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ducing movie shorts based on popular songs for use in coin-operated machines. Produced motion pictures 1943. Academy Award 1944 for movie Heavenly Music. Also produced feature musical films, Out of This World, 1945, and Copacabana, 1947, for which he wrote original stories and songs. Songs: "Grievin* for You"; "Bebe Be Mine"; "Juanita"; "Kitten on the Keys"; "Fascination"; "Animal Crackers"; "Was It a Dream"; "True Blue Lou"; "Sweeping the Clouds Away"; "Sing You Sinners"; "One More Chance"; "Thanks"; "Down the Old Ox Road"; "Cocktails for Two"; "Moon Song"; "Learn to Croon"; "The Day You Come Along"; "A Little White Gardenia"; "Is This the Music of Love"; "This Little Pig-gie Went to Market"; "Tea on the Terrace"; "Mr. Paganini"; "Turn Off the Moon"; "Good Morning"; "Restless"; "Je Vous Aime"; "Beware My Heart"; "Song of the South"; "My Old Flame"; "Make Believe Island"; "The Honorable Mr. So and So"; "Have You Forgotten So Soon?"; "In the Middle of a Kiss"; "Ebony Rhapsody"; "Kiss and Run"; "Pum-pernickle"; "Five Little Miles from San Berdoo"; "Midnight Music"; "Don't Say It"; "Black Moonlight." Home: Los Angeles, Calif. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Costello, Bartley C, author; b. Rutland, Vt., Jan. 21, 1871; d. German-town, Pa., Jan. 14, 1941. ASCAP 1940. Active in New York publishing houses; wrote background music for silent movies. Songs: "Ace in the Hole"; "Just an Old Banjo Without Any Strings"; "My Old Home Town in Ireland"; "Let's Honeymoon Again"; "Moonlight Down in Lovers' Lane"; "Here's Your Hat, What's Your Hurry"; "When It's Moonlight, Mary Darling"; "Hot Coffee"; "Hearts of the World"; "El Rancho Grande"; "All the World and Its Gold." Address: Estate, c'c ASCAP. |
Courtney, Alan, author; b. New York, N.Y., Nov. 29, 1912. ASCAP 1925. Educ: James Monroe High School; Fordham Univ.; New York Univ. Master of ceremonies on radio and stage; writer-organizer radio record review program. Songs: "Start the Day With a Smile"; "Cheap Bananas"; "I Wonder Why"; "Hereafter"; "Joltin' Joe Di Maggio"; "Shh, It's a Military Secret"; "It's Yours", "Smile for Me"; "Lovers in Glass Houses." Home: Miami Beach, Fla. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Cowan, Lynn F., composer, actor; b. Iowa Falls, la., June 8, 1888. ASCAP 1942. Educ: Iowa Falls High School; Iowa State Coll., Ames, Iowa, Bachelor of Civil Engineering. Toured vaudeville circuits as entertainer. Musical director, producer, and master of ceremonies in various theaters. In World War II, Overseas Motion Picture Officer and director of entertainment for Gen. MacArthur, Southwest Pacific Theater. Citation of Legion of Merit. Wrote special songs for Harold Lloyd Productions: "I'll Worship Him Just the Same"; "Tonight May Never Come Again"; "Someone to Love"; "Pardon Me Miss Australia." Other songs: "Kisses"; "Buy a Liberty Bond"; "Secret"; "Just Give Me a Week in Paris"; "Dream House"; "I'm in Love with You." Also music for Olsen and Johnson show Monkey Business (1927). Home: 18201 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana, Calif.
Cowan, Rubey, composer, author; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb. 27, 1891. ASCAP 1923. Pianist from thirteen; first motion-picture pianist in Baltimore. Music store manager Baltimore, and publishers' manager Chicago, 1911. Executive with various music publishing companies and composer of scores for stage productions and popular songs. Producer of stage shows 1931-37; produced, directed radio programs. From 1937 Beverly |
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