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BERLIN, IRVING

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BERLIN, IRVING
(1888 - 1989) American songwriter who penned over 1,000 tunes including ""God Bless America"" and There's No Business Like Show Business"". Good content T.L.S. ""Irving"" on his personal letterhead, 1p. 4to., New York, July 14, 1942, to Louis Simon of the Broadway Theatre, regarding his current musical ""This is the Army"". In part: ""...You must feel a little better about all the mix-up after having seen the show and knowing how much good it's going to do all of us..."". ""This is the Army"" began as a Broadway musical created in the midst of Word War II to raise money for the American military. It opened -- appropriately -- on July 4, 1942, and was a great success, a much-needed morale booster during a particularly dark year. Prominent folds, otherwise very good.