Biography
Producer, songwriter, composer, and author, educated at the University of Chicago and New York University. He composed numerous Broadway stage scores and libretti, served as managing editor of Cosmopolitan magazine from 1918 to 1919, and then as director general of Cosmopolitan Productions until 1924. After moving to Hollywood in 1924, he began producing films. He joined ASCAP in 1933. His popular songs 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," "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.
