Composer, songwriter, author and pianist, educated at the Moscow
Conservatory and Columbia University (architecture degree). He wrote
his Broadway special material for the 'Passing Show' revues, was a
vaudeville pianist, and had his own night club, Club Anatole. His
Broadway stage scores include "The Wife Hunters" and "Broadway to
Paris". Joining ASCAP in 1923, his chief musical collaborators included
L. Wolfe Gilbert and Harold Atteridge. His popular-song compositions
include "Are You From Heaven?", "My Little Dream Girl", "Lily of the
Valley", "My Own Iona", "Singapore", "I Love You, That's One Thing I
Know", "My Sweet Adair", "Riga Rose", "My Little Persian Rose" and
"Shades of Night".
