n° 3061, 5 mai 1988. Benny Green, "Irving Berlin"
- Périodique : National Film Theatre, mai 1988. Robert Cushman, "Irving Berlin"
- Périodique : Photoplay, vol. 37, n° 5, avril 1930. "Irving Berlin"
- Périodique : Première, n° 152, novembre 1989. "Irving Berlin"
- Périodique : Variety, 27 septembre 1989. Joseph McBride, "Irving Berlin dies at 101"
Récompenses et nominations
- 1943 - Meilleure musique - AMPAS - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Holiday Inn, Mark Sandrich, 1942 - Obtenu