 The orchestra made a guest appearance in the Abbot and Costello movie "Here Come the Co-Eds" in 1945.Spitalny also appeared in "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (1942) and on Ed Sullivan's television program "Toast of the Town".Spitalny wrote music with Gus Kahn, jazz musician Lee “Stubby” Gordon His compositions include “Enchanted Forest”, “It's You, No One But You”, “Madelaine”, “Pining for You”, “Save the Last Dance for Me”, and “The Kiss I Can't Forget”.