Goetz, E. Ray

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre | 2004 | 612 words | Copyright

Goetz, E. Ray (1886–1954), producer and lyricist. Born in Buffalo, New York, he began to write lyrics and sometimes melodies for Broadway shows in 1910, when he set words to A. Baldwin Sloan's score for The Prince of Bohemia. He remained active until better songwriters emerged about the time of World War I. Thereafter, he confined himself largely to producing, mounting several musicals for his wife, Irene Bordoni: As You Were (1920), The French Doll (1922), and Paris (1928), as well as several of Cole Porter's earliest musicals, such as Fifty Million Frenchmen (1929) and The New Yorkers (1930).

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