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American songwriter who composed hundreds of songs, many of them now standards. The daughter of a journalist, Whitson was born in Hickman County, Tennessee, where she collaborated with her sister Alice on lyrics. She also wrote poetry and was widely published as a poet and fiction writer. In 1909, she had a hit with her song "Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland," repopularized years later in the film In the Good Old Summertime (1949). Her most enduring song came in 1910: "Let Me Call You Sweetheart." She died at 51 in Nashville and was buried there.- Tubby Phillips was born in 1884 in Bloomfontein, South Africa. He was an actor, known for The School for Scandal (1923), Shooting Stars (1928) and The Bells of St. Mary's (1928). He died on 26 April 1930 in St Pancras, London, England, UK.