Vincent Patrick Bryan (June 22, 1878 – April 27, 1937) was a composer and lyricist.
In the 1903-1909 production of The Wizard of Oz he was called upon to introduce new songs in numerous revisions.
- with Theodore F. Morse
- Nautical Nonsense (Hurrah for Baffin's Bay!) (Scarecrow and Tin Woodman)
- with J.B. Mullen
- Down on the Brandywine (Trixie Tryfle and Pastoria)
- 'Twas Enough to Make a Perfect Lady Mad (Cynthia Cynch)
- Under a Panama (Dorothy Gale)
- The Nightmare (Scarecrow and Tin Woodman)
- with Charles Zimmerman
- Marching Thro' Georgia (Scarecrow and Tin Woodman)
- Sitting Bull (Scarecrow)
- Football (Scarecrow and Tin Woodman)
- Marching Through Port Arthur (Scarecrow and Tin Woodman)
- with Leo Edwards
- The Tale of the Monkey (Cynthia Cynch)
- My Own Girl (Sir Dashemoff Daily)
He was a close behind-the-scenes collaborator of Charlie Chaplin from 1915 to 1917. Along with Hal Roach he directed three Harold Lloyd films in 1919: He Leads, Others Follow, Soft Money and Pay Your Dues. An addiction to heroin prematurely ended his promising career in motion pictures.
He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and died in Los Angeles, California.
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“Euclid alone
Has looked on Beauty bare. Fortunate they
Who, though once only and then but far away,
Have heard her massive sandal set on stone.”
—Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)
“Do you know I believe that [William Jennings] Bryan will force his nomination on the Democrats again. I believe he will either do this by advocating Prohibition, or else he will run on a Prohibition platform independent of the Democrats. But you will see that the year before the election he will organize a mammoth lecture tour and will make Prohibition the leading note of every address.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)