The success of 42ND STREET caused Warner to go into production with another musical, GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933, once again with five songs by Warren and Dubin. This time the hits were the best-seller "The Shadow Waltz" and "I've Got to Sing a Torch Song," both for Crosby, and "We're in the Money" (or "The Gold Diggers' Song") for Ted Lewis, among others. After this film too became a hit, Warner signed Warren to the first of a series of renewable one-year contracts. He and Dubin next contributed two songs to FOOTLIGHT PARADE, one of which was "Honeymoon Hotel," which became a hit for Leo Reisman and His Orch. in December 1933. The team was allowed to write the songs for Eddie Cantor's movie musical ROMAN SCANDALS though it was an independent production released through United Artists; their score included "Keep Young and Beautiful," a hit for Abe Lyman and His Calif. Orch. in February 1934. Warren and Dubin's next picture was also released by United Artists when Warner loaned the team out for MOULIN ROUGE. All three of the songs they wrote were hits, also in February 1934: "The Boulevard of Broken Dreams" for Jan Garber and His Orch.; "Coffee in the Morning (Kisses in the Night)" for the Boswell Sisters, who appeared in the film; and "Song of Surrender" for Wayne King and His Orch. Back at Warner the pair had three more musicals in release during 1934. WONDER BAR, an adaptation of the Al Jolson stage show with Jolson starring featured the title song, which scored for Emil Coleman and His Orch. in March, and the April hit for Eddy Duchin and His Orch., "Why Do I Dream Those Dreams?" Among the four songs Warren and Dubin wrote for TWENTY MILLION SWEETHEARTS were the hits "I'll String Along with You," a best-seller for Ted Fiorito and His Orch., and "Fair and Warmer," a hit for Dick Powell, who was in the film; both of these songs were hits in May. DAMES produced a hit for Duchin in its title track, but it is best remembered for "I Only Have Eyes for You," initially a hit in July 1934 for Ben Selvin and His Orch., among others; it subsequently became a standard. The busiest year in Warren's career was 1935; he and Dubin were the primary songwriters on five films and contributed to another eight. The result was a series of hits that began in March when Victor Young and His Orch. had a successful recording of the title song from SWEET MUSIC. Among the three songs in GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935 was "Lullaby of Broadway," which topped the hit parade in May, becoming one of the biggest hits of the year in a recording by the Dorsey Brothers Orch. and winning the Academy Award. GO INTO YOUR DANCE, a vehicle for Jolson and his wife, Ruby Keeler, who had become a film star in 42ND STREET, brought "She's a Latin from Manhattan" into the hit parade for Victor Young, while Ozzie Nelson and His Orch. scored with "About a Quarter to Nine." Russ Morgan and His Orch. had a hit with "The Rose in Her Hair" from BROADWAY GONDOLIER, which also featured "Lulu's Back in Town," a hit for Fats Waller. As a Navy veteran Warren had a special feeling for the subject of SHIPMATES FOREVER, and "Don't Give Up the Ship" not only became a hit for Tommy Dorsey and His Orch., it was also adopted by the U.S. Naval Academy as its official song. Hal Kemp had the hit recording of the title song from PAGE MISS GLORY, and at the end of the year STARS OVER BROADWAY produced a hit in Little Jack Little's recording of "Where Am I?" Warren and Dubin had primary responsibility for four films released during 1936 while contributing to four more. Their major hits were "I'll Sing You a Thousand Love Songs" from CAIN AND MABEL, which topped the hit parade in December for Eddy Duchin, and "With Plenty of Money and You" from GOLD DIGGERS OF 1937, on top in February 1937 for Henry Busse and His Orch. The next year found Warren and Dubin writing songs for six Warner features. "September in the Rain" from MELODY FOR TWO was recorded by Lombardo and topped the hit parade in May and June, becoming the biggest hit of the year. Lombardo also took "I Know Now" from THE SINGING MARINE into the hit parade, and the film gave a hit to Kay Kyser and His Orch. with "'Cause My Baby Says It's So." Anson Weeks and His Orch. had a hit with "How Could You?" from SAN QUENTIN, and Bing Crosby topped the hit parade in November with "Remember Me?" from MR. DODD TAKES THE AIR, a Best Song Oscar nominee. Although Warren was the primary song composer for four Warner films in 1938 and contributed songs to two more, earning his usual number of hits, the year marked the end of a number of associations for him. Personally, he lost his teenage son Harry Warren Jr. to pneumonia on April 2. Professionally, his partnership with Al Dubin gave way as the lyricist became unreliable and was replaced by Johnny Mercer. Though Warren coped with the changes at first, he opted not to renew his Warner contract after 1939. Nevertheless, there were hits, all of them written with Mercer: "Day Dreaming" from GOLD DIGGERS IN PARIS for Vallée, who starred; and "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" from HARD TO GET, at the top of the hit parade in December and January 1939 for Crosby; and "Jeepers Creepers" from GOING PLACES, which topped the hit parade in January and February 1939 for Al Donohue and His Orch. and was nominated for an Academy Award. In 1939, Warren's final two films for Warner, NAUGHTY BUT NICE and WINGS OF THE NAVY, were released, and he was loaned out to MGM to work with Gus Kahn on HONOLULU. However, his only song in the hit parade during the year was "Tears from My Inkwell" (lyrics by Dixon) for Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orch. in May. In 1940 he signed to 20th Century-Fox, headed by Darryl Zanuck, who had brought him to Warner Bros. eight years before. With lyricist Mack Gordon he wrote a new series of musicals, most of them starring Alice Faye and/or Betty Grable and nominally set in exotic locations, many featuring the leading swing bands of the day. In anticipation of those efforts, Glenn Miller and His Orch. scored a minor hit in June 1940 with "Devil May Care," an independent song on which Warren collaborated with Johnny Burke. Warren's most successful work of the year came on his second Fox feature, DOWN ARGENTINE WAY, which produced the near-title song "Down Argentina Way," an Oscar nominee most successfully recorded by Bob Crosby and His Orch., with many competing versions, and "Two Dreams Met," recorded by Tommy Dorsey among others. Warren and Gordon wrote songs for five Fox films in 1941, their biggest success coming with SUN VALLEY SERENADE, which featured Miller, who performed one of the year's biggest hits, the million-selling, Oscar-nominated "Chattanooga Choo Choo," as well as the hits "I Know Why (And So Do You)" and "It Happened in Sun Valley." Miller also starred in ORCHESTRA WIVES the following year, and from that film he recorded the Warren-Gordon hits "At Last," "Serenade in Blue," and the chart-topping gold record "(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo," which was nominated for an Academy Award. Harry James and His Orch. were featured in SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES and scored their own gold chart topper with "I Had the Craziest Dream." Sammy Kaye and His Orch. were featured in ICELAND; their Warren-Gordon hit was "There Will Never Be Another You." back to page 1 continue to page 3