Born in Mahanoy City, PA; educated at Brown University (RI) and University of Brussels (Belgium). A concert violinist, he toured Europe for several years before returning to the US to conduct musical-comedy and symphony orchestras. He made his entry into films as composer of the accompanying score for Thomas Ince's CIVILIZATION (1916) and other silent pictures, then turned director of many commercially successful silent and sound films. He wrote songs or scores for many of his own musical films. He spent his last years with Paramount, where he directed a couple of the popular Hope-Crosby-Lamour "Road" pictures (...SINGAPORE, 1940 & ...ZANZIBAR, 1941). Some of his notable scoring credits include THE LOVE PARADE (1929), THE CLIMAX (1930), ONE NIGHT OF LOVE (1934, also director), LOVE ME FOREVER (1935, also director), THE MUSIC GOES 'ROUND (also director) and FOLLOW YOUR HEART (both 1936), SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT (1937, also director) and RHYTHM ON THE RIVER (1940, also director). Working alone or in collaboration with such songwriters as Johnny Mercer, Johnny Burkem, Clifford Grey, Gus Kahn and Frank Loesser, Schertzinger was responsible for such hits as "Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing...," "Dream Lover," "I Don't Want to Cry Anymore," "I Remember You," "If You Build a Better Mousetrap," "I'll Never Let a Day Pass By," "Kiss the Boys Goodbye," "The Music Goes Round and Round," "One Night of Love," "Right or Wrong," "Sand in My Shoes" and "Tangerine." Schertzinger directed over 60 silent films at Ince and other studios. Some of his notable talkies include THE LAUGHING LADY (1929), PARAMOUNT ON PARADE (1930), BELOVED (1934), LET'S LIVE TONIGHT (1935), THE MIKADO (1939), KISS THE BOYS GOODBYE and BIRTH OF THE BLUES (both 1941) and his last film, THE FLEET'S IN (1942). He died suddenly in Hollywood at age 51.  Nominated for Directing 1934: ONE NIGHT OF LOVE  Music Scoring Awards (Best Score) 1934: ONE NIGHT OF LOVE - Thematic Music (w. Gus Kahn, Thematic Music, and Louis Silvers, as head of dept.)  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Best Score) 1937: SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT - Score (w. C. Bakaleinikoff, as music director) 3 nominations, 1 Award