Gender
Male
Born
Oct 15, 1882
Died
Nov 17, 1935
Composer Writer Lyricist
Also Known As
Ballard MacDonald
  • CREDITS
    George White's Scandals [1936] (Dec 25, 1935 - Mar 28, 1936)
    Musical, Original
    • Music for "Anything Can Happen" by Ballard MacDonald; Music for "The (Daring Young) Man on the Flying Trapeze" by Walter O'Keefe
    Thumbs Up! (Dec 27, 1934 - May 11, 1935)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and Earle Crooker
    Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 (Jan 04, 1934 - Jun 09, 1934)
    Musical, Original
    • Music by Vernon Duke, Samuel Pokrass, Billy Hill, H. I. Phillips, Fred Allen, Harry Tugend and Ballard MacDonald
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald, Billy Rose, Billy Hill and Edward Heyman
    Sweet and Low (Nov 17, 1930 - Apr 1931)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Edward Eliscu, Ira Gershwin, Billy Rose, Malcolm McComb and Ballard McDonald
    Hot Rhythm (Aug 21, 1930 - Oct 1930)
    Musical, Original
    • Book by Ballard MacDonald, Will Morrissey and Edward Hurley
    George White's Scandals [1928] (Jul 02, 1928 - Jan 19, 1929)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Ballard MacDonald, Dave Dreyer, Ted Fio Rito, Abel Baer, J. Fred Coots and Neil Moret
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald, Dave Dreyer, Richard Whiting, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Lou Davis, Edward G. Nelson and Harry Pease
    Harry Delmar's Revels (Nov 28, 1927 - Mar 1928)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by Billy Rose and Ballard MacDonald
    Footlights (Aug 19, 1927 - Sep 24, 1927)
    Musical, Original
    • Additional numbers by Joe Fletcher, Irving Bibo, Irving Kahal, William B. Friedlander, Ted Snyder, Francis Wheeler, Rene Mercier, Ballard MacDonald, Sam Coslow and Dave Ringle
    Padlocks of 1927 (Jul 05, 1927 - Sep 24, 1927)
    Musical, Original
    • Book by Paul Gerard Smith and Ballard MacDonald
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and Jack Yellen
    Rufus LeMaire's Affairs (Mar 28, 1927 - May 1927)
    Musical, Original
    • Book by Ballard MacDonald
    • Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald
    No Foolin' (Jun 24, 1926 - Sep 25, 1926)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by Gene Buck, Irving Caesar and Ballard MacDonald
    Sweetheart Time (Jan 19, 1926 - May 22, 1926)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and Irving Caesar
    Gay Paree [1925] (Aug 18, 1925 - Jan 30, 1926)
    Musical, Original
    • Additional lyrics by Harold Atteridge, Henry Creamer, Buddy DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald, Lester Allen, Harry Woods, Charles Tobias and Al Sherman
    George White's Scandals [1924] (Jun 30, 1924 - Dec 13, 1924)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by B.G. DeSylva and Ballard MacDonald
    Battling Buttler (Oct 08, 1923 - Jul 05, 1924)
    Musical, Original
    • Book by Ballard MacDonald
    • Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald
    George White's Scandals [1923] (Jun 18, 1923 - Nov 10, 1923)
    Musical, Original
    • Additional lyrics by E. Ray Goetz, Ballard MacDonald and Lew Brown
    Chauve-Souris [1922] (Jan 04, 1923 - May 05, 1923)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and Fyodor Sologub
    Chauve-Souris [1922] (Jun 05, 1922 - Oct 07, 1922)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Dailey Paskman and Ballard MacDonald
    Chauve-Souris [1922] (Feb 04, 1922 - Jun 1922)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Frank Waller, Ballard MacDonald, Alexei Archangelsky and Alexsandr Afanasovich
    Pins and Needles (Feb 01, 1922 - Mar 11, 1922)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald, Rupert Hazel and I. Caesar
    Ziegfeld Follies of 1921 (Jun 21, 1921 - Oct 01, 1921)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Henry Creamer, J. Turner Layton, Grant Clarke, James Hanley, Channing Pollock, Blanche Merrill, Leo Edwards, Ballard MacDonald, Harry Carroll, Albert Willemetz, Jacques Charles, Buddy DeSylva, Gus Mueller, Buster Johnson, Andrew Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer and Edward P Moran
    Love Birds (Mar 15, 1921 - Jun 11, 1921)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald
    The Rose Girl (Feb 11, 1921 - May 07, 1921)
    Musical, Original
    • Additional lyrics by Kay Reese and Ballard MacDonald
    Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic [1920] (Feb 01, 1921 - Closing date unknown)
    Musical, Original
    • Book by Ballard MacDonald
    Jim Jam Jems (Oct 04, 1920 - Jan 01, 1921)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and Joe Goodwin
    Atta Boy (Dec 23, 1918 - Jan 11, 1919)
    Musical, Original
    • Additional numbers by Ballard MacDonald and Nat Osborne
    Ziegfeld Follies of 1917 (Jun 12, 1917 - Sep 04, 1917)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald, Alfred Harriman, Ring Lardner, Henry Creamer, Rennold Wolf and Blanche Merrill
    Ziegfeld Follies of 1916 (Jun 12, 1916 - Sep 16, 1916)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Clifford Grey, Alex Rogers, Ballard MacDonald, George V. Hobart and Blanche Merrill
    Hanky Panky (Aug 05, 1912 - Nov 02, 1912)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Irving Berlin and Ballard MacDonald
    Ziegfeld Follies of 1910 (Jun 20, 1910 - Sep 03, 1910)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Will D. Cobb, Gus Edwards, Ballard MacDonald, Harry Carroll, Harry B. Smith, Will Marion Cook, Ford Dabney, James Henry Burriss, Chris Smith, Bert Williams, Alex Rogers, William Tracy, Lewis F. Muir, Vincent Bryan, Addison Burkhardt, Harry Von Tilzer, Victor Holländer and Irving Berlin
George White's Scandals [1936] (Dec 25, 1935 - Mar 28, 1936)
Musical, Original
  • Music for "Anything Can Happen" by Ballard MacDonald; Music for "The (Daring Young) Man on the Flying Trapeze" by Walter O'Keefe
Thumbs Up! (Dec 27, 1934 - May 11, 1935)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and Earle Crooker
Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 (Jan 04, 1934 - Jun 09, 1934)
Musical, Original
  • Music by Vernon Duke, Samuel Pokrass, Billy Hill, H. I. Phillips, Fred Allen, Harry Tugend and Ballard MacDonald
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald, Billy Rose, Billy Hill and Edward Heyman
Sweet and Low (Nov 17, 1930 - Apr 1931)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Edward Eliscu, Ira Gershwin, Billy Rose, Malcolm McComb and Ballard McDonald
Hot Rhythm (Aug 21, 1930 - Oct 1930)
Musical, Original
  • Book by Ballard MacDonald, Will Morrissey and Edward Hurley
George White's Scandals [1928] (Jul 02, 1928 - Jan 19, 1929)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Ballard MacDonald, Dave Dreyer, Ted Fio Rito, Abel Baer, J. Fred Coots and Neil Moret
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald, Dave Dreyer, Richard Whiting, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Lou Davis, Edward G. Nelson and Harry Pease
Harry Delmar's Revels (Nov 28, 1927 - Mar 1928)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by Billy Rose and Ballard MacDonald
Footlights (Aug 19, 1927 - Sep 24, 1927)
Musical, Original
  • Additional numbers by Joe Fletcher, Irving Bibo, Irving Kahal, William B. Friedlander, Ted Snyder, Francis Wheeler, Rene Mercier, Ballard MacDonald, Sam Coslow and Dave Ringle
Padlocks of 1927 (Jul 05, 1927 - Sep 24, 1927)
Musical, Original
  • Book by Paul Gerard Smith and Ballard MacDonald
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and Jack Yellen
Rufus LeMaire's Affairs (Mar 28, 1927 - May 1927)
Musical, Original
  • Book by Ballard MacDonald
  • Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald
No Foolin' (Jun 24, 1926 - Sep 25, 1926)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by Gene Buck, Irving Caesar and Ballard MacDonald
Sweetheart Time (Jan 19, 1926 - May 22, 1926)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and Irving Caesar
Gay Paree [1925] (Aug 18, 1925 - Jan 30, 1926)
Musical, Original
  • Additional lyrics by Harold Atteridge, Henry Creamer, Buddy DeSylva, Ballard MacDonald, Lester Allen, Harry Woods, Charles Tobias and Al Sherman
George White's Scandals [1924] (Jun 30, 1924 - Dec 13, 1924)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by B.G. DeSylva and Ballard MacDonald
Battling Buttler (Oct 08, 1923 - Jul 05, 1924)
Musical, Original
  • Book by Ballard MacDonald
  • Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald
George White's Scandals [1923] (Jun 18, 1923 - Nov 10, 1923)
Musical, Original
  • Additional lyrics by E. Ray Goetz, Ballard MacDonald and Lew Brown
Chauve-Souris [1922] (Jan 04, 1923 - May 05, 1923)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and Fyodor Sologub
Chauve-Souris [1922] (Jun 05, 1922 - Oct 07, 1922)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Dailey Paskman and Ballard MacDonald
Chauve-Souris [1922] (Feb 04, 1922 - Jun 1922)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Frank Waller, Ballard MacDonald, Alexei Archangelsky and Alexsandr Afanasovich
Pins and Needles (Feb 01, 1922 - Mar 11, 1922)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald, Rupert Hazel and I. Caesar
Ziegfeld Follies of 1921 (Jun 21, 1921 - Oct 01, 1921)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Henry Creamer, J. Turner Layton, Grant Clarke, James Hanley, Channing Pollock, Blanche Merrill, Leo Edwards, Ballard MacDonald, Harry Carroll, Albert Willemetz, Jacques Charles, Buddy DeSylva, Gus Mueller, Buster Johnson, Andrew Sterling, Harry Von Tilzer and Edward P Moran
Love Birds (Mar 15, 1921 - Jun 11, 1921)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald
The Rose Girl (Feb 11, 1921 - May 07, 1921)
Musical, Original
  • Additional lyrics by Kay Reese and Ballard MacDonald
Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic [1920] (Feb 01, 1921 - Closing date unknown)
Musical, Original
  • Book by Ballard MacDonald
Jim Jam Jems (Oct 04, 1920 - Jan 01, 1921)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald and Joe Goodwin
Atta Boy (Dec 23, 1918 - Jan 11, 1919)
Musical, Original
  • Additional numbers by Ballard MacDonald and Nat Osborne
Ziegfeld Follies of 1917 (Jun 12, 1917 - Sep 04, 1917)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Ballard MacDonald, Alfred Harriman, Ring Lardner, Henry Creamer, Rennold Wolf and Blanche Merrill
Ziegfeld Follies of 1916 (Jun 12, 1916 - Sep 16, 1916)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Clifford Grey, Alex Rogers, Ballard MacDonald, George V. Hobart and Blanche Merrill
Hanky Panky (Aug 05, 1912 - Nov 02, 1912)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Irving Berlin and Ballard MacDonald
Ziegfeld Follies of 1910 (Jun 20, 1910 - Sep 03, 1910)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Will D. Cobb, Gus Edwards, Ballard MacDonald, Harry Carroll, Harry B. Smith, Will Marion Cook, Ford Dabney, James Henry Burriss, Chris Smith, Bert Williams, Alex Rogers, William Tracy, Lewis F. Muir, Vincent Bryan, Addison Burkhardt, Harry Von Tilzer, Victor Holländer and Irving Berlin

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