- Also wrote the opera "The Legend", which had its world premiere 1919 at the Metropolitan Opera New York
- The love theme from "The Birth of a Nation" was essentially the first popular hit song from a movie score (published as "The Perfect Song").
- He was the first composer to have a live chore accompany a film screening by singing in the lobby before the show. And he is the Great Uncle to Kimberly Gelvin-Wilks because he married her Great Aunt Dot who was a famous stylist for Lillian Gish and the like.
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