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Robert Bernard Sherman is a Actor, Scriptwriter, Producer and Sound American born on 19 december 1925 at New York City (USA)

Robert Bernard Sherman

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Birth name Robert Bernard Sherman
Nationality USA
Birth 19 december 1925 at New York City (USA)
Death 5 march 2012 (at 86 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Awards National Medal of Arts

Robert Bernard Sherman (December 19, 1925 – March 6, 2012) was an American songwriter who specialized in musical films with his brother Richard Morton Sherman. Some of the Sherman Brothers' best known songs were incorporated into movies and animations like Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Slipper and the Rose, Charlotte's Web and the theme park song of "It's a Small World (After All)".

Biography

Comme un signe du destin, ses parents Rosa et Al Sherman payent les frais de maternité avec un chèque de royalties reçu le même jour, celui pour la chanson Save Your Sorrow.

Dans sa jeunesse, Robert apprend et excelle dans le violon, le piano, la peinture et la poésie. Après sept années de tournée dans le pays, les Sherman s'installent en 1937 à Beverly Hills, Californie.

À seize ans, il écrit une pièce de théâtre nommée Armistice and Dedication Day qui lui permet de récolter plusieurs milliers de dollars en bons de guerre et une citation du département de la guerre. En 1943, âge de 17 ans, il obtient une permission de ses parents pour rejoindre l'armée.

Début avril 1945, il entre avec son escouade dans le camp de concentration de Dachau, et fait partie des premières troupes alliées à entrer dans le camp, les Allemands étant partis quelques heures plus tôt. Le 12 avril 1945, il est touché par une balle au genou ce qui le force à marcher avec une canne pour le reste de sa vie. Il est alors envoyé en Angleterre, à Taunton et Bournemouth, en convalescence, période qui serait le début de sa fascination pour l'Angleterre.

À son retour aux États-Unis, il étudie au Bard College dans l'État de New York et en sort diplômé en 1949 de littérature anglaise et de peinture. Il est durant cette période l'éditeur en chef du The Bardian, le journal interne, et il en profite pour finir ses deux premières nouvelles The Best Estate and Music et Candy and Painted Eggs.

En 1953, il épouse Joyce Sasner, ce qui atténue la vie de bohémien qu'il a depuis la fin de la guerre. Leur première fille Laura, naît en 1955, suivie en 1957 par Jeffrey en 1960, par Andrea et Robert en 1968.


Collaboration avec son frère
En 1951, Robert B. et son frère Richard M. entament l'écriture de chansons, comme une compétition avec leur père. En 1958, Robert fonde sa société de publication musicale, Music World Corporation qui travaillera plus tard avec la filiale Wonderland Music Company de la Walt Disney Company, affiliée au gestionnaire de droit Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI).

Dans les années 1960, les deux frères travaillèrent d'abord avec la Walt Disney Company sur la musique d'attractions des parcs à thèmes, émissions de télévisions et quelques films dans la première version de À nous quatre (The Parent Trap).

Ils furent classés en première position dans les charts américains en 1961 avec Let's Get it Together et You're Sixteen. On peut aussi citer les chansons de Mary Poppins ou du Livre de la jungle, mais c'est surtout les attractions des parcs Disney qui leur doivent un grand honneur avec la célèbre It's a Small World ou l'hymne de Carousel of Progress.

Ils arrêtèrent leur collaboration exclusive avec Disney à la mort de Walt Disney en 1966 pour entamer une carrière indépendante de producteur de musique. Ils participèrent toutefois pour Disney à l'écriture de six chansons originales pour Les Aventures de Tigrou en 2001.

Dans les dernières années, Robert partit à Londres et les deux frères ont écrit de nombreuses chansons pour les spectacles musicaux dont Chitty Chitty Bang Bang et le Mary Poppins produit en collaboration par Disney et Cameron Mackintosh. Chitty est le spectacle à la plus longue durée de vie au London Palladium et a débuté le 28 avril 2005 à Broadway

Pour leurs contributions à l'industrie du film, les frères Sherman se sont vu décerner une étoile sur le célèbre Hollywood Walk of Fame au 6918 Hollywood Boulevard et furent nommés dans le Hall of Fame des compositeurs le 9 juin 2005.

Best films

The Jungle Book (2016)
(Songs)
The Jungle Book (1967)
(Songs)
The Aristocats (1970)
(Songs)
The Jungle Book 2 (1993)
(Sound)
Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
(Songs)
Mary Poppins (1964)
(Lyricist)

Usually with

Walt Disney
Walt Disney
(17 films)
Robert O. Cook
Robert O. Cook
(13 films)
Ralph Wright
Ralph Wright
(7 films)
Jim Cummings
Jim Cummings
(10 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Robert Bernard Sherman (43 films)

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Actor

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story, 1h41
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Richard Morton Sherman, Robert Bernard Sherman, Roy E. Disney, Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, John Williams
Roles Self
Rating76% 3.835523.835523.835523.835523.83552
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story est un fascinant documentaire sur les frères Sherman, le duo extraordinairement prolifique oscarisé à qui l'on doit tant de chansons, et dont la grande réussite professionnelle dans le divertissement familial cachait des différences de vues de plus en plus grandes au cours de leurs soixante années de partenariat.
Beverly Hills Cop III, 1h44
Directed by John Landis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Buddy films
Actors Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Héctor Elizondo, Timothy Carhart, George Lucas, John Saxon
Roles Bar Patron
Rating55% 2.7536052.7536052.7536052.7536052.753605
One night in Detroit, Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) plans to arrest a gang of car thieves who run a local chop shop. Unbeknownst to his boss, Inspector G. Douglas Todd (Gil Hill), Foley has canceled the SWAT team, intending to raid the shop using only his team. Meanwhile, a group of men arrive at the chop shop to pick up a cube van that the car thieves had hijacked. The leader of the group confirms that the vehicle still contains its cargo, which consists of crates labelled as property of the U.S. government, then has his men execute the car thieves.
Mary Poppins, 2h19
Directed by Robert Stevenson, Joseph L. McEveety, Tom Leetch, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Films about birds, Musical films, Films about penguins, Children's films
Actors Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber
Roles Pearly Banjo Player (voice) (uncredited)
Rating77% 3.8975153.8975153.8975153.8975153.897515
In Edwardian London, 1910, Cockney one-man band Bert is entertaining a crowd when he senses a change in the wind. Afterwards, he directly addresses the audience and gives them a tour of Cherry Tree Lane, stopping outside the home of the Banks'. George Banks returns home from his job at the bank to learn from his wife Winifred that their hired nanny, Katie Nanna, has left their service after his children, Jane and Michael, ran away again. They are returned shortly after by the local constable, who reveals that the children were dragged away by their kite. The children ask their father to help build a better kite, but he dismisses them. Taking it upon himself to hire a nanny, George advertises for a stern, no-nonsense nanny. Jane and Michael present their own advertisement for a kinder, sweeter nanny, but George rips up the letter and throws the scraps in the fireplace, which magically float up and out into the air.

Scriptwriter

The Magic of Lassie, 1h40
Directed by Don Chaffey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Films about dogs, Musical films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors James Stewart, Michael Sharrett, Pernell Roberts, Mickey Rooney, Gary Davis, Stéphanie Zimbalist
Roles Story
Rating55% 2.7557452.7557452.7557452.7557452.755745
The story begins on the Mitchell Winery in Northern California. Lassie lives with Clovis Mitchell and his grandchildren, Chris and Kelly, but is discovered one day by her former owner. Lassie is taken back to the previous owner's estate in Colorado Springs. Dissatisfied with her new home, the dog runs away and travels across several states to be with the Mitchell family again.
The Slipper and the Rose, 2h23
Directed by Bryan Forbes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Musical theatre, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Films about music and musicians, Films about the labor movement, Les fées, Musical films, Political films, Children's films, Films about royalty
Actors Gemma Craven, Richard Chamberlain, John Turner, Michael Hordern, Edith Evans, Margaret Lockwood
Rating68% 3.44773.44773.44773.44773.4477
This is a musical twist on the classic love story of Cinderella and Prince Charming. Prince Edward of Euphrania returns home after being sent to meet the princess Selena, whom his parents have arranged for him to marry. However, The Prince reveals he did not propose to the princess he was visiting, and angrily denounces arranged marriages ("Why Can't I Be Two People?"). Edward decides to tell his parents that he wants to marry for love. They, however, are more interested in the political side ("What Has Love Got to Do with Being Married?"). They fail to sway the prince, however.
Huckleberry Finn, 1h58
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Jeff East, Paul Winfield, Harvey Korman, David Wayne, Arthur O'Connell, Gary Merrill
Roles Ecrivain
Rating56% 2.806192.806192.806192.806192.80619
Huckleberry Finn (Jeff East) is a boy from Missouri living with a kindly widow and her sister who has taken him in.
Charlotte's Web, 1h34
Directed by Iwao Takamoto, Charles August Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about spiders, Films about pigs, Musical films, Buddy films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Debbie Reynolds, Paul Lynde, Henry Gibson, Danny Bonaduce, Agnes Moorehead, Rex Allen
Roles Musical
Rating68% 3.4488853.4488853.4488853.4488853.448885
When farmer John Arable decides to "do away with" the runt of a litter of pig, his daughter Fern intervenes, telling him that it is absurd to kill it just because it is smaller than the others. John decides to spares the piglet and let Fern raise it as a pet. Fern nurtures it lovingly, naming it Wilbur. Six weeks later, Wilbur, due to being a spring pig, has matured, and John tells Fern that Wilbur has to be sold (his siblings were already sold). Fern sadly says good-bye as Wilbur is sold down the street to her uncle, Homer Zuckerman. At the farm, a goose coaxes a sullen Wilbur to speak his first words. Although delighted at this new ability, Wilbur still yearns for companionship. He attempts to get the goose to play with him, but she declines on the condition that she has to hatch her goslings. Wilbur also tries asking a rat named Templeton to play with him, but Templeton's only interests are spying, hiding, and eating. Wilbur then wants to play with a lamb, but the lamb's father says sheep do not play with pigs because it is only a matter of time before they are turned into smoked bacon and ham. Horrified at this depressing discovery, Wilbur reduces himself to tears until a mysterious voice tells him to "chin up", and wait until morning to reveal herself to him. The following morning, the voice reveals herself to be an araneus cavaticus named Charlotte living on a web overlooking Wilbur's enclosure. Charlotte tells Wilbur that she will come with a plan guaranteed to spare his life.
Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer (1973)
, 1h44
Directed by Don Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Johnny Whitaker, Celeste Holm, Warren Oates, Jeff East, Jodie Foster, Lucille Benson
Rating63% 3.1980553.1980553.1980553.1980553.198055
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn play hooky from school and have a plan to revive a dead cat with the spirit of a man named Hoss Williams who is on his death bed. Sawyer and Finn talk with Muff Potter, the town drunk, but are interrupted when Injun Joe says that Doc Robinson wants to see them. Muff and Joe meet Robinson and he informs them that they have a job to dig the grave of Williams. Joe is angry that Robinson didn't fix his leg correctly. Meanwhile, Tom continues to skip school and comes up with fantastic stories about why he's not home for dinner, where he tricks the children of the town to do his punishment chores for him.
Mary Poppins, 2h19
Directed by Robert Stevenson, Joseph L. McEveety, Tom Leetch, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Films about birds, Musical films, Films about penguins, Children's films
Actors Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber
Roles Lyricist
Rating77% 3.8975153.8975153.8975153.8975153.897515
In Edwardian London, 1910, Cockney one-man band Bert is entertaining a crowd when he senses a change in the wind. Afterwards, he directly addresses the audience and gives them a tour of Cherry Tree Lane, stopping outside the home of the Banks'. George Banks returns home from his job at the bank to learn from his wife Winifred that their hired nanny, Katie Nanna, has left their service after his children, Jane and Michael, ran away again. They are returned shortly after by the local constable, who reveals that the children were dragged away by their kite. The children ask their father to help build a better kite, but he dismisses them. Taking it upon himself to hire a nanny, George advertises for a stern, no-nonsense nanny. Jane and Michael present their own advertisement for a kinder, sweeter nanny, but George rips up the letter and throws the scraps in the fireplace, which magically float up and out into the air.

Producer

Oh, God! You Devil, 1h37
Directed by Paul Bogart
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy
Actors George Burns, Ted Wass, Ron Silver, Roxanne Hart, Eugene Roche, Janet Brandt
Roles Producer
Rating54% 2.703192.703192.703192.703192.70319
Burns plays the dual roles of both God and the Devil. The Devil — Harry O. Tophet — is a lively character, taking pleasure in petty acts of PG-rated malice, such as making a waiter fall into a pool.

Sound

Christopher Robin, 1h43
Directed by Marc Forster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Jim Cummings, Mark Gatiss, Chris O'Dowd, Nick Mohammed
Roles Songs
Rating72% 3.601543.601543.601543.601543.60154
Jean-Christophe, le petit garçon des aventures de Winnie l'ourson, est désormais adulte, marié à Evelyn et père d'une fille nommée Madeleine. Avec l'âge, Jean-Christophe a perdu toute son imagination. Winnie et ses amis Porcinet, Tigrou, Coco Lapin, Bourriquet, Maman Gourou, Petit Gourou et Maître Hibou reviennent alors dans sa vie pour l'aider à retrouver son âme d'enfant.
The Jungle Book, 1h46
Directed by Jon Favreau
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Wolves in film, Mise en scène d'un ours, Films about snakes, Films about apes, Mise en scène d'un tigre, L'enfance marginalisée, Buddy films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Reptile
Actors Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Neel Sethi, Scarlett Johansson, Christopher Walken, Bill Murray
Roles Songs
Rating72% 3.64473.64473.64473.64473.6447
When the fearsome tiger Shere Khan (Idris Elba) threatens his life, Mowgli (Neel Sethi), a boy raised by wolves, leaves his jungle home and, guided by Bagheera the panther (Ben Kingsley) and the free-spirited bear Baloo (Bill Murray), sets out on a journey of self-discovery.
Saving Mr. Banks, 2h5
Directed by John Lee Hancock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about films, Films about writers, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Films about drugs, Transport films, Mise en scène d'un scénariste, Children's films
Actors Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Colin Farrell, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Ruth Wilson
Roles Songs
Rating74% 3.7480553.7480553.7480553.7480553.748055
In 1961, the financially strapped author Pamela "P. L." Travers reluctantly travels from her home in London to Los Angeles to work with Walt Disney at the urging of her agent, Diarmuid Russell. Disney has pursued the film rights to her Mary Poppins stories for twenty years, having promised his daughters that he would produce a film based on them. Travers has steadfastly resisted Disney's efforts because she fears what he would do to her character. However, she has not written anything in a while and her book royalties have dwindled to nothing, so she risks losing her house. Still, Russell has to remind her that Disney has agreed to two major stipulations - no animation and unprecedented script approval - before she agrees to go.
Winnie the Pooh, 1h3
Directed by Stephen J. Anderson, Don Hall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Mise en scène d'un ours, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jim Cummings, Tom Kenny, Bud Luckey, Craig Ferguson, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Huell Howser
Roles Songs
Rating70% 3.54683.54683.54683.54683.5468
The film is based on three stories found in the Milne books. Two stories are from Winnie-the-Pooh: "In Which Eeyore Loses a Tail and Pooh Finds One" and "In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump". The other story is found in The House at Pooh Corner: "In Which Rabbit Has a Busy Day and We Learn What Christopher Robin Does in the Mornings". Some elements, such as the gang thinking that Christopher Robin has been captured by a monster, are based on events from the film Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin.
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story, 1h41
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Richard Morton Sherman, Robert Bernard Sherman, Roy E. Disney, Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, John Williams
Roles Music
Rating76% 3.835523.835523.835523.835523.83552
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story est un fascinant documentaire sur les frères Sherman, le duo extraordinairement prolifique oscarisé à qui l'on doit tant de chansons, et dont la grande réussite professionnelle dans le divertissement familial cachait des différences de vues de plus en plus grandes au cours de leurs soixante années de partenariat.