Item description for *Songwriter HARRY TOBIAS Hand-Signed Letter to Movie Producer JERRY WALD + MUSIC

One typewritten letter on 5.5 x 8.5 in. piece of personalized stationery from HARRY TOBIAS with the ASCAP logo to JERRY WALD at 20th Century Fox Studio in Beverly Hills, CA dated Feb. 21, 1958, in which Mr. Tobias acknowledges his introductory meeting with Mr. Wald at "...the radio station yesterday." "Here are some copies of my best standards and brochures..." "Please keep these handy for reference where there is an opening for songs in your pictures." Features Mr. Tobias' signature ("Harry") in blue ink.
One piece of sheet music entitled THE BOWLING SONG;
One double-sided SONG FAVORITES brochure listing the songwriting credits of HARRY TOBIAS;
One piece of sheet music entitled I REMEMBER MAMA;
One piece of sheet music entitled I'M SORRY DEAR; and
One piece of sheet music entitled WILD HONEY.

Harry Tobias (September 11, 1895– December 15, 1994) was an American lyricist. Like his younger brother Charles, he is an inductee of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Born in New York City but raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, he began writing songs in his teens. At the age of 19, he co-wrote his first successful songs, "That Girl of Mine" and "Take Me To My Alabam", with Will Dillon. After serving in the US Army, he returned to songwriting, co-writing the 1922 novelty hit, "Oo-oo, Ernest (Are You Earnest With Me?)." He often worked with his brothers, Charles and Henry, writing songs with Charles for the Broadway show Earl Carroll's Sketch Book in 1929, and writing Rudy Vallee's hit, "Miss You," with both brothers the same year. In 1931, he had success with the song "At Your Command," an early success for Bing Crosby, and also co-wrote "Sweet and Lovely," a hit for Russ Columbo. He wrote or co-wrote the theme songs for many films in the 1930s and 1940s, including One Rainy Afternoon (1936), The Young in Heart (1938), Made for Each Other (1939), If It Wasn't for The Moon (1940) and It's a Date (1940). His many co-writers included Gene Autry. He died in St Louis, Missouri at age 99 on December 15, 1994 and his interment was in Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery.

Jerome Irving Wald (September 16, 1911 – July 13, 1962) was an American screenwriter and a producer of films and radio programs. He began writing a radio column for the New York Evening Graphic, while studying journalism at New York University. This led to him producing several Rambling 'Round Radio Row featurettes for Vitaphone, Warner Brothers' short subject division (1932–33). Wald's first feature credit was for the Warners movie Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934); he provided the story along with Paul Finder Moss at Warners. Wald provided the story (along with Philip Epstein) for Universal's Gift of Gab (1934). Wald then signed with Warners, where would be based for many years. He worked on the script for Maybe It's Love (1935) and the Rudy Valee musical, Sweet Music (1935).