About
Composer of numerous operettas including The Student Prince, The New Moon, and The Desert Song. He was of Austro-Hungarian heritage.
Before Fame
He worked in a pencil factory.
Trivia
He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
Family Life
He married second wife Lillian Harris in 1925.
Associated With
He was portrayed by Jose Ferrer in the film Deep in My Heart from 1954.
