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Anne Caldwell(1867-1936)

  • Writer
  • Music Department
  • Soundtrack
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Actress, songwriter ("I Know That You Know"), singer, librettist and author, educated in public schools. She began her career as a singer with the Juvenile Opera Company, and later wrote the Broadway stage scores for "The Canary" and "The City Chap"; and she was librettist for "Pom-Pom", "She's a Good Fellow", "The Night Boat", "The Sweetheart Shop", and "Good Morning Dearie", and the co-librettist for "Chin Chin", "Jack o' Lantern", "Tip Top", "Hitchy Koo of 1921", "The Bunch and Judy", "Stepping Stones", "Criss Cross", "Oh, Please!", and "Three Cheers". She was also the librettist for "Take The Air", and the co-librettist for "Top o' the World" and "The Lady of the Slipper". Joining ASCAP as a charter member in 1914, she collaborated musically with Jerome Kern, Vincent Youmans, Hugo Felix, and Raymond Hubbell. Her popular song compositions also include "Temple Bells", "In the Dark", "Wait Till the Cows Come Home", "Come and Have a Swing With Me", "The Bullfrog Patrol", "Whose Baby Are You?", "Left All Alone Again Blues", "Didn't You Believe?", "Blue Danube Blues", "Easy Pickin's", "Ka-lu-a", "Once in a Blue Moon", "Raggedy Ann", "Cinderella Girl", and "Like She Loves Me".
BornAugust 30, 1867
DiedOctober 22, 1936(69)
BornAugust 30, 1867
DiedOctober 22, 1936(69)
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Known for

Woody Allen and Martin Landau in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Crimes and Misdemeanors
7.8
  • Soundtrack("I Know That You Know")
  • 1989
Bebe Daniels and Everett Marshall in Dixiana (1930)
Dixiana
5.3
  • Writer
  • 1930
Flying Down to Rio (1933)
Flying Down to Rio
6.6
  • Writer
  • 1933
Gladys Walton in Top o' the Morning (1922)
Top o' the Morning
  • Writer
  • 1922

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  • Flying Down to Rio (1933)
    Flying Down to Rio
    6.6
    • from a play by
    • 1933
  • Leni Stengel, Bert Wheeler, and Robert Woolsey in Half Shot at Sunrise (1930)
    Half Shot at Sunrise
    6.0
    • dialogue
    • 1930
  • Bebe Daniels and Everett Marshall in Dixiana (1930)
    Dixiana
    5.3
    • dialogue
    • story
    • 1930
  • Edward Everett Horton and Florence Vidor in Marry Me (1925)
    Marry Me
    • play "The Nest Egg"
    • 1925
  • Gladys Walton in Top o' the Morning (1922)
    Top o' the Morning
    • story
    • 1922

Music Department



  • Leni Stengel, Bert Wheeler, and Robert Woolsey in Half Shot at Sunrise (1930)
    Half Shot at Sunrise
    6.0
    • lyrics
    • 1930
  • Bebe Daniels and Everett Marshall in Dixiana (1930)
    Dixiana
    5.3
    • lyrics by
    • 1930

Soundtrack



  • Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008)
    Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
    8.1
    Video
    • lyrics: "Life Is a Card Game", "Dixiana", "Whistling the Blues Away" (uncredited)
    • 2008
  • The War (2007)
    The War
    9.0
    TV Mini Series
    • writer: "I Know That You Know"
    • 2007
  • Woody Allen and Martin Landau in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
    Crimes and Misdemeanors
    7.8
    • lyrics: "I Know That You Know"
    • 1989
  • Eddie Bracken, Alice Ghostley, Dennis Olivieri, and Tirrell Barbery in General Motors 50th Anniversary Show (1957)
    General Motors 50th Anniversary Show
    TV Special
    • writer: "The Bull Frog Patrol"
    • 1957
  • Nat 'King' Cole in The Nat King Cole Show (1956)
    The Nat King Cole Show
    8.4
    TV Series
    • lyrics: "I Know That You Know" (uncredited)
    • 1957
  • Debbie Reynolds, Jane Powell, Vic Damone, Tony Martin, Ann Miller, and Russ Tamblyn in Hit the Deck (1955)
    Hit the Deck
    6.5
    • lyrics: "I Know That You Know" (1926) (uncredited)
    • 1955
  • Doris Day, Eve Arden, Billy De Wolfe, Gordon MacRae, Gene Nelson, S.Z. Sakall, and Patrice Wymore in Tea for Two (1950)
    Tea for Two
    6.5
    • lyrics: "I Know That You Know"
    • 1950
  • Carole Landis, George Murphy, Anne Shirley, and Benny Goodman and His Orchestra in The Powers Girl (1943)
    The Powers Girl
    6.5
    • lyrics: "I Know That You Know"
    • 1943
  • Carl Hoff and His Orchestra
    Short
    • lyrics: "I Know That You Know" (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Leni Stengel, Bert Wheeler, and Robert Woolsey in Half Shot at Sunrise (1930)
    Half Shot at Sunrise
    6.0
    • lyrics: "WHISTLING THE BLUES AWAY" (1930), "NOTHING BUT LOVE" (1930) (uncredited)
    • 1930
  • Bebe Daniels and Everett Marshall in Dixiana (1930)
    Dixiana
    5.3
    • lyrics: "Here's to the Old Days" (1930), "My One Ambition Is You" (1930), "A Lady Loved a Soldier", "Guiding Star" (1930), "A Tear, a Kiss, a Smile" (1930), "Mr. and Mrs. Sippi" (1930) (uncredited)
    • 1930

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Ann Caldwell O'Dea
  • Born
    • August 30, 1867
    • Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  • Died
    • October 22, 1936
    • Hollywood, California, USA
  • Spouses
      James J. O'DeaAugust 15, 1904 - April 12, 1914 (his death)
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:
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    • 2 Articles

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    Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

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