Point. Early Career Engineering Plant; Repertory Expectations, Oliver Twist
Own Executioner My and abroad. Joined MGM, composer -conductor, 1942- Man About the House, Mine for Brother Johnathan, The Glass Mountain, They Were 46; Univ. Internat'l. 1947; returned to MGM Easter Sisters Wanted for Murder, The Franchise Affair, Parade (Acad. Award, scoring of musical); Warner Angels One Five, There Was a Young Lady, A Man 1948-49. Inspector General (Golden Globe Award 1949, Could Get Killed. best score of year). Apptd. gen. music dir. and exec- Art and in-chg-of-music MGM 1949; produced shorts series TV: Milestones, The Will, Crime Passionel, short Opportunity, Fish in the Family, The Governess What MGM Concert Hall (Acad. Award, beat one real the Public Wants, Lesson in Love, The Happy 1953); Acad. Award, best scoring of musical, American McBaines, Winter Cruise, The Letter, Tribute to in Paris 1951 composed score Raintree County (Acad. Maugham, Virtue, Beautiful Forever, East Lynne, Nom. 1957): left MGM to freelance 1958. Prod. Deailu Unexpectedly Vacant, The Importance of Being Ear- 1958-59. Comp many original scores. V.p., Academy nest, This Is Your Life, Crown Court, Making Faces. M.P. Arts and Sciences, 1953-55; chmn. Music Br. sev- eral terms: Acad. Life Member; prod. Acad.'s first GRAY GORDON: Broadcast Management Consultant. b. Award Show TV, 1953. Acad. Award, best scoring of Albert Lea, Minn., Nov. 16, 1905; e. U. of Missouri. musical, West Side Story, 1961, nominated for Acad. Entered broadcasting ind. 1932, gen. mgr., Central Award, 14 times. Other films incl. High Society, Bye States Broadcasting Co., v.p. WIP Philadelphia; Good Bye Birdie, The Great Caruso, etc.
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