"Ramona" is a 1928 song with lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert and music by Mabel Wayne. Composed for the 1928 feature film Ramona, it was the first theme song written for the movies.
Ramona (1928 song)
1928 Victor 78, 21214-A, by Paul Whiteman featuring Bix Beiderbecke.
Louis Wolfe Gilbert was a Russian-born American songwriter of Tin Pan Alley. He is best remembered as the lyricist for "Ramona" (1928), the first movie theme song ever written.
Gilbert in 1915
"Ramona" (1928), by Gilbert and Mabel Wayne, was the first theme song ever written for the movies.
William Grant Still, Gilbert, W. C. Handy, Frank Drye and Andy Razaf in Los Angeles in 1954
Gilbert (far right) in 1966