Comden and Green signed to MGM in 1947, and although they never moved permanently to Hollywood, they worked primarily in film for the next several years. They wrote the screenplay and the lyrics to one new song with music by Roger Edens for an adaptation of the De Sylva, Brown, and Henderson musical GOOD NEWS, which was released in December 1947. With Edens, they wrote four songs for the box-office hit TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME, released in March 1949; they wrote the screenplay for the final Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers film, THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY, released in May 1949; and they wrote the screenplay and six new songs with Edens for the movie version of ON THE TOWN, released in December 1949. Comden and Green returned to Broadway to write sketches and lyrics to Jule Styne's music for the revue "Two on the Aisle," which opened in July 1951 and ran 281 performances. Back in Hollywood they wrote the screenplay and the lyrics to one song with Edens for the box-office hit SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, released in March 1952. They scored their biggest Broadway hit yet in February 1953, writing lyrics to Leonard Bernstein's songs for "Wonderful Town," based on the story and play "My Sister Eileen," which ran 559 performances and won them a Tony Award for Best Musical. The cast album was a Top Ten hit. In July, MGM released a film version of the Arthur Schwartz Howard Dietz musical THE BAND WAGON starring Fred Astaire. Comden and Green's screenplay earned them an Academy Award nomination. The pair wrote several songs with Jule Styne for a musical version of "Peter Pan" starring Mary Martin that opened on Broadway in October 1954. The film IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER, released in September 1955, for which they wrote the songs with André Previn, brought them their second Academy Award nomination, for Best Screenplay. They released their own album of the songs written for the film, as well as an album of their own recordings of songs written for earlier shows and movies. Comden and Green reunited with Judy Holliday, by now a successful singer and comic actress, who starred in the 1956 musical "Bells are Ringing." They wrote the book and collaborated with Jule Styne on the songs. The show was their longest running yet, with 924 performances; two chart singles emerged from the score: "Just in Time," which reached the Top 40 for Tony Bennett, and "The Party's Over" for Doris Day; and the cast album reached the charts. Comden and Green's next musical was "Say, Darling," for which they wrote the songs with Styne. Opening in April 1958, it ran 332 performances, and Perry Como scored a Top 40 hit with "Dance Only with Me" from the score. Comden and Green next wrote the screenplay for AUNTIE MAME, released in December, and they performed in their own revue, "A Party with Comden and Green," opening in December and running 82 performances. Their cast album for the show earned them their first Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Performance, Musical. back to page 1 continue to page 3