It was only a matter of time before the movies came calling and Chaplin joined the ranks of composers under contract with Columbia Pictures in the late 1930s where he worked on such efforts as "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round" (1937) and "Meet Me on Broadway" (1946). When he moved to MGM in 1948, Chaplin flourished as a music arranger. He went on to score a number of lush-sounding classic film musicals ranging from "On the Town" (1949) to his Oscar-winning work (usually in tandem with Johnny Green) on "An American in Paris" (1951), "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" (1954) and "West Side Story" (1961). He segued to production beginning with 1957's "Les Girls" and went on to amass credits for "Can-Can" (1960), "The Sound of Music" (1965) and "Man of La Mancha" (1972). He also produced the unsuccessful Gertrude Lawrence biopic "Star!" (1968) and the compilation film "That's Entertainment, Part 2" (1974).