Prolific composer and author, educated at the University of Kansas, and at Harvard University, where he wrote 'Hasty Pudding' shows. His Broadway stage scores include: "Smiles"; "Earl Carroll's Vanities" (1931); "Banjo Eyes"; and "As The Girls Go". For Jones Beach: "Around The World In Eighty Days"...See full bio »
1964The Incredible Mr. Limpet
(lyrics: "The Mr. Limpet March Super Doodle Dandy", "I Wish I Were a Fish", "Be Careful How You Wish", "Deep Rapture", "Hail To Henry Limpet")
1957An Affair to Remember
(lyrics: "An Affair to Remember Our Love Affair", "Continué", "The Tiny Scout He Knows You Inside Out", "Tomorrow Land", "You Make It Easy To Be True")
1955Jupiter's Darling
(lyrics: "If This Be Slav'ry", "The Life Of An Elephant", "Never Trust A Woman", "I Had A Dream", "This Is What I Love", "Don't Let This Night Get Away", "Hannibal's Victory March")
1948If You Knew Susie
(lyrics: "What Do I Want with Money" 1948, "My, How the Time Goes By" 1948)
1948Race Street
(lyrics: "I Saw You First" - uncredited)
1948A Date with Judy
(writer: "Its a Most Unusual Day", "Its a Most Unusual Day" Reprise #1, "Its a Most Unusual Day" Reprise #2 - Finale)
1947Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
(lyrics: "Hushabye Island" 1947, "I Miss That Feeling" 1947, "Life Can Be Beautiful" 1947, "When Love is Young" 1937 - uncredited)
1947Hit Parade of 1947
(lyrics: "I Guess I'll Have That Dream Right Now", "Is Anybody Here From Texas", "It Could Happen To Me", "The Cats are Going to the Dogs", "Couldn't Be More in Love", "The Customer Is Always Wrong")
1947Beat the Band
(lyrics: "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night")
1947Calendar Girl
(writer: "A Bluebird is Singing to Me" - uncredited / lyrics: "Calendar Girl" - uncredited, "New York is a Nice Place to Visit" - uncredited, "Let's Have Some Pretzels and Beer" - uncredited, "A Lovely Night To Go Dancing" - uncredited, "Have I Told You Lately? I'm Telling You Now" - uncredited, "At the Fireman's Ball" - uncredited)
1946Criminal Court
(lyrics: "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" - uncredited, "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" - uncredited)
1946Do You Love Me
(lyrics: "I DIDN'T MEAN A WORD I SAID" - uncredited, "THE FLOWER SONG" - uncredited)
1946Ding Dong Williams
(lyrics: "I Saw You First" 1943 - uncredited, "Candlelight and Wine" 1943 - uncredited)
1945Doll Face
(lyrics: "Somebody's Walking in My Dream" - uncredited, "Red Hot and Beautiful" - uncredited, "Here Comes Heaven Again" - uncredited, "Dig You Later A-Hubba Hubba Hubba" - uncredited, "Chico Chico" - uncredited)
1945Radio Stars on Parade
(lyrics: "Don't Believe Everything You Dream", "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night")
1945Nob Hill
(lyrics: "I Don't Care Who Knows It" - uncredited, "I Walked Right in With My Eyes Wide Open" - uncredited, "Touring San Francisco" - uncredited)
1945Bring on the Girls
(lyrics: "You Moved Right In", "Bring On the Girls", "If It Could Happen", "How'd You Like to Take My Picture?", "Uncle Sammy Hit Miami", "True to the Navy", "I'm Gonna Hate Myself in the Morning")
1944Hi, Beautiful
(lyrics: "I Love to Whistle" - uncredited)
1944Something for the Boys
(writer: "SOUTHLAND" / lyrics: "WOULDN'T IT BE NICE?", "I WISH WE DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY GOODNIGHT", "EIGHTY MILES OUTSIDE OF ATLANTA", "IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE", "CLIMBIN' UP DEM GOLDEN STAIRS", "SAMBA-BOOGIE")
1944Four Jills in a Jeep
(lyrics: "How Blue the Night" - uncredited, "You Send Me" - uncredited, "How Many Times Do I Have to Tell You?" - uncredited, "Crazy Me" - uncredited)
1943Higher and Higher
(lyrics: "It's a Most Important Affair" 1943, "Today I'm a Debutante" 1943, "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" 1943, "The Music Stopped" 1943, "I Saw You First" 1943, "Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" 1943, "You're On Your Own" 1943, "Minuet in Boogie" 1943)
1943Around the World
(lyrics: "Don't Believe Everything You Dream" - uncredited, "They Just Chopped Down the Old Apple Tree" - uncredited, "The Moke from Shamokin'" - uncredited, "Candlelight and Wine" - uncredited, "He's Got a Secret Weapon" - uncredited, "Roodle-ee-doo" - uncredited, "Great News in the Makin'" - uncredited)
1943Hit Parade of 1943
(lyrics: "Tahm-Boom-Bah" - uncredited, "That's How to Write a Song" - uncredited, "Harlem Sandman" - uncredited, "Change of Heart" - uncredited)
1938Mad About Music
(lyrics: "A Serenade to the Stars", "Chapel Bells", "I Love to Whistle", "I Love to Whistle Reprise" - uncredited, "A Serenade to the Stars Reprise" - uncredited)
1937Hitting a New High
(lyrics: "I Hit a New High" 1937, "This Never Happened Before" 1937, "Let's Give Love Another Chance" 1937)
1937You're a Sweetheart
(lyrics: "You're a Sweetheart", "Broadway Jamboree", "My Fine Feathered Friend", "Oh, Oh, Oklahoma", "Who Killed Maggie?")
1937Merry Go Round of 1938
(lyrics: "I'm In My Glory", "More Power to You", "You're My Dish", "Six of One and a Half-Dozen of the Other", "The Grand Street Comedy Four", "A Masher Is a Bad, Bad Boy")
1937When Love Is Young
(lyrics: "Did Anyone Ever Tell You?", "When Love Is Young")
1937Top of the Town
(lyrics: "Where Are You?", "Blame It on the Rhumba", "Jamboree", "Top of the Town", "I Feel That Foolish Feeling Coming On", "There Are No Two Ways About It", "Fireman, Fireman Save My Child", "Post Office I've Got To Be Kissed")
1937Breezing Home
(lyrics: "You're in My Heart Again", "I'm Hitting the Hot Spots")
1936The Voice of Bugle Ann
(lyrics: "There's a Home in the Mountains" 1936 - uncredited, "There's No Two Ways About It" 1936 - uncredited)
1936Suzy
(lyrics: "Did I Remember To Tell You I Adore You?" 1936)
1936Libeled Lady
(lyrics: "You" 1936 - uncredited)
1936His Brother's Wife
(lyrics: "Can't We Fall in Love" 1936 - uncredited)
1936The Great Ziegfeld
(lyrics: "You Gotta Pull Strings" 1936 - uncredited, "She's a Follies Girl" 1936 - uncredited, "You" 1936 - uncredited, "You Never Looked So Beautiful" 1936 - uncredited, "Queen of the Jungle" 1936 - uncredited, "It's Been So Long" 1935 - uncredited)
1936Banjo on My Knee
(lyrics: "Where the Lazy River Goes By" 1936, "There's Something in the Air" 1936, "With a Banjo on My Knee" 1936)
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