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Composer, songwriter ("When Love Has Gone"), conductor, pianist, author and arranger, he came to the USA during World War I. He was a pianist in New York Ballrooms, then organized his own orchestra and toured the US in vaudeville. He was a pianist on radio, then a music director and arranger for radio and for television networks. He joined ASCAP in 1939, and his chief musical collaborators included W. Edward Breuder and Paul Rusincky. His other song compositions include "You're Everything That's Lovely", "In the Same Old Way", "In My Little Red Book", "The Wide Open Spaces", "Sam the Vegetable Man", "Let's Make Up a Little Party", and "If You Were Mine".

Theo Shall was born on 24 February 1896 in Metz, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany [now Moselle, France]. He was an actor, known for Anna Christie (1930), Ten Minute Alibi (1935) and Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse (1955). He died on 4 October 1955 in East Berlin, East Germany.

Theodor Eicke was born on 17 October 1892 in Hudingen, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany [now Hampont, Moselle, France]. He was married to Bertha Schwebel. He died on 26 February 1943 in Mikhaylovka, Oryol Oblast, USSR [now Russia].

Victor Wetter was born on 11 June 1902 in Metz, Alsace-Lorraine, France. He was an actor. He died on 8 December 1990 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.

Friedrich Kolander was born on 12 November 1904 in Straßburg, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany [now Strasbourg, Grand Est, France]. He was an actor, known for Van Gogh (1969), So war Herr Brummell (1967) and Aktenzeichen XY... ungelöst! (1967). He died on 29 January 1979 in West Berlin, West Germany.

Elisabeth Grümmer was born on 31 March 1911 in Niederjeutz, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany [now Yutz, Thionville, Moselle, France]. She was an actress, known for Mozart's Don Giovanni (1955), Don Giovanni (1961) and Civilisation (1969). She was married to Detlef Grümmer. She died on 6 November 1986 in Warendorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.