Suzy (1936)

Born in Brooklyn, NY. Composer, songwriter ("Yes, Sir, That's My Baby", "My Buddy", "My Mammy", "My Blue Heaven", "Makin' Whoopie"), author, pianist and publisher, educated in public schools and then a worker in a Wall Street brokerage firm, becoming a pianist for a music publishing firm. During World war I, he entertained at Camp Upton in New York, and then joined the staff of Irving Berlin Music Company, later co-founding Donaldson, Douglas & Gumble in 1928. He wrote the Broadway stage scores for Sweetheart Time and Whoopee, then came to Hollywood in 1929. Joining ASCAP in 1921, his chief musical collaborators included Sam Lewis, Edgar Leslie, Joe Young, Gus Kahn, Harold Adamson, and Johnny Mercer. His other popular-song compositions include "The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady", "Back Home in Tennessee", "Don't Cry, Frenchy, Don't Cry", "On the Gin Gin Ginny Shore", "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?", "You're a Million Miles from Nowhere", "Carolina in the Morning", "Beside a Babbling Brook", "Down by the Winegar Woiks", "That Certain Party", "I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight", "Let's Talk About My Sweetie", "At Sundown", "Sam, the Old Accodion Man", "Just Like a Melody Out of the Sky", "I'm Bringing a Red, Red Rose", "Makin' Whoopie", "My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now", "Love Me or Leave Me", "Kansas City Kitty", "Changes", "My Baby Just Cares for Me", "'Tain't No Sin", "Little White Lies", "You're Driving Me Crazy", "Lazy Lou'siana Moon", "Hello, Beautiful", "My Mom", "An Earful of Music", "Did I Remember?", "Could Be", "It's Been So Long", "You", "You Never Looked So Beautiful Before", "Cuckoo in the Clock", and "Mister Meadowlark". Some of the films that used Donaldson's songs and music were WHOOPEE! (1930), TUGBOAT ANNIE and FOOTLIGHT PARADE (both 1933), HOLLYWOOD PARTY, OPERATOR 13 and KID MILLIONS (all 1934), RECKLESS (1935), THE GREAT ZIEGFELD, SUZY, HIS BROTHER'S WIFE (a.k.a. LADY OF THE TROPICS) and AFTER THE THIN MAN (all 1936), SARATOGA and MADAME X (both 1937), BROADWAY SERENADE, IN OLD MONTERREY and HOLLYWOOD CAVALCADE (all 1939), KNUTE ROCKNE ALL AMERICAN (1940), ZIEGFELD GIRL (1941), PANAMA HATTIE (1942), DU BARRY WAS A LADY (1943), FOLLOW THE BOYS and MUSIC FOR MILLIONS (both 1944), as well as several films after his death.    Nominated for Music Awards (Best Song) 1936: SUZY "Did I Remember?" - Music 1nomination