Gus Van (1887-1968)
Last updated: 30.04.22
All that can presently (November 2015) be gleaned about by internet searching is that Gus Van is the one-off composer of Crash!!! (1914) subtitled Some Rag and published by Will Rossiter, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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According to the Internet source (found in March 2018) given below, Gus Van was a Vaudvillian comedian and actor. With his partner, Joe Schenck, they made up the comedy duo, Van & Schenck. They were together for 18 years and appeared on Broadway and in the Ziegfeld Follies. Schenck died in 1930 and Van went onto appear in films. His roles include, Atlantic City (1944), Rainbow's End (1938), Gus Van's Garden Party (1936), Gus Van And His Neighbors (1934), They Learned About Women (1930) and Metro Movietone Revue (1929).
Surfers are welcome to contribute information about this composer.
According to the Internet source (found in March 2018) given below, Gus Van was a Vaudvillian comedian and actor. With his partner, Joe Schenck, they made up the comedy duo, Van & Schenck. They were together for 18 years and appeared on Broadway and in the Ziegfeld Follies. Schenck died in 1930 and Van went onto appear in films. His roles include, Atlantic City (1944), Rainbow's End (1938), Gus Van's Garden Party (1936), Gus Van And His Neighbors (1934), They Learned About Women (1930) and Metro Movietone Revue (1929).
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Gus Van | Brief biography by www.findagrave.com |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 14 works by Gus Van (1887-1968).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: 
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| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Teach Me That Beautiful Love | 1912 | Joe Schenck (words) | |
| My Old Log Cabin Home | 1913 | Joe Schenck (words) | |
| Crash!!! | 1914 | Schenck (co-author) |   |
| Don't Try to Steal the Sweetheart of a Soldier | 1917 | A. Bryan (words) Anna Chandler (perf.) |
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| Let Him Miss You Just a Little Bit | 1917 | Schenck (co-author) Chas. K. Charles Kassell Harris (words) |
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| My Little China Doll (w&m) | 1917 | Joe Schenk (co-author) Jack Yellen (co-author) |
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| Oh How She Can Sing | 1919 | Joe Schenk (co-author) Jack Yellen (co-author) |
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| Open Up the Golden Gates to Dixieland | 1919 | Jack Yellen (words) Joe Schenck (words) |
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| You Cannot Shake That Shimmie Here | 1919 | Schenk (co-author) Gill Wells (words) |
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| All She'd Say Was Umh-Hum | 1920 | Joe Schenck (words) Mac Emery (words) King Zany (words) |
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| All the Boy's Love Mary | 1920 | Schenck (co-author) Andrew B. Sterling (words) Frances White (perf.) |
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| ⇑ Green River | 1920 | Joe Schenck (words) Eddie Cantor (words) |
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| Who Did You Fool After All? (w&m) | 1922 | Joe Schenck (co-author) Johnny S. Black (co-author) Van & Schenck (perf.) |
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| That Red Head Gal | 1923 | Joe Schenck (co-author) Henry Lodge (co-author) |
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