- Composed the familiar Warner Brothers fanfare, which is rarely heard in its entirety - it modulates into the opening theme of the film it precedes.
- At 14, he composed and conducted his first opera.
- He conducted in England in 1904, and in Paris in 1911. After arriving in the US in 1914, he conducted Broadway musicals.
- His popular tunes include "A Summer Place", "Honey Babe", "Kathy", "So Big", "My Own True Love", "It Can't Be Wrong", "Someday I'll Meet You Again", "As Long As I Live", "On My Way", and "Sugarfoot".
- (1919) Stage: Musical Director for "See-Saw", produced on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by Louis A. Hirsch. Based on material by Earl Derr Biggers (also lyrics). Musical Staging by Julian Alfred. Directed by John McKee. George M. Cohan's Theatre: 23 Sep 1919-29 Nov 1919 (89 performances). Cast: George Barbier, Theodore Bellinger, Walter Bellinger, Helen Bolton, Marie Boulais, Charlie Brown, Florence Browne, Kathleen Carroll, Frank Carter, Ella Danaher, Charles Esdale, Horace M. Gardner, Dorothy Gilbert, Frederick Graham, Byron Halstead, Elizabeth Hines, Eleanor Livingston, Jeanette Lowrie, Connie Madison, Dorothea McKaye, Charles Meakins, Gwen Monteir, Jimmie Parker, Ruth Parker, Sydney Reynolds, Guy Robertson, Fred Ryker, Dorothy Smoller, Rose Stone, Wesley Totten, Helene Travis, Jerry Walsh, Dorothy Whitmore. Produced by Henry W. Savage.
- (1921) Stage Play: The Rose Girl. Musical comedy. Book by William Carey Duncan. Music by Anselm Goetzl. Book and lyrics by William Carey Duncan. Musical direction by: Max Steiner. Scenic Design by William Weaver. Costume Design by Ralph Mulligan. Directed by Hassard Short. Ambassador Theatre: 11 Feb 1921- 7 May 1921 (99 performances). Cast: Viola Allen, David Andrada, Stewart Baird, Zoe Barnett, May Boley, Constance Brady, Florence Brandie, Shep Camp (as "Ambrose Lollypop"), Beatrice Darling, Elizabeth Darling, Florence Gast, Majorie Gateson, Jean Goddard, Fred Hillebrand, Vivian Kelley, Helen Lochhart, Lydia Lopokova, Charlotte Lowrey, Helen Lyons, Alice Monroe, Helen Monroe, Helen O'Day, Thelma Parker, Marion Phillips, Charles Purcell (as "Victor Marquis de la Roche"), Rose Rolanda, Lillian Sanger, Dorothy Schaefer, Edith Scott, Louis Simon, Gladys Strother, Beatrice Swanson, Marcella Swanson, Rita Tracey, Billy Wagner, Mabel Withee, Elba Woods, Jean Woods, Marie Woods, Virginia Wynn. Produced by Anselm Goetzl and Lee Shubert.
- (1924) Stage: Co-Musical Director for "Lady, Be Good", produced on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by George Gershwin. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Based on material by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson. Musical Director Paul Lannin. Music orchestrated by Paul Lannin, Robert Russell Bennett, Charles Grant, Stephen Jones, and William Daly. Musical direction by Sammy Lee. Directed by Felix Edwardes. Liberty Theatre: 1 Dec 1924- 12 Sep 1925 (330 performances). Cast: Victor Arden, Ward Arnold, Adele Astaire, Fred Astaire, Jayne Auburn, Charles Bannister, James Bradbury, Walter Catlett, Patricia Clarke, Hal Crusins, Richard Devonshire, Dorothy Donovan, Alan Edwards, 'Cliff Edwards' (as "Jeff"), Edna Farrell, Jack Fraley, Alfred Hale, Peggy Hart, Maxine Henry, Dorothy Hollis, Harry Howell, Dorothy Hughes, Mary Hutchinson, Madeline Janis, Edward Jephson, Jeanearl Johnson, Grace Jones, Elmira Lahmann, Charles LaValle, Ethel Lind, Frances Lindell, Gertrude Livingstone, Bryan Lycan, Lionel Maclyn, Kathlene Martyn, Lillian Mitchell, Esther Morris, Francis Murphy, Phil Ohman, Tony Otto, Jessie Payne, Peggy Pitou, Peggy Quinn, Richard Renaud, Sylvia Shawn, Gerald Oliver Smith, Daniel Sparks, Mildred Stevens, Doris Waldron, Irene Wiley, Paulette Winston. Produced by Alex Aarons and Vinton Freedley.
- (1927) Stage: Musical Director for "The Love Call" on Broadway. Musical. Music by Sigmund Romberg. Book by Edward Locke and Harry B. Smith. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Based on the play "Arizona" by Augustus Thomas. Musical Staging by Earl Lindsay. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Costume Design by Ernest Schrapps and Charles Le Maire. Directed by James C. Huffman and Lew Morton. Majestic Theatre: 24 Oct 1927-7 Jan 1928 (88 performances). Cast: Margaret Alexander (as "Ensemble"), William Balfour (as "White Horse"), John Barker (as "Lt. Denton"), Roberta Beatty (as "Estrella-Canby-Bonham"), Leonard Berry (as "Ensemble"), Shep Camp (as "Slim Carter"), William T. Carleton (as "Col. Bonham"), Violet Carlson (as "Miss McCullagh"), Yolanda Casazza (as "Fietsa Dancer"), Margaret Clark (as "Ensemble"), Violet Code (as "Ensemble"), Kitty Coleman (as "Ensemble"), Henry Corsell (as "Ensemble"), Gerry Dean (as "Ensemble"), Berna Deane (as "Bonita Canby"), Vera Deane (as "Ensemble"), Carmen DeBois (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy DeLukas (as "Ensemble"), Helen Detrich (as "Ensemble"), Evan Doctoroff (as "Ensemble"), Marion Dollbeare (as "Ensemble"), Dick Doober (as "Ensemble"), Agatha Dowd (as "Ensemble"), Ed Drake (as "Ensemble"), Elina DuVal (as "Ensemble"), Jane Egbert (as "Lena Keller"), Richard Ellis (as "Ensemble"), Frank Erwin (as "Joe" / "Ensemble"), Harry Erwin (as "Ensemble"), Alice Fischer (as "Mrs. Canby "), Al Fontain (as "Ensemble"), Ann Gilbert (as "Ensemble"), Isadore Gladston (as "Ensemble"), Eddy Green (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Hansel (as "Ensemble"), Katherine Harvey (as "Ensemble"), Jean Haven (as "Ensemble"), Jack Jendrek (as "Ensemble"), William Jennings (as "Ensemble"), Stanley Jessup (as "Black Hawk"), Frederick Kaufman (as "Red Crow"), Kathlyn Kerrigan (as "Ensemble"), Robert Kienast (as "Ensemble"), Frank King (as "Manuel "), John L. King (as "Tim" / "Ensemble"), Nick Krissuk (as "Ensemble"), Bradley F. Lane (as "Mike" / "Ensemble"), Frank Lane (as "Ensemble"), Charles Lawrence (as "Dr. Fenlon"), Richard Lee (as "Sgt. Keller"), Barry Lupino (as "Reginald Pargester"), Joseph Macauley (as "Tony Mustano"), William Magill (as "Ensemble"), Katherine Mausier (as "Ensemble"), Vivian McGill (as "Ensemble"), Charles McGrath (as "Ensemble"), Carlos Mejia (as "Ensemble"), Elsie Merer (as "Ensemble"), John Muccio (as "Ensemble"), Jeannette O'Connor (as "Ensemble"), Peggy O'Connor (as "Ensemble"), Claudia Papineau (as "Ensemble"), Lucille Poirier (as "Ensemble"), Nadine Prescott (as "Ensemble"), Frank Quigley (as "Ensemble"), Jack Ribaude (as "Ensemble"), Katherine Richmond (as "Ensemble"), Lee Roltman (as "Ensemble"), Nina Romano (as "Ensemble"), Louis Rottman (as "Ensemble"), John Rutherford (as "Capt. Hodgman"), Guinevere Sandy (as "Ensemble"), Bart Shilling (as "Ensemble"), Peggy E. South (as "Ensemble"), Ellen Sparks (as "Ensemble"), Emil Stetz (as "Ensemble"), Margaret Szabo (as "Ensemble"), Annette Taylor (as "Ensemble"), W.L. Thorne (as "Henry Canby"), Clare Toy (as "Ensemble"), Florence Tynor (as "Ensemble"), Ruby Udell (as "Ensemble"), Frank Veloz (as "Fietsa Dancer"), Lawrence Watts (as "Ensemble"), John Weeple (as "Ensemble"), Emily Wentz (as "Ensemble"), Princess Wynneman (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Produced in association with L. Lawrence Weber.
- Kissing Time (1920). Musical comedy. Music by Ivan Caryll. Book by George V. Hobart. Lyrics by Philander Johnson, Clifford Grey and Irving Caesar. Additional lyrics by George V. Hobart. Additional music by William Daly. Music orchestrated by Ivan Caryll and Claude MacArthur. Musical Director: Max Steiner. Based on a libretto by Adolf Philipp and Edward A. Paulton. Scenic Design by D. Frank Dodge and William Castle. Directed by Edward Royce. Lyric Theatre (moved to The Astor Theatre from 8 Nov 1920- close): 11 Oct 1920- 4 Dec 1920 (65 performances). Cast: Ellen Best (as "Georgette"), Frank Bryant (as "Francois Chandon"), Primrose Caryll (as "Tashi"), Evelyn Cavanaugh (as "Specialty Dancer"), Frances Chase (as "Suzanne"), Harry Coleman (as "Emile Grossard"), John C. Daly (as "Gaston Burgundy"), Frank Doane (as "Armond Moulanger"), Cora D'Orsay (as "Jeannette"), Charles Edwards (as "Anatole Absinthe"), Paul Frawley (as "Robert Perronet"), Margaret Green (as "Helene"), Carl Hyson (as "Paul Pommery"), Allen C. Jenkins (as Charles Moet"), Eleanor Ladd (as "Virginia"), Shirley Latham (as "Loie"), Georgia Lynne (as "Rose-Marie"), Jessie Lynne (as "Babette"), Dorothy Maynard (as "Mimi"), Thomas Maynard (as "George Bacardi"), William McGurn (as "Henri Martel"), William Norris (as "Polydore Cliquot"), Fred Packard (as "Raphael Sauterne"), Rose Page (as "Dolores"), Edith Taliaferro (as "Clarice"), Ruby Vernon (as "Maxine"), Norma Eve Warrington (as "Vivienne"), May Whitney (as "Diane"), De Forrest Woolley (as "Pierre Martini"). Produced by Empire Producing Corp.
- Holka Polka (1925). Musical comedy. Music by Will Ortman. Book by W. Walzer. Book adapted by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Translated by Derick Wulff. Lyrics by Gus Kahn and Raymond B. Egan. Musical Director: Max Steiner. Dances arranged by Busby Berkeley. Directed by Oscar Eagle. Lyric Theatre: 14 Oct 1925- 31 Oct 1925 (21 performances). Cast: Harry Anderson (as "Auctioneer"), Jean Armstrong (as "Ensemble"), Isabelle Benson (as "Ensemble"), Aileen Booth (as "Ensemble"), Alec Bowman (as "Ensemble"), Lloyd Briggs (as "Ensemble"), Isabelle Brown (as "Ensemble"), Thomas Burke (as "Rudi Munz"), Phyllis Burkhardt (as "Ensemble"), Buddy Carmin (as "Ensemble"), Francis H. Cherry (as "Marie Karin"), Lillian Clinton (as "Ensemble"), Betty Credito (as "Ensemble"), Florence Crozier (as "Ensemble"), Vera Dale (as "Ensemble"), Rosa de Cordoba (as "Specialty Dancer"), Barbara Dean (as "Ensemble"), Ely DeMar (as "Ensemble"), Adrienne DeSales (as "Ensemble"), Josephine Doane (as "Ensemble"), Ruth Elaine (as "Ensemble"), Harry Ellston (as "Ensemble"), Paul Elsoner (as "Ensemble"), Willoa Fellows (as "Ensemble"), Ben Fleck (as "Ensemble"), Nicholas Globatcheff (as "Ensemble"), Robert Halliday (as Karel Boleslav"), Orville Harrold (as "Peter Novak, Known as Nobody"), Patti Harrold (as "Peterle Novak"), Harry Heller (as "Ensemble"), Harry Holbrook (as "Max Munz"), Mary Huber (as "Ensemble"), Albert Hurt (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Johnson (as "Ensemble"), Leon Kartavy (as "Ensemble"), Beatrice King (as "Ensemble"), Russell King (as "Ensemble"), Sylvia LaMarde (as "Ensemble"), Vincent Langan (as "Jan"), Richard Lear (as "Ensemble"), Jack Lerner (as "Ensemble"), Milba LeVander (as "Ensemble"), Ray Lloyd (as "Ensemble"), Renee Lowrie (as "Ensemble"), Esther Lyon (as "Ellen Novak"), George E. Mack (as "Baron von Bruck"), James Martin (as "Ensemble"), Maurice Martin (as "Ensemble"), Ila McCall (as "Ensemble"), Henrietta Merriman (as "Ensemble"), Alice Mitchell (as "Ensemble"), Al Monty (as "Ensemble"), James C. Morton (as "Adam Cook"), Fred Ortmann (as "Ensemble"), Lisa Parnova (as "Specialty Dancer"), Patty Patterson (as "Ensemble"), Frances Patton (as "Ensemble"), F.D. Porterfield (as "Ensemble"), Morris Ragalsky (as "Ensemble"), Marion & Martinez Randel (as "Specialty Dancers"), Faye Renard (as "Ensemble"), Troupe Reynolds (as "Ensemble"), Clementine Rigeau (as "Ensemble"), Bess Ringwald (as "Ensemble"), Joe Rogers (as "Ensemble"), Lea Roy (as "Ensemble"), Valerie Sargent (as "Ensemble"), Christine Schyler (as "Ensemble"), John Sherlock (as "Henri Novothy"), Val Sholar (as "Ensemble"), May Speed (as "Ensemble"), Edith Stich (as "Ensemble"), Edwin Strawbridge (as "Specialty Dancer"), Reginald Thomas (as "Ensemble"), Charles Thompson (as "Coachman"), Ben Trotman (as "Ensemble"), May Vokes (as "Gundel"), Olive Wanda (as "Ensemble"), Holmes Washburn (as "Ensemble"), Viola Wayne (as "Ensemble"), Mabel Williams (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Wilson (as "Ensemble"), Hilda Withers (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Carl Reed.
- (1926) Stage Play: Twinkle, Twinkle. Musical comedy. Music by Harry Archer. Book by Harlan Thompson. Lyrics by Harlan Thompson. Additional scenes and numbers by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby. Musical Director: Max Steiner. Musical Staging by Julian Alfred and Harry Puck. Directed by Frank Craven. Liberty Theatre: 16 Nov 1926- 9 Apr 1927 (167 performances). Cast: Elise Bonwit (as "Louise/Sextette"), Joe E. Brown (as "P.G. "Peachy" Robinson"), Frank Bryan (as "Ensemble"), Perqueta Courtney (as "Florence Devereaux"), Diana Day (as "June/Sextette"), Alan Edwards (as "Richard Grey"), Anita Firman (as "Suzette/Sextette"), John Gray (as "Telegraph Operator"), Patty Hastings (as "Jennie/Sextette"), Phyllis Hooper (as "Ensemble"), Wanda Jarzy (as "Ensemble"), Buddy Jenkins (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Jordan (as "Ensemble"), Douglas Keaton (as "Ensemble"), Ann Kelly (as "Gloria/Sextette"), Therese Kelly (as "A Cutie"), Myrtle Le Roy (as "Ensemble"), Joseph Lertora (as "Jack Wyndham"), Flo Lewis (as "Bessie Smith"), Allyn Loring (as "Ensemble"), Alice MacDonald (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Martin (as "Dolores/Sextette"), William J. McCarthy (as "Sam Gibson"), Ned McGarn (as "Ensemble"), Helen Mirtel (as "Ensemble"), Ona Munson (as "Alice James"), Henry Nelthropp (as "Ensemble"), Frances Nevins (as "Ensemble"), Marion Nevins (as "Ensemble"), Anna Nito (as "Ensemble"), John O'Neil (as "Ensemble"), John Sheehan (as "Harry"), Betty Sheldon (as "Ensemble"), Nerene Swinton (as "Ensemble"), Frances Upton (as "Jane Robinson"), Hazel Vee (as "Ensemble"), Betty Veronica (as "Ensemble"), Diana White (as "Ensemble"), Wanda Wood (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Louis F. Werba.
- (1927) Stage Play: The Love Call. Musical. Music by Sigmund Romberg. Book by Edward Locke and Harry B. Smith. Lyrics by Harry B. Smith. Based on the play "Arizona" by Augustus Thomas. Musical Director: Max Steiner. Musical Staging by Earl Lindsay. Scenic Design by Watson Barratt. Costume Design by Ernest Schrapps and Charles LeMaire. Directed by J.C. Huffman and Lew Morton. Majestic Theatre: 24 Oct 1927- 7 Jan 1928 (88 performances). Cast: Margaret Alexander (as "Ensemble"), William Balfour (as "White Horse"), John Barker (as "Lieutenant Denton"), Roberta Beatty (as "Estrella-Canby-Bonham"), Leonard Berry (as "Ensemble"), Shep Camp (as "Slim Carter"), William T. Carleton (as "Colonel Bonham") [final Broadway role], Violet Carlson (as "Miss McCullagh"), Yolanda Casazza (as "Fietsa Dancer"), Margaret Clark (as "Ensemble"), Violet Code (as "Ensemble"), Kitty Coleman (as "Ensemble"), Henry Corsell (as "Ensemble"), Gerry Dean (as "Ensemble"), Berna Deane (as "Bonita Canby"), Vera Deane (as "Ensemble"), Carmen DeBois (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy DeLukas (as "Ensemble"), Helen Detrich (as "Ensemble"), Evan Doctoroff (as "Ensemble"), Marion Dollbeare (as "Ensemble"), Dick Doober (as "Ensemble"), Agatha Dowd (as "Ensemble"), Ed Drake (as "Ensemble"), Elina DuVal (as "Ensemble"), Jane Egbert (as "Lena Keller"), Richard Ellis (as "Ensemble"), Frank Erwin (as "Joe/Ensemble"), Harry Erwin (as "Ensemble"), Alice Fischer (as "Mrs. Canby "), Al Fontain (as "Ensemble"), Ann Gilbert (as "Ensemble"), Isadore Gladston (as "Ensemble"), Eddy Green (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Hansel (as "Ensemble"), Katherine Harvey (as "Ensemble"), Jean Haven (as "Ensemble"), Jack Jendrek (as "Ensemble"), William Jennings (as "Ensemble"), Stanley Jessup (as "Black Hawk"), Frederick Kaufman (as "Red Crow"), Kathlyn Kerrigan (as "Ensemble"), Robert Kienast (as "Ensemble"), Frank King (as "Manuel "), John L. King (as "Tim/Ensemble"), Nick Krissuk (as "Ensemble"), Bradley F. Lane (as "Mike/Ensemble"), Frank Lane (as "Ensemble"), Charles Lawrence (as "Doctor Fenlon"), Richard Lee (as "Sergeant Keller"), Barry Lupino (as "Reginald Pargester"), Joseph Macauley (as "Tony Mustano"), William Magill (as "Ensemble"), Katherine Mausier (as "Ensemble"), Vivian McGill (as "Ensemble"), Charles McGrath (as "Ensemble"), Carlos Mejia (as "Ensemble"), Elsie Merer (as "Ensemble"), John Muccio (as "Ensemble"), Jeannette O'Connor (as "Ensemble"), Peggy O'Connor (as "Ensemble"), Claudia Papineau (as "Ensemble"), Lucille Poirier (as "Ensemble"), Nadine Prescott (as "Ensemble"), Frank Quigley (as "Ensemble"), Jack Ribaude (as "Ensemble"), Katherine Richmond (as "Ensemble"), Lee Roltman (as "Ensemble"), Nina Romano (as "Ensemble"), Louis Rottman (as "Ensemble"), Jack Rutherford [credited as John Rutherford] (as "Captain Hodgman"), Guinevere Sandy (as "Ensemble"), Bart Shilling (as "Ensemble"), Peggy E. South (as "Ensemble"), Ellen Sparks (as "Ensemble"), Emil Stetz (as "Ensemble"), Margaret Szabo (as "Ensemble"), Annette Taylor (as "Ensemble"), W.L. Thorne (as "Henry Canby"), Clare Toy (as "Ensemble"), Florence Tynor (as "Ensemble"), Ruby Udell (as "Ensemble"), Veloz [credited as Frank Veloz] (as "Fietsa Dancer"), Lawrence Watts (as "Ensemble"), John Weeple (as "Ensemble"), Emily Wentz (as "Ensemble"), Princess Wynneman (as "Ensemble"). Produced by Lee Shubert and J.J. Shubert. Produced in association with L. Lawrence Weber.
- (1952) His musical, "Four Daughters," was performed in the Pioneer Playhouse Theatre production at the Kentucky State Hospital Campus on Shakertown Road in Danville, Kentucky with Eben C. Henson (Mickey) in the cast. Charlotte Hutchison Henson was pianist. Eben C. Henson was also artistic director. Dr. R.B. Ahrens was hospital director.
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