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Good News (1947) -- At fictitious Tait University in the Roaring 20's, co-ed and school librarian Connie Lane (June Allyson) falls for football hero Tommy Marlowe (Peter Lawford)...

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Date of Death:
31 December 1970, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA more
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Songwriter ("The Best Things in Life Are Free", "Birth of the Blues",... more
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Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. more
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Soundtrack:
  1. Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008) (music: "Bye Bye Blackbird")
  2. The Water Horse (2007) (writer: "If I Had a Talking Picture of You")
    ... aka The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (International: English title: promotional title)
  3. The History Boys (2006) (writer: "Bye Bye Blackbird")
  4. Click (2006/I) (music: "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (1927))
  5. Fun with Dick and Jane (2005) (music: "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (1927))
    ... aka Alternative Career (Philippines: English title)
    ... aka Fun with Dick & Jane (USA: poster title)
  6. King Kong (2005) (writer: "I'm Sitting on Top of the World", "Bye Bye Blackbird")
    ... aka King Kong (Germany)
    ... aka Kong: The Eighth Wonder of the World (International: English title: teaser title)
    ... aka Peter Jackson's King Kong (USA: promotional title)
  7. Two for the Money (2005) (writer: "I'm Sitting on Top of the World")
  8. The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005) (music: "Sitting on Top of the World" (1925))
  9. Melinda and Melinda (2004) (music: "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (1927))
  10. Being Julia (2004) (writer: "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries")
    ... aka Csodálatos Júlia (Hungary)
  11. Mona Lisa Smile (2003) (writer: "I'm Sitting on Top of the World")
  12. Live and Swingin': The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection (2003) (V) (music: "Birth of the Blues")
  13. Alex & Emma (2003) (writer: "It All Depends on You")
  14. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) ("Bye Bye Blackbird")
    ... aka Wie werde ich ihn los in 10 Tagen (Germany)
  15. Northfork (2003) (writer: "It All Depends on You" (1926))
  16. Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (2003) (TV) (writer: "The Best Things in Life Are Free")
  17. People I Know (2002) (music: "Bye Bye Blackbird" (1926))
    ... aka Der innere Kreis (Germany: video title)
    ... aka Im inneren Kreis (Germany)
  18. Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002) (writer: "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries")
  19. Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song (2001) (music: "You're the Cream in My Coffee")
  20. Invincible (2001) (music: "You're the Cream in My Coffee" (1928))
    ... aka Unbesiegbar (Germany)
  21. "Great Performances: Dance in America" (1 episode, 2001)
    ... aka Dance in America (USA: short title)
        - From Broadway: Fosse (2001) TV episode (music: "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries", "Bye Bye Blackbird") (lyrics: "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries")
  22. Enigma (2001) (music: "Black Bottom" (1926))
    ... aka Enigma - Das Geheimnis (Germany)
  23. Dean Martin: That's Amore (2001) (TV) (music: "Bye Bye Blackbird")
  24. When Brendan Met Trudy (2000) (writer: "Sonny Boy")
  25. Loser (2000) (writer: "The Best Things in Life Are Free")
    ... aka The Loser (USA: alternative title)

  26. Dogma (1999) (writer: "Alabamy Bound")
  27. Buena Vista Social Club (1999) (writer: "Black Bottom")
    ... aka Buena Vista Social Club (France)
  28. You've Got Mail (1998) (writer: "Dummy Song")
  29. Home Fries (1998) (writer: "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries")
  30. Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997) (TV) (music: "Animal Crackers in My Soup" (uncredited))
  31. This World, Then the Fireworks (1997) (writer: "THE THRILL IS GONE")
  32. Everyone Says I Love You (1996) (writer: "I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All?")
  33. Jack (1996) (music: "Button Up Your Overcoat")
  34. Richard III (1995) ("I'm Sitting On The Top Of The World")
  35. Barbra: The Concert (1994) (TV) (music: "It All Depends On You" (1926) (uncredited))
  36. King of the Hill (1993) (lyrics: "If I Had a Girl Like You" (1925))
  37. Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) (music: "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (1927))
  38. Sleepless in Seattle (1993) (writer: "Bye Bye Blackbird")
  39. "Delta" (1 episode, 1993)
        - Mom Comes to Town (1993) TV episode (writer: "Bye Bye Blackbird")
  40. Twenty Bucks (1993) (writer: "The Best Things in Life Are Free")
  41. White Men Can't Jump (1992) (writer: "THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE")
  42. Billy Bathgate (1991) (music: "Bye Bye Blackbird")
  43. Jacob's Ladder (1990/I) (writer: "SONNY BOY")
    ... aka Dante's Inferno

  44. The Sure Thing (1985) (writer: "Button Up Your Overcoat")
  45. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) (music: "Alabamy Bound" (1925))
  46. Phar Lap (1983) (music: "Follow the Swallow")
    ... aka Phar Lap: Heart of a Nation
  47. Zelig (1983) (music: "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" (1925), "Sunny Side Up" (1929), "Five Feet Two, Eyes of Blue" (1925)) (lyrics: "Sunny Side Up" (1929))
  48. The Survivors (1983) ("LIFE IS JUST A BOWL OF CHERRIES")
  49. Death and Transfiguration (1983) (writer: "It All Depends on You")
  50. It Came from Hollywood (1982) (music: "Turn on the Heat")
  51. Pennies from Heaven (1981) (music: "I WANT TO BE BAD", "LIFE IS JUST A BOWL OF CHERRIES")
  52. Big Blonde (1980) (TV) (music: "Bye Bye Blackbird")
    ... aka Dorothy Parker's Big Blond (USA: complete title)

  53. Something Short of Paradise (1979) (writer: "You Try Somebody Else")
    ... aka Perfect Love (USA: video title)
  54. Things We Did Last Summer (1978) (TV) (writer: "Bye Bye Blackbird")
    ... aka Saturday Night Live: Things We Did Last Summer (Australia)
  55. The Cheap Detective (1978) (music: "Bye Bye Blackbird")
    ... aka Neil Simon's The Cheap Detective (USA: complete title)
  56. "Pennies from Heaven" (1 episode, 1978)
        - Easy Come, Easy Go (1978) TV episode (music: "Oh, You Nasty Man" (uncredited))
  57. "The Muppet Show" (1 episode, 1977)
        - Episode #2.10 (1977) TV episode (music: "It All Depends on You" (uncredited))
  58. The Front Page (1974) ("Button Up Your Overcoat")
  59. "All in the Family" (1 episode, 1974)
        - The Bunkers and Inflation: Part 1 (1974) TV episode (writer: "Bye Bye Blackbird" (uncredited))
  60. That's Entertainment! (1974) (music: "The Varsity Drag")
    ... aka That's Entertainment: 50 Years of MGM (USA: alternative title)
  61. The Great Gatsby (1974) (music: "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue")
  62. "The Waltons" (2 episodes, 1973-1974)
        - The Fulfillment (1974) TV episode (writer: "Bye Bye Blackbird")
        - The Prize (1973) TV episode (writer: "Bye Bye Blackbird")
  63. "The Benny Hill Show" (1 episode, 1973)
        - The Great British Dancing Finals (1973) TV episode (writer: "Don't Bring Lulu")
  64. Paper Moon (1973) (music: "Sunnyside Up")
  65. Class of '44 (1973) (music: "Bye Bye Blackbird")
    ... aka Tre kompisar
  66. I Wish You Love (1973) (music: "You're the Cream in My Coffee")
    ... aka An Evening with Marlene Dietrich (USA)
  67. Liza with a Z: A Concert for Television (1972) (TV) (writer: "Bye Bye Blackbird")
  68. What's the Matter with Helen? (1971) (writer: "Animal Crackers in My Soup", "Oh, You Nasty Man", "Bye Bye Blackbird")
  69. "The Dean Martin Show" (2 episodes, 1967-1970)
    ... aka The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (USA: new title)
        - Episode dated 17 December 1970 (1970) TV episode (music: "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (uncredited))
        - Episode dated 19 October 1967 (1967) TV episode (music: "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (uncredited), "Together" (uncredited))
  70. "The Bob Hope Show" (1 episode, 1970)
        - Episode dated 16 November 1970 (1970) TV episode (music: "It All Depends on You" (uncredited))
  71. "The Partridge Family" (1 episode, 1970)
        - Whatever Happened to the Old Songs? (1970) TV episode (music: "Bye, Bye, Blackbird")
  72. Myra Breckinridge (1970) (music: "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue")
    ... aka Gore Vidal's Myra Breckinridge

  73. "This Is Tom Jones" (1 episode, 1969)
        - Episode #2.13 (1969) TV episode (music: "It All Depends On You", "Bye Bye Blackbird")
  74. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) (music: "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (1927) (uncredited))
  75. "Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers" (1 episode, 1968)
    ... aka Dean Martin Presents
    ... aka Dean Martin Presents Music Country (USA: new title)
    ... aka Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers in London (USA: new title)
        - Episode #1.4 (1968) TV episode (music: "You're the Cream in My Coffee" (uncredited))
  76. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) (music: "Lucky Day")
  77. "The Hollywood Palace" (2 episodes, 1965)
        - Episode #2.18 (1965) TV episode (music: "That Old Gang of Mine" (uncredited))
        - Episode #2.19 (1965) TV episode (music: "That Old Gang of Mine" (uncredited))
  78. Judy Garland in Concert (1964) (music: "Lucky Day")
  79. "Toast of the Town" (3 episodes, 1960-1964)
    ... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
        - Episode #17.21 (1964) TV episode (music: "Sonny Boy" (uncredited))
        - Episode #17.20 (1964) TV episode (music: "Birth of the Blues" (uncredited))
        - Episode #13.43 (1960) TV episode (music: "Birth of the Blues" (uncredited))
  80. Filmmaking on the Riviera (1964) (music: "Bye Bye Blackbird")
  81. "The Jerry Lewis Show" (1 episode, 1963)
        - Episode #1.11 (1963) TV episode (music: "Birth of the Blues")
  82. "The Judy Garland Show" (1 episode, 1963)
        - First Show Aired (1963) TV episode (music: "Sunny Side Up" (uncredited))
  83. "The Avengers" (1 episode, 1963)
        - School for Traitors (1963) TV episode (music: "The Varsity Drag" (uncredited))
  84. Honey's Money (1962) (music: "Lucky Day" (uncredited))
  85. Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall (1962) (TV) (writer: "History of Musical Comedy)
  86. The Last Hungry Cat (1961) (music: "Lucky Day" (uncredited))
  87. "The Garry Moore Show" (1 episode, 1960)
        - Episode #2.35 (1960) TV episode (music: "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (uncredited))
  88. "The Perry Como Show" (3 episodes, 1958-1960)
    ... aka Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Chesterfield Supper Club
        - Episode dated 25 May 1960 (1960) TV episode (music: "Lucky Day" (uncredited))
        - Episode dated 21 March 1959 (1959) TV episode (music: "Don't Bring Lulu" (uncredited))
        - Episode dated 4 October 1958 (1958) TV episode (music: "You're the Cream in My Coffee" (uncredited))

  89. The FBI Story (1959) (music: "Bye Bye Blackbird")
  90. "The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show" (1 episode, 1959)
    ... aka The Ford Show
        - Episode #3.15 (1959) TV episode (music: "Alabamy Bound" (uncredited))
  91. "The Eddie Fisher Show" (1 episode, 1958)
        - Episode dated 23 October 1958 (1958) TV episode (music: "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" (uncredited), "Sonny Boy" (uncredited))
  92. "The Lux Show" (1 episode, 1957)
    ... aka The Lux Show Starring Rosemary Clooney (USA: complete title)
        - Episode #1.10 (1957) TV episode (music: "Keep Your Sunny Side Up" (uncredited))
  93. The Edsel Show (1957) (TV) (writer: "The Birth of the Blues" (uncredited))
  94. Birds Anonymous (1957) (music: "Bye Bye Blackbird" (uncredited))
  95. Fox-Terror (1957) (music: "Lucky Day")
  96. "The Nat King Cole Show" (2 episodes, 1957)
        - Episode #1.27 (1957) TV episode (music: "Lucky Day")
        - Episode #1.17 (1957) TV episode (music: "It All Depends on You")
  97. "Home" (1 episode, 1957)
        - Episode dated 25 March 1957 (1957) TV episode (music: "You're the Cream in My Coffee")
  98. "The Rosemary Clooney Show" (1 episode, 1957)
        - Episode dated 9 January 1957 (1957) TV episode (music: "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries")
  99. Wideo Wabbit (1956) (music: "Lucky Day" (uncredited))
  100. The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956) (music: "Lucky Day", "If I Had a Talking Picture of You", "Here Am I, Broken Hearted", "Button Up Your Overcoat", "Good News", "You're the Cream in My Coffee", "The Best Things in Life Are Free", "Lucky in Love", "Black Bottom", "Birth of the Blues", "Sonny Boy", "Follow Thru", "One More Time", "Thank Your Father", "This Is the Missus", "Together", "It All Depends on You", "You Try Somebody Else (We'll Be Back Together Again)", "Without Love")
  101. Millionaire Droopy (1956) (music: "I'm Sitting on Top of the World")
  102. He Laughed Last (1956) (writer: "Strike me Pink")
  103. "General Electric Theater" (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
    ... aka G.E. True Theater (USA: new title)
        - Judy Garland Musical Special (1956) TV episode (music: "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (uncredited))
  104. 90 Day Wondering (1956) (music: "Lucky Day")
  105. Pete Kelly's Blues (1955) (writer: "Bye Bye Blackbird")
  106. Love Me or Leave Me (1955) (music: "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" (uncredited), "It All Depends On You" (uncredited), "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Girl?)")
  107. A Star Is Born (1954) (music: "Black Bottom" (uncredited))
  108. The Eddie Cantor Story (1953) (music: "Bye Bye Blackbird" (uncredited))
  109. "The Milton Berle Show" (1 episode, 1953)
    ... aka Texaco Star Theater (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka The Buick-Berle Show (USA: new title)
        - Episode #6.3 (1953) TV episode (music: "I'm Sitting on Top of the World")
  110. Hare Trimmed (1953) (music: "Lucky Day" (uncredited))
  111. The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (1953) (TV) (music: "I'm Sitting on Top of the World")
  112. "Your Hit Parade" (1 episode, 1953)
        - Episode dated 2 May 1953 (1953) TV episode (music: "Five Foot Two")
  113. So You Want to Learn to Dance (1953) (music: "Bye Bye Blackbird" (uncredited))
  114. Forward March Hare (1953) (music: "Lucky Day" (uncredited))
  115. Mouse-Warming (1952) (music: "Lucky Day" (uncredited))
  116. Hoppy-Go-Lucky (1952) (music: "Lucky Day" (uncredited))
    ... aka Hippety Hopper and Sylvester in Hoppy-Go-Lucky (USA: complete title)
  117. Oily Hare (1952) (music: "Lucky Day" (uncredited))
  118. Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952) (writer: "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" (uncredited))
  119. The Winning Team (1952) (music: "Lucky Day" (uncredited))
  120. Orange Blossoms for Violet (1952) (music: "Lucky Day")
  121. Belles on Their Toes (1952) (music: "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Girl?)", "Don't Bring Lulu")
    ... aka Belles on Their Toes: The Further Adventures of the Gilbreth Family (UK: long title)
  122. Kiddin' the Kitten (1952) (music: "Lucky Day" (uncredited))
  123. With a Song in My Heart (1952) (writer: "ALABAMY BOUND")
  124. "The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue" (1 episode, 1952)
    ... aka The Paul Whiteman Revue
        - Episode dated 30 March 1952 (1952) TV episode (music: "I'm Sitting on Top of the World")
  125. Thumb Fun (1952) (music: "Lucky Day" (uncredited))
  126. "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (1 episode, 1952)
    ... aka Colgate Summer Comedy Hour (USA: summer title)
    ... aka Colgate Variety Hour (USA: sixth season title)
    ... aka Michael Todd Revue (USA: subtitle)
        - Episode #2.23 (1952) TV episode (music: "Birth of the Blues" (uncredited))
  127. The Prize Pest (1951) (music: "Lucky Day" (uncredited))
  128. Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951) (music: "The Birth of the Blues")
  129. Droopy's Good Deed (1951) (music: "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue")
  130. Dog Gone South (1950) (music: "Bye Bye Blackbird")
  131. 8 Ball Bunny (1950) (music: "Bye Bye Blackbird" (uncredited))

  132. Bye, Bye Bluebeard (1949) (music: "Bye Bye Blackbird" (uncredited))
  133. Thieves' Highway (1949) (music: "Bye Bye Blackbird" (uncredited), "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Girl?)" (uncredited))
  134. Wags to Riches (1949) (music: "I'm Sitting on Top of the World")
    ... aka From Wags to Riches
  135. Jolson Sings Again (1949) (music: "Sonny Boy")
  136. You're My Everything (1949) (music: "The Varsity Drag")
  137. When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948) (music: "Bye Bye Blackbird", "Bam Bam Bamy Shore", "Don't Bring Lulu", "The Birth of the Blues")
  138. Old Rockin' Chair Tom (1948) (music: "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" (1925))
  139. The Street with No Name (1948) (writer: "BYE BYE BLACKBIRD")
  140. Bill and Coo (1948) (music: "Tweet-Tweet")
  141. Good News (1947) (music: "Good News" (uncredited), "Tait Song" (uncredited), "Be a Ladies' Man" (uncredited), "Lucky in Love" (uncredited), "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (uncredited), "Just Imagine" (uncredited), "Varsity Drag" (uncredited))
  142. Birth of a Notion (1947) (music: "Bye Bye Blackbird" (uncredited))
  143. The Jolson Story (1946) (music: "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" (uncredited))
  144. So You Want to Play the Horses (1946) (music: "Lucky Day" (uncredited))
  145. Okay for Sound (1946) (writer: "Sonny Boy")
  146. George White's Scandals (1945) (music: "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries")
    ... aka George White's Scandals of 1945 (USA: poster title)
  147. Roughly Speaking (1945) (music: "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Girl)?")
  148. Birdy and the Beast (1944) (music: "Bye Bye Blackbird")
  149. The Bodyguard (1944) (writer: "I'm Sitting on Top of the World")
  150. Since You Went Away (1944) (music: "Together" (1928))
  151. Happy-Go-Nutty (1944) (music: "I'm Sitting On Top Of the World")
  152. Mr. Skeffington (1944) (music: "Bye Bye Blackbird")
  153. Show Business (1944) (music: "Alabamy Bound")
  154. Chip Off the Old Block (1944) (music: "My Song") (lyrics: "My Song")
  155. Cavalcade of Dance (1943) (music: "Black Bottom" (1926))
  156. Dumb-Hounded (1943) (music: "I'm Sitting On Top of the World")
  157. He's My Guy (1943) (writer: "On the Old Assembly Line")
  158. Broadway (1942) (music: "Alabamy Bound" (uncredited))
  159. Roxie Hart (1942) (music: "(Here Am I) Broken Hearted", "Black Bottom")
  160. Babes on Broadway (1941) (music: "Alabamy Bound" (1925) (uncredited))
  161. Unholy Partners (1941) (music: "It All Depends on You")
  162. Birth of the Blues (1941) (music: "The Birth of the Blues")
  163. The Great American Broadcast (1941) (music: "Alabamy Bound" (uncredited))
  164. Penny Serenade (1941) (writer: "Just a Memory")
  165. Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra (1941) (music: "The Birth of the Blues")
    ... aka Melody Masters: Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra (USA: series title)
  166. Strike Up the Band (1940) (music: "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Girl)?" (uncredited))

  167. The Roaring Twenties (1939) (music: "Bye Bye Blackbird" (uncredited))
  168. Hard to Get (1938) (writer: "Sonny Boy" (uncredited))
  169. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) (music: "Animal Crackers in My Soup")
  170. Hollywood Hotel (1937) (music: "Sonny Boy" (1928) (uncredited))
  171. The Singing Kid (1936) (writer: "Sonny Boy" (uncredited))
  172. King of Burlesque (1936) (music: "Alabamy Bound" (1925) (uncredited))
  173. Curly Top (1935) (music: "Animal Crackers in My Soup" (1935) (uncredited), "When I Grow Up" (1935) (uncredited), "Curly Top" (1935) (uncredited), "It's All So New to Me" (1935) (uncredited), "The Simple Things in Life" (1935) (uncredited))
  174. Into Your Dance (1935) (music: "Alabamy Bound")
  175. George White's 1935 Scandals (1935) (music: "Black Bottom" (uncredited))
  176. Four Parts (1934) (music: "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" (uncredited))
  177. George White's Scandals (1934) (music: "Nasty Man", "Sweet and Simple", "Hold My Hand", "Six Women", "So Nice", "My Dog Loves Your Dog", "Every Day Is Father's Day With Baby", "Following In Mother's Footsteps")
  178. Crashing the Gate (1933) (music: "St. Louis Blues")
  179. Rambling 'Round Radio Row #5 (1933) (music: "Bye Bye Blackbird" (uncredited))
    ... aka Rambling 'Round Radio Row No. 5
  180. Bosko the Drawback (1932) (music: "This Is the Missus")
  181. You Try Somebody Else (1932) (music: "YOU TRY SOMEBODY ELSE (WE'LL BE BACK TOGETHER AGAIN)")
  182. The Hatchet Man (1932) (music: "Alabamy Bound")
    ... aka The Honourable Mr. Wong (UK)
  183. The Champ (1931/I) (music: "Don't Tell Her What Happened to Me" (1930) (uncredited))
  184. The Cisco Kid (1931) (writer: "My Tonia")
  185. One More Time (1931) (music: "One More Time")
  186. Five Star Final (1931) (music: "One More Time")
  187. A Holy Terror (1931) (music: "(I'M A DREAMER) AREN'T WE ALL?", "I AM THE WORDS (YOU ARE THE MUSIC)")
  188. That Old Gang of Mine (1931) (music: "THAT OLD GANG OF MINE")
  189. Ups 'n Downs (1931) (music: "Sonny Boy")
  190. Indiscreet (1931) (music: "Come to Me", "If You Haven't Got Love")
  191. The Two Barks Brothers (1931) (music: "Sonny Boy" (uncredited))
  192. Just Imagine (1930) (music: "(There's Something About) An Old-Fashioned Girl" (1930), "Mothers Ought to Tell Their Daughters" (1930), "(I Am the Words) You Are the Melody" (1930), "The Drinking Song" (1930), "Never Swat a Fly" (1930), "The Romance of Elmer Stremingway" (1930))
  193. One Good Turn (1930) ("Don't Tell Her What Happened to Me")
  194. Box Car Blues (1930) (music: "Alabamy Bound")
  195. Follow the Leader (1930) (music: "Broadway (The Heart of the World)")
  196. Hold Anything (1930) (music: "Don't Hold Everything")
  197. Follow Thru (1930) (music: "Button Up Your Overcoat", "You Wouldn't Fool Me, Would You?", "I Want to Be Bad")
  198. Good News (1930) (music: "Good News" (1927), "The Varsity Drag" (1927), "Tait Song" (1927), "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (1927), "He's a Ladies' Man" (1927), "Students Are We" (1927))
  199. The Big Pond (1930) (music: "Lucky Day")
  200. Hold Everything (1930) ("To Know You Is To Love You")

  201. Sunnyside Up (1929) (music: "(I'M A DREAMER) AREN'T WE ALL?", "YOU FIND THE TIME AND I'LL FIND THE PLACE", "YOU'VE GOT ME PICKIN' PETALS OFF O' DAISIES", "SUNNY SIDE UP", "TURN ON THE HEAT", "IF I HAD A TALKING PICTURE OF YOU", "IT'S GREAT TO BE NECKED")
  202. Glorifying the American Girl (1929) (music: "Bye Bye Blackbird")
  203. The Cock-Eyed World (1929) (writer: "You're The Cream In My Coffee")
    ... aka The Cockeyed World
  204. Say It with Songs (1929) (writer: "I'm in Seventh Heaven" (uncredited), "Little Pal" (uncredited), "Used to You" (uncredited), "Why Can't You" (uncredited), "Back in Your Own Backyard" (uncredited))
  205. Blackmail (1929) ("Sonny Boy")
  206. Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid (1929) (music: "Sonny Boy" (uncredited))
  207. In Old Arizona (1928) (music: "My Tonia")
  208. Show People (1928) (music: "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" (1925) (uncredited))
  209. The Singing Fool (1928) (music: "I'm Sitting on Top of the World" (uncredited), "It All Depends on You" (uncredited), "Sonny Boy" (uncredited))
  210. Dorothy Whitmore (1928) (music: "For Old Time's Sake", "Mammy Is Gone")
    ... aka Dorothy Whitmore, the Popular Prima Donna (USA: copyright title)
  211. Down South (1928) ("Together")
    ... aka The Three Brox Sisters in Down South (USA: copyright title)
  212. Banjoland (1928) (music: "Together" (uncredited))
  213. Broadway's Queen of Jazz (1927) ("Oh Baby, Don't We Get Along ?")
    ... aka Frances Williams, Broadway's Queen of Jazz (USA: copyright title)
Writer:
  1. Good News (1947) (play)

  2. Flying High (1931) (book of musical play)
    ... aka George White's Flying High
    ... aka Happy Landing (UK)
  3. Indiscreet (1931) (scenario) (as Henderson) (story "Obey That Impulse") (uncredited)
  4. Follow the Leader (1930) (play "Manhattan Mary")
  5. Just Imagine (1930) (story and dialogue) (as Henderson)
  6. Good News (1930) (musical play)
  7. Hold Everything (1930) (play)

  8. Sunnyside Up (1929) (screenplay) (story)
Music Department:
  1. Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World (1966) (TV) (composer: song "Bye Bye, Blackbird")
    ... aka Isadora
    ... aka Isadora: The Biggest Dancer in the World (Australia)

  2. The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956) (composer: songs)

  3. Bill and Coo (1948) (composer: songs) (uncredited)

  4. Oliver the Eighth (1934) (composer: stock music) (uncredited)
    ... aka The Private Life of Oliver the Eighth (UK)
Actor:
  1. Crossed Trails (1948) (uncredited) .... Juror
  2. Frontier Outlaws (1944) (uncredited) .... Henchman Dave

  3. Rolling Caravans (1938) (uncredited) .... Cavalryman
Producer:
  1. Indiscreet (1931) (producer) (as Henderson)
  2. Just Imagine (1930) (producer) (as Henderson)
Composer:
  1. Curly Top (1935) (music by)
Thanks:
  1. That's Entertainment! (1974) (acknowledgment)
    ... aka That's Entertainment: 50 Years of MGM (USA: alternative title)
Self:
  1. "Toast of the Town" .... Himself / ... (3 episodes, 1952-1966)
    ... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
        - Episode #19.33 (1966) TV episode .... Himself - Pianist
        - The ASCAP Story: Part 2 (1952) TV episode .... Himself
        - The ASCAP Story: Part 1 (1952) TV episode .... Himself

  2. Morton Downey in America's Greatest Composers Series, #2 (1932) .... Himself

Additional Details

Other Works:
Hot-Cha! (1932). Musical comedy. Music by Ray Henderson. Lyrics by Lew Brown. Book by Mark Hellinger, H.S. Kraft, Ray Henderson and Lew Brown. Based on a story by H.S. Kraft. Musical Direction by Al Goodman. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Choreographed by Bobby Connolly. Scenic Design by Joseph Urban. Costume Design by John Harkrider. Directed by Edgar J. MacGregor and Edward C. Lilley. Ziegfeld Theatre: 8 Mar 1932- 18 Jun 1932 (119 performances). Cast: Iris Adrian, Louise Allen, Mary Ann, Nick Basil, Miriam Battista, Herman Belmonte, Leonard Berry, Virginia Biddle, Joan Burgess, Alice Burrage, Tito Coral, Mary Coyle, Jack Daley, Dorothy Day, Antonio De Marco, Renee De Marco, Louis Delgado, Alan DeSylva, Marion Dixon, Dody Donnelly, Betty Dumbris, Prudence Edgar, Georgia Ellis, Jules Epailly (as "Store Keeper, Manuel"), Harriet Fink, Marjorie Fisher, Dorothy Flood, John Fulco, Robert Gleckler, Pearl Harris, Patty Hastings, Florence Healy, Hernandez Brothers, Theo Holley, Jean Howard, Stanley Howard, Mercedes Hughes, Alfonso Iglesias, Dorothy Kal, Gloria Kelly, Tom Kelly, June Knight, Frances Kruger, Charles La Torre, Bert Lahr (as "Alky Schmidt"), Jane Lane, Rose Louise, Evelyn Lowrie, Neva Lynn, June MacCloy, Frances Markey, Edwin Marsh, Mary Joan Martin, Lorelle McCarver, Lou Ann Meredith, Rosalie Milan, Vic Monroe, Grace Moore, Pauline Moore, George O'Brien, Ethel O'Dell, Catherine O'Neil, Lester Ostrander, Lynne Overman (as "Hap Wilson"), Arthur Page, Sherry Pelham, Theo Phane, Lilyan Picard, Eleanor Powell (as "Dancer"), Basil Prock, Polly Ray, Carol Renwick, Mary Alice Rice, Wilburn Riviere, Buddy Rogers (as "Jack Whitney"), Alma Ross, William Ruppel, Mina Ruskin, Marion Santre, Roy Sedley, Gertrude Sheffield, Marie Stevens, Kay Stewart, Thomas Thompson, Lupe Velez (as "Conchita"), Veloz and Yolanda, Efim Vitis, Marion Volk, Molly Wakefield, Diana Walker, Lorraine Webb, Mildred Webb, Marjorie White. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.. more
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