Charles Harris(1865-1930)

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Actor
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Songwriter ("After The Ball", "Hello Central, Give Me Heaven", "Break the News to Mother"), composer, author and publisher who began his career as a songwriter and banjo player for vaudeville acts. He became a music publisher in Chicago, Illinois and also wrote silent film scripts and plays. Joining ASCAP in 1914 as a charter member, his other popular-song compositions include "I'm Trying So Hard to Forget You", "There'll Come a Time", "Better than Gold", "Just Behind the Times", "I've Just Come to Say Goodbye", "Mid the Green Fields of Virginia", "For Old Time's Sake", "I've a Longing in My Heart for You, Louise", "Always in the Way", "Would You Care?", "The Best Things in Life", "Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares", "Songs of Yesterday", and several more.

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Driving Miss Daisy

7.3

Soundtrack(as Charles K. Harris, "After The Ball" (1892))

1989

After the Ball

Writer

1924

The Tie That Binds

Writer(as Charles K. Harris)

1923

Only One Night

6.6

Soundtrack("After the Ball", "After the Ball" (1892), "After the Ball")

1939

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Writer

Chicago After Midnight
- story
- 1928
Silken Shackles
- play
- 1926
The Bridge of Sighs
5.8
- story
- 1925
After the Ball
- adapted from the song by
- story
- 1924
The Tie That Binds
- song: inspired by
- story (as Charles K. Harris)
- 1923
Slim Shoulders
- story (as Charles K. Harris)
- 1922
Ashamed of Parents
- scenario
- story "What Children Will Do" (as Charles K. Harris)
- 1921
The Barker
- story
- 1917
Should a Baby Die?
- scenario (as Charles K. Harris)
- 1916
Hearts of Men
Short
- play "School Bells" (as Charles K. Harris)
- 1915
Always in the Way
- Writer
- 1915
When It Strikes Home
- story (as Charles K. Harris)
- 1915
After the Ball
6.4
- story and scenario
- 1914
After the Ball
4.9
Short
- song, 'After the Ball' (as Charles K. Harris)
- 1899

Actor

Soundtrack

Help Me I'm Dying
6.9
TV Special
- lyrics: "After the Ball"
- music: "After the Ball" (as Charles K. Harris)
- 2019
The Simpsons
8.7
TV Series
- writer: "After the Ball" (uncredited)
- 2017
Murdoch Mysteries
8.2
TV Series
- writer: "After the Ball"
- writer: "After the Ball" (1891) (uncredited)
- 2008–2017
Summer in February
5.6
- writer: "After the Ball" (as Charles K. Harris)
- 2013
Citadel
5.5
- writer: "After the Ball" (as Charles K. Harris)
- 2012
Boardwalk Empire
8.6
TV Series
- writer: "After the Ball" (as Charles K. Harris, uncredited)
- 2010
Jekyll & Canada
Video
- writer: "Fairy Moon"
- 2009
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
6.3
- writer: "After the Ball" (as Charles K. Harris)
- 2009
Everlasting Moments
7.5
- music: "After the Ball"
- 2008
Rosemary Clooney: Singing at Her Best
Music Video
- writer: "After the Ball"
- 2004
Carnivàle
8.4
TV Series
- writer: "After the Ball" (as Charles K. Harris, uncredited)
- 2003
Ren & Stimpy 'Adult Party Cartoon'
5.3
TV Series
- music: "After the Ball" (uncredited)
- 2003
Wind at My Back
7.8
TV Series
- lyrics: "After the Ball"
- music: "After the Ball" (uncredited)
- 2000
Avonlea
8.5
TV Series
- writer: "After the Ball" (uncredited)
- 1996
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
7.3
- writer: "After the Ball"
- 1995

Personal details

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Alternative name
- Charles K. Harris
Born
- May 1, 1865
- Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
Died
- December 22, 1930
- New York City, New York, USA
Spouse
- Cora LehrbergNovember 12, 1893 - December 22, 1930 (his death, 2 children)
Other works
Stage: Wrote music / lyrics for "After the Ball" in "Show Boat", produced on Broadway. Musical drama (revival). Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by / book adapted by / directed by Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyrics for "Bill" by P.G. Wodehouse. Music / lyrics for "Goodbye, My Lady Love" by Joseph E. Howard. Based on "Show Boat" by Edna Ferber. Musical Directors: Oscar Bradley and Sammy Lee. Casino Theatre: 19 May 1932-22 Oct 1932 (180 performances). Cast: Bessie Allison, Bertha Fitzhugh Baker, Rachel Beech, J. Mardo Brown, A. Alan Campbell (as "Windy"), Billie Campbell, Mamie Cartier, Willy Lou Chalfant, Laura Clairon, Catherine Clark, Walter Costello, Jack Daley, Charles Davis, Henry Davis, Dorothy Denese, Leon Diggs, Evelyn Eaton, William Ehlers, Charles Ellis, Caja Eric, Robert Faricy, Estelle Floyd (as "Ethel"), Dell Fradenburg, John Fredrik, Tess Gardella, Ray Giles, Blanche Glenn, Thomas Gunn, Marion Hairston, Edgar Hall, Annie Hart, William Haskins, Mae Haygood, Mari Hellgren, Eunice Holmes, Maurine Holmes, Rhogenia Jamison, J. Louis Johnson, Charlotte Junius, Tana Kamp, V. Anne Kaye, Dennis King (as "Gaylord Ravenal"), Angeline Lawson, James Lillard, Henrietta Lovelace, Herbert Lyle, Francis X. Mahoney (as "Rubberface Smith"), Pat Mann, Rose Mariella, Richard McAllister, Dolly McCormick, James McKay, John Mobley, Helen Morgan (as "Julie"), Ethel Moses, Lucia Moses, Edna May Oliver (as "Parthy Ann Hawks"; final Broadway role), Joseph Olney, Ann Lee Patterson, Pauline Pennell, Inez Persand, Lancelot Pinard, Eva Puck (as "Ellie"), Hattie King Reavis, Wilburn Riviere, Paul Robeson (as "Joe"), Elsie Rossi, Jennie Salmons, Earle Sanborn, Mildred Schwenke, Phil Sheridan, Maude Simmons, Charles Spencer, James Swift, Wen. Talbert, Lucille Taylor, Norma Terris (as "Magnolia"), Wynn Terry, Tillie Thomas, Archie Thomson, Lee Timmans, Gladstone Waldrip, Gertrude Walker [final Broadway role], Billie Wallace, Elida Webb, Sammy White (as "Frank Schultz"), Charles Willis, Charles Winninger (as "Capt. Andy"). Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. NOTES: (1) Mr. Ziegfeld would die during production on 22 Jul 1932 at age 65. (2) Filmed as Show Boat (1929), Show Boat (1936), Show Boat (1951).
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His most famous musical composition is the song "After The Ball", written in 1892. The song was a flop at first, but became a huge hit when it was interpolated into the 1891 play, "A Trip To Chinatown", which was still running at the time. It has remained popular to this day as an example of the kind of popular music played in the 1890s. It was interpolated by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II into their classic 1927 musical, "Show Boat", to be sung at a climactic, poignant part in the story, and is always used in stage productions of the show. It was also used in the 1936 and 1951 film versions, but not in the 1929 part-talkie version.