Larry Morey(1905-1971)
- Music Department
- Producer
- Composer
American lyricist and author Lawrence L.
'Larry' Morey was chiefly noted for co-writing (with the composer and songwriter Frank Churchill)
the musical numbers for Disney's
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937),
including "Heigh-Ho", "I'm Wishing" and "Whistle While You Work". He
also worked on the picture as a sequence director. His second claim to
fame was adapting Felix Salten's 1923 book,
"Bambi, a Life in the Woods", for the screen (as well as co-writing the
score with Churchill). Assisted by
Perce Pearce, he is further credited with
devising the characters of Thumper the rabbit and Flower the skunk,
primarily to lighten the mood of the picture. One of the musical
numbers from Bambi (1942), "Love is a
Song", was nominated for an Oscar, as was "Lavender Blue" (sung by
Burl Ives) for
So Dear to My Heart (1948).
This piece was adapted from a popular folk song.
Morey worked for Disney from 1933, following stints at Paramount and Warners. He joined ASCAP in 1938.
Morey worked for Disney from 1933, following stints at Paramount and Warners. He joined ASCAP in 1938.
