Larry attended UCLA, then went to work for Warner Bros. and Paramount, for whom he wrote the lyrics to "The World Owes Me a Living", composed by Leigh Harline and sung by Shirley Temple in the film Now and Forever.
He joined Disney in 1933,[1] and wrote songs for several animated shorts, including The Wise Little Hen and The Grasshopper and the Ants.
[2] Working with composer Frank Churchill, he then wrote some 25 songs for Disney's first full-length cartoon, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, in 1937.
Once Walt Disney was giving a tour of the studio to some guests, and they came upon Larry Morey leaning back in a chair with his eyes closed.
In 1938 Morey collaborated with composer Albert Hay Malotte on the title song for Ferdinand the Bull, which won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, and he worked with Frank Churchill on the score for The Reluctant Dragon in 1941.