Leon De Costa (died May 10, 1951 aged 68) was a composer and playwright from Barcelona, Spain who emigrated to the United States. His father was a minister of the Spanish Regency. Leon De Costa served in the U.S. Army during World War I.https://www.nytimes.com/1951/05/11/archives/leon-de-costa-dies-playwright-and-composer-68-wrote-kosher-kitty.html
Performers recorded his songs "I'm Neutral" and "Kosher Kitty Kelly". He was a deponent in a court case over rights to the Kitty Kelly play.
In 1925 he was recovering from cuts and other injuries sustained in a taxicab accident.
He died in 1951 and was buried at Long Island National Cemetery.
Songs "To the Skies" (1917), dedicated to Frederick Handley Page "One Happy Day" (1917), words and music, sheet music "Honey Bunch" (1919), words and music "I'm Neutral" "Kosher Kitty Kelly" "Beautiful World" "Circus Days" (1923) "Come Along Mandy" (1924) "Life's Sea and You"(1934) "The Life Time Prisoner" (1934) "Lifeless Life" (1934) "A Little Farm in Old Vermont" (1934) "Lilac Time Lullaby" (1934)
Theater You Know Me Al! (April 11, 1918 - April 27, 1918), musical director and songwriter Fifty-Fifty, Ltd. (October 27, 1919 - November 29, 1919), music and lyrics Kosher Kitty Kelly (June 15, 1925 - December 10, 1925, writer of musical The Blonde Sinner (Jul 14, 1926 - Dec 1926), writer
Filmography Kosher Kitty Kelly (1926), based on his play of the same name San Francisco Nights (1928), adapted from De Costa's play The Fruits of Divorce
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