Biography

Producer, songwriter, composer and author, educated at the University of Chicago and New York University. He wrote a number of Broadway stage scores and libretti, and worked as the managing editor of Cosmopolitan magazine between 1918 and 1919, then was the director general of Cosmopolitan Productions until 1924. Coming to Hollywood in 1924, he began producing films. Joining ASCAP in 1933, his popular-song compositions include "American Serenade" (from "Her Regiment", "Brothers", "Canzonetta", "Days That Used to Be", "Deep in Your Eyes", "First Love", "Girls Along Fifth Avenue", "Half Moon", "Her Regiment", "I'm in Love" (from "Apple Blossoms"), "I'll Be True to You", "Letter Song" (from "Apple Blossoms"), "Little Book" (from "The Half Moon", "Little Girl's Goodbye" (from "Apple Blossoms"), "Little Old New York", "The Marriage Knot" (from "Apple Blossoms"), "Nancy's Farewell", "On Miami Shore", "Overture", "Second Violin", "Serenade", "Soldier Men", "Someday", "Sometime We Will Meet Again", "Star of Love", "Superlative Love", "Twixt Love and Duty", "When Knighthood Was in Flower", "When Wedding Bells are Ringing", "Who Can Tell?", and "You Are Free". His wife, Mabel Hollins, was a British musical-comedy actress.