,
Buster Keaton, Havez and
Edward F. Cline in 1923. Havez was a charter member of
ASCAP (1914). His novelty songs, popular in their day, include "Darktown Poker Club" and "I'm Cured", written for the great vaudevillian
Bert Williams for the 1914
Ziegfeld Follies; "
Everybody Works But Father", "When You Ain't Got No Money then You Needn't Come Around", "I'm Looking For an Angel", "Do Not Forget the Good Old Days", "You're On the Right Road, Sister", "He Cert'ny Was Good to Me" and the lyrics for "Sailing Down the Chesapeake Bay". Concurrent with his songwriting, Havez wrote vaudeville routines and stage shows for such performers as
Reine Davies,
Trixie Friganza,
Kolb & Dill, and
Cecil Cunningham (who was his first wife). Havez penned
Keystone scenarios for
Roscoe Arbuckle, among others, and co-wrote several of Keaton's most popular films, including
Our Hospitality (1923),
Sherlock Jr. (1924),
The Navigator (1924), and
Seven Chances (1925). Havez supplied the story, and theme song, for Lloyd's first comedy feature ''
Grandma's Boy'' (1921), and also contributed (uncredited) to Lloyd's most famous film
Safety Last! (1923). Havez died at home of a heart attack and was interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, CA. His widow, a vaudevillian turned screenwriter, married director
Edward Sedgwick and remained with him until his death in 1953. ==Songs==