Born:  November 29, 1895, Los Angeles, California

Died:  March 14, 1976, Palm Springs, California

 

1933:  She Had To Say Yes

1934:  Dames

1935:  Gold Diggers of 1935, Bright Lights, I Live For Love

1936:  The Singing Kid, Stage Struck

1937:  The Go Getter, Hollywood Hotel

1938:  Men Are Such Fools, Garden of the Moon, Comet Over Broadway

1939:  They Made Me A Criminal, Babes In Arms, Fast and Furious

1940:  Forty Little Mothers, Strike Up The Band

1941:  Blonde Inspiration, Ziegfeld Girl, Lady Be Good, Babes on Broadway

1942:  For Me And My Gal

1943:  Cabin In The Sky, Girl Crazy, The Gang’s All Here

1946:  Cinderella Jones

1948:  Romance On The High Seas

1949:  Take Me Out To The Ball Game

1950:  Annie Get Your Gun

1951:  The Blue Veil

 

Academy Award Nominations:  Best Dance Direction, Gold Diggers of 1935 (“Lullaby of Broadway”, “The Words Are In My Heart”) (1935); Gold Diggers of 1937 (“Love and War”) (1936); Varsity Show (“The Finale”) (1937)