The Gay Divorcée (1934)

Born Conrad K. Dober in New York City, educated at a military adacemy, then a pianist in film theatres and later a vaudeville entertainer in the US and Europe. He became a successful Broadway composer (Moonlight, Mercenary Mary, Kitty's Kisses and Americana), then went to Hollywood with the advent of sound and wrote songs and scores for early talkies. Won the first Oscar ever awarded for a song. His chief musical collaborators included Joe Young, Sidney Clare, Billy Rose, B. G. DeSylva, Benny Davis, Leo Robin, Herb Magidson, J. Russel Robinson, Vincent Rose, Archie Gottler, Sidney Mitchell, and William Friedlander. His popular-song compositions also include "Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me", "Margie", "Barney Google", "Prisoner of Love", "You've Got To See Mama Every Night", "Oh, Frenchy", "Palesteena", "Come On, Spark Plug", "Memory Lane", "Big City Blues", "Walking With Susie", "Lonesome and Sorry", "Sing a Little Love Song", "Mercenary Mary", "You Call It Madness But I Call It Love", Bend Down, Sister", "My Baby Said Yes Yes", "Looking for a Needle in a Haystack", "Midnight in Paris", "Here's to Romance", "Champagne Waltz", and "Singin' the Blues". His music and songs were used in WORDS AND MUSIC, SKIN DEEP and CHRISTINA (all 1929), WILD COMPANY and HAPPY DAYS (both 1930), PALMY DAYS (1931), WINE, WOMEN AND SONG, GOODBYE LOVE and GOING HOLLYWOOD (all 1933), THE SOCIAL REGISTER, I LIKE IT THAT WAY, GIFT OF GAB and THE GAY DIVORCÉE (all 1934), HERE'S TO ROMANCE and KING SOLOMON OF BROADWAY (both 1935), DANGEROUS WATERS, THE GREAT ZIEGFELD and I'D GIVE MY LIFE (all 1936), CHAMPAGNE WALTZ (1937), THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE and COLORADO SUNSET (both 1939). He wrote and directed UM-PA (1933).  Music (Best Song) 1934: THE GAY DIVORCÉE "The Continental"- Music 1 nomination, 1 Award