M.K. Jerome(1893-1977)
- Music Department
- Actor
- Composer
Songwriter ("Some Sunday Morning"), composer and publisher, educated in
high school and in private music study. While in high school, he was a
vaudeville pianist and accompanist in film theatres, then became a
staff pianist for Waterson, Berlin and Snyder. He came to Hollywood in
1929, and wrote theme songs for early film musicals, staying under
contract to Warner Brothers for eighteen years. In 1911 he founded his
own music publishing firm in New York. Joining ASCAP in 1920, his chief
musical collaborators included Ted Koehler, Joe Young, Sam Lewis and
Jack Scholl, and his other popular-song compositions include "Just a
Baby's Prayer at Twilight", "Old Pal Why Don't You Answer Me?", "San
Antonio", "Bright Eyes", "Dream Kisses", "Thru the Courtesy of Love",
"My Little Buckaroo", "The Old Apple Tree", "You, You Darlin", "Sweet
Dreams, Sweetheart", "The Wish That I Wish Tonight", "Would You Believe
Me?", "Bombardier Song", "Mary Dear", and "It's Victory Day" (awarded a
Treasury Department Silver Medal).
