Academy Award-winning songwriter ("The Continental", 1934), composer, pianist and publisher, educated at military academy, then a pianist in film theatres, and later a vaudeville entertainer in the USA and Europe. He wrote the Broadway stage scores for "Moonlight", "Mercenary Mary", "Kitty's Kisses"...See full bio »
1994Bullets Over Broadway
(music: "Ma He's Making Eyes At Me", "You've Got To See Mamma Ev'ry Night Or You Can't See Mamma At All", "Singin' The Blues Till My Daddy Comes Home")
1934The Gay Divorcee
(music: "A Needle In a Haystack" 1934, "The Continental" 1934, "The Continental" 1934 - uncredited / lyrics: "A Needle In a Haystack" 1934, "The Continental" 1934)
1934Gift of Gab
(music: "Talking to Myself", "I Ain't Gonna Sin No More", "Blue Sky Avenue")
1929Broadway
(writer: "BROADWAY", "THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG", "HOT FOOTIN' IT", "HITTIN' THE CEILING", "SING A LITTLE LOVE SONG")
1929Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
(writer: "Walking With Susie", "Why Can't I Be Like You?", "Legs", "Breakaway", "That's You Baby", "Look What You've Done To Me", "Big City Blues", "Pearl of Old Japan")
1928Johnny Marvin
(short)
(writer: "Brokenhearted and Lonely" - uncredited)