Kahn was lured to New York by Florenz Ziegfeld with promises of writing for Broadway productions. It was there that he met composer Donaldson. Kahn is best known for his collaborations with Walter Donaldson, whose glamorous, playboy lifestyle was the exact opposite of Kahn's quiet, sober family background.
Ellen
Donaldson, Walter
Donaldson's daughter, said in programme notes for Houston's Theater Under the Stars 1997 production “Makin' Whoopee,
” that the collaboration was “a lifelong...