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7 unusual facts about Eric Maschwitz


At the Hickory House

# "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey) - 3:59

British Security Coordination

Eric Maschwitz - screenwriter, lyricist and broadcaster, Intelligence Corps officer

Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio

# "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) – 3:27

Mellow Soul

# "These Foolish Things" (Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey) - 9:45

R. C. Sherriff

Sherriff was nominated along with Eric Maschwitz and Claudine West for an Academy award for writing an adapted screenplay for Goodbye, Mr. Chips which was released in 1939.

Softly as a Summer Breeze

# "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) - 5:27

With These Hands...

# "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) - 4:17


Eddie Harris Goes to the Movies

# "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) - 3:02

Jack Strachey

Strachey scored another success in 1940 (this time with Eric Maschwitz and Manning Sherwin) with the song "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square".

Mel Tormé at the Crescendo

# "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) – 2:53

Mel Tormé at the Red Hill

# Medley: "A Foggy Day"/"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin)/(Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) – 3:30

Perfectly Frank

#"Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) - 2:55

Recorded Fall 1961

# "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) - 6:59

Rosemary Clooney Sings Ballads

# "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin, Jack Strachey) – 3:13

Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain

#"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) – 3:54

The Genius of Bud Powell

#"A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Manning Sherwin, Jack Strachey, Eric Maschwitz) – 3:41

The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra

# "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Manning Sherwin, Eric Maschwitz) - 5:13

The Tender Storm

# "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) - 4:27

This Is Anita

# "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Manning Sherwin, Eric Maschwitz) — 4:00

Tormé Meets the British

# "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin)

Zip Goes a Million

Zip Goes a Million is a musical with a book and lyrics by Eric Maschwitz and music by George Posford, based on the 1902 novel Brewster's Millions.


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