David Snell

David Snell

Nascimento : 1897-09-10, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Morte : 1967-03-27

História

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David L. Snell (10 September 1897, Milwaukee, Wisconsin – 27 March 1967, Glendale, California) was a pianist, conductor, composer and music director. He composed the music for over 170 shorts, series or feature films. Snell studied at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Wisconsin College and the Meyer Conservatory of Music. He formed his own orchestra, and was the musical director for several stage productions. He joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's music department in 1937, turning out music for a range of films from low-cost "B" movies to expensive features. He would spend his entire film career with MGM. He was conductor, composer, and music director for MGM for twenty-one years. The work could be high pressure. In November 1938 Franz Waxman had just five days to put together the fifty-minute score for A Christmas Carol so it could be released in time for the holiday season. Snell helped out, writing the opening and closing credit cues and half a dozen other cues based on themes provided by Waxman. Snell wrote music for many full-length films, shorts and B-movie series such as Dr. Kildare, Maisie and The Thin Man. His songs include Under The Stars, Downstream Drifter, Come Back Little Girl Of Mine and Once Over Lightly. His scores often showed first-rate craftsmanship, but his work has generally been ignored, perhaps because in most cases he chose to simply underscore the dialog as opposed to contributing complementary musical ideas. However, for the 1947 Lady in the Lake, based on the Raymond Chandler novel and set around Christmas time, Snell chose to use a choir singing a cappella, providing an austere and effective "black and white" score to accompany the stark black and white cinematography. The moody music echoed Christmas carols. David L. Snell died in 1967.

Perfil

David Snell

Filmes

My Old Town
Music Director
Narrator John Nesbitt reminisces about his hometown and childhood in this Passing Parade series short.
My Old Town
Music
Narrator John Nesbitt reminisces about his hometown and childhood in this Passing Parade series short.
Alias a Gentleman
Music
Aging ex-con tries to stop his daughter from getting involved with shady characters.
Punhos de Ouro
Original Music Composer
Tommy McCoy grew up poor and scrappy. As a young man he discovers that he can fight with his powerful right arm. He becomes successful at boxing, however he has an alcoholic father.
A Canção dos Acusados
Music
Nick, Nora e Nick Jr investigam o assassinato de um líder de banda em Nova York.
O Segredo de Cynthia
Music
Spoiled socialite Cynthia Grace is suffering from a blood clot. Not unexpectedly, Tommy Coalt falls in love with Cynthia, much to her parents' dismay. Soon he's drawing up plans to marry the girl and setting up private practice in a smaller town.
Undercover Maisie
Original Music Composer
Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants to use her as an undercover agent to expose a conman.
A Paixão de Andy Hardy
Music
Andy Hardy goes to college after serving in the war and finds his sweetheart is engaged to someone else.
Lady in the Lake
Original Music Composer
Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up
Bad Bascomb
Music
A western bandit is reformed by his love for a little girl.
Up Goes Maisie
Original Music Composer
A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks, who want to steal his ideas.
The Hidden Eye
Music
A perfumed message provides the only clue for a blind detective bent on clearing a man accused of murder.
Dangerous Partners
Original Music Composer
A young couple's accident could make them rich, if they can evade a Nazi spy ring.
Twice Blessed
Music Director
Stephanie and Terry are identical twins who have been raised separately since their parents divorced seven years earlier. Each envies the lifestyle of the other; and they decide, without telling Jeff or Mary, to switch families for a day or two. They soon find that it is harder to do what the other person is expected to do, and that looking alike is not enough. When they find that their charade may bring their parents back together, they agree to continue it. A major complication begins when Alice, Jeff's girlfriend and co-worker, finds out the real story.
Beije-me, Doutor!
Original Music Composer
A young doctor proves his worth at a metropolitan hospital.
O Regresso Daquele Homem
Music
On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
Gentle Annie
Music
The Goss family live on a farm they call the dust bowl where the wind blows during the day and the coyotes howl at night. When the train is robbed, everyone thinks that Cotton and Violet were the ones that did the job, but no one has any proof. US Marshal Lloyd Richland comes into town in disguise to find the truth and he finds that the sheriff is corrupt and that the Goss family is gosh darn nice. They take in Richland and a stranded woman named Mary without any questions. Cotton believes that Sheriff Tatum shot their pa in the back, and the sheriff is now trying to plug the boys. Richland is looking for the train robbers, and at the same time is keeping an eye on Tatum and the lovely young Mary.
Por Conta do Cupido
Original Music Composer
A Brooklyn showgirl gets mixed up in a divorce between a soldier and his wife.
Andy Hardy Prefere as Louras
Music
Andy is going to Wainwright College as did his father. He sees a pretty blonde on the train and he is alternately winked at or slapped every time he sees her. Andy is clueless. On the train Andy meets Kay and Dr. Standish who are both headed for Wainwright. Andy likes Kay, but Dr. Standish also seems to take an interest in her. Things are going well at College with Kay, but the blonde is nice one minute and ignores Andy the next. When Andy finds out that the blonde is really identical twins, he tries to help them out with their father but gets caught at their rooming house after midnight.
Rationing
Music
A small-town butcher has problems coping with meat rationing.
See Here, Private Hargrove
Music
Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his training experiences. He muddles through basic training at Fort Bragg with the self-serving help of a couple of buddies intent on cutting themselves in on that extra income.
Twenty Years After
Music
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.
Um Mundo de Ritmos
Music Director
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
The Man from Down Under
Music Score Producer
An Australian blowhard raises two orphaned children as his own in the years leading up to WWII.
Jackass Mail
Music
An unknowing orphan idolizes the horse thief/mail robber who has shot his father.
Belezas Entre Feras
Original Music Composer
Ma Galestrum (Connie Gilchrist) is a boardinghouse owner whose tenants are a group of aspiring boxers. When her young niece, Judy (Jean Rogers), comes to stay for a visit, college dropout Ken Burke (William Lundigan) and Swedish janitor Ole (Dan Dailey Jr.) immediately fall for her charms. Ken considers going back to college for Judy, but his fight promoter is less than thrilled with this idea. Meanwhile, Ole is determined to meet Ken in the ring to vie for Judy's heart.
Tarzan Contra o Mundo
Music
O dono de um circo rapta o filho de Tarzan e foge para Nova Yorque, para onde seguem Tarzan e sua companheira Jane. Quando o casal chega à metrópole, acaba indo parar num tribunal para brigar pela custódia do garoto. Curiosamente, Charles Bickford, o ator que interpreta o dono do circo, chegou a ser cogitado para o papel de Tarzan, antes de Johnny Weissmuller ser escolhido. Elmo Lincoln, que viveu o primeiro Tarzan do cinema, em 1918, aparece numa pequena cena neste Tarzan Contra o Mundo. John Sheffield contracenou com Weissmuller em oito filmes da série, acompanhando o ator quando este mudou-se para a RKO, a partir de Tarzan e o Terror do Deserto e Tarzan, o Vingador (1943). Fez o “Menino” pela última vez em Tarzan e a Caçadora (1947), quando o estúdio o dispensou por considerá-lo grande demais para continuar fazendo o papel de uma criança. A produtora Monogram então o contratou para estrelar doze filmes da série Bomba, o Filho das Selvas, entre 1949 e 1955, ainda na onda de Tarzan.
Grand Central Murder
Original Music Composer
Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a slew of suspects for questioning. Mida's shady ex-flame, Turk, seems the most likely culprit, but when smart-mouthed private eye Rocky Custer -- also a suspect himself -- begins to piece together the crime, a few clues that Gunther has overlooked come to light.
Um Assassino de Luvas
Original Music Composer
Van Heflin stars as the head of a city crime lab who tries to solve the murder of the town mayor by scientifically analyzing evidence.
Acro-Batty
Music
A humorous look at various circus and other acrobatic feats. One of the "Pete Smith Specialties" produced and narrated by "A Smith named Pete."
O Idílio de Andy Hardy
Music
While Judge Hardy handles a couple's divorce, Andy takes a shine to their shy daughter.
Nazi Agent
Music
Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and Nazi spy, Baron Hugo von Detner, his world is thrown into turmoil. Threatening Becker with deportation, Hugo forces him to use his shop as a front for espionage.
The Vanishing Virginian
Music Score Producer
The perineal District Attorney and conservative southern patriarch cherishes the old ways and does his best to adjust to change.
Flag of Mercy
Music
The 1939 dramatic short "Angel of Mercy," about Red Cross founder Clara Barton, is reedited to relate the story to America's involvement in World War II.
We Must Have Music
Music
A short history of movie music is presented, from silent films accompanied by a single piano, to the elaborate song scores for musicals (with scenes from MGM's musicals) and background music for dramas. Conductor/composer
O Tesouro de Tarzan
Music
Uma expedição científica na África descobre que o terreno habitado por Tarzan, pode esconder um valioso tesouro em ouro e tudo farão para se apoderar dos metais preciosos.
A Sombra dos Acusados
Music
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
Football Thrills of 1940
Original Music Composer
Pete Smith narrates some of the most spectacular college football plays from the 1940 season.
Ringside Maisie
Original Music Composer
Young undefeated boxer Terry Dolan, who's been lying to his invalid mother about his career, confides to Maisie that he hates and is terrified by boxing and wants out. Not wanting to let down his best friend and manager Skeets Maguire, who has hopes of him becoming the next champion, he is reluctant to bring up the subject with him. Maisie convinces Terry to tell Skeets, whose unexpected reaction induces him to step into the ring again.
Gentil Tirano
Original Music Composer
Baseado no livro "The Saga of Billy the Kid", de Walter Noble Burns, sobre o pistoleiro William Bonney, ou apenas Billy the Kid, que passa a ser perseguido pelo xerife quando decide se vingar daqueles que assassinaram seu protetor. Filmado antes por por King Vidor em 1930.
Love Crazy
Original Music Composer
Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
Music
An ice skater sues Kildare (Lew Ayres) for malpractice after his roadside first aid leaves her paralyzed.
Washington Melodrama
Music
An elderly businessman (Frank Morgan) plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town while his wife is away. Instead, he finds himself involved in a showgirl's murder.
Third Dimensional Murder
Original Music Composer
A 3-D short subject in which the narrator goes to a creepy old house in search of his missing aunt. There he encounters the Frankenstein monster, a witch, a wooden Indian who comes to life, and assorted other monsters and frightening characters, all of whom manage to throw something toward the camera.
Maisie na Alta Roda
Original Music Composer
A Showgirl Maisie Ravier se encontra mais uma vez sem trabalho. Então ela conhece um playboy rico que a contrata para ser a nova empregada de sua família. Maisie logo se vê tentando consertar os muitos problemas da família. (e 10 - Estimado 10 Anos)
A Vitória do Dr. Kildare
Original Music Composer
Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiancee's brother.
Gallant Sons
Music
When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.
Sky Murder
Original Music Composer
This final Carter film is a lot of fun, with Nick (unwillingly, at first) taking on a ring of Fifth Columnists (since this was filmed before the US entered the war, we're not told the villains are Nazis, but it's pretty clear anyway). Of course, the helpful and persistent Bartholomew is at his side--much to Nick's irritation. To further complicate things--and to make them still funnier--Joyce Compton is along for the ride too, as a delightfully brainless "detective" named Christine Cross.
Wyoming
Music
With the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be nice so he heads for Wyoming with Dave.
The Golden Fleecing
Music
A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.
Gold Rush Maisie
Original Music Composer
Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet joining hundreds of others digging for gold in a previously panned-out ghost town.
Andy Hardy e a Grã-Fina
Music
O juiz Hardy leva sua família para Nova York, onde Andy rapidamente se apaixona por uma socialite. Ele acha a vida da alta sociedade muito cara e, eventualmente, decide que ele gostou mais de voltar para casa.
A Way in the Wilderness
Music
This Passing Parade entry tells the story of Dr. Joseph Goldberger (1874-1929), a Hungarian immigrant who devoted his life to finding the cause of pellagra, a disease that killed hundreds of thousands in the southern United States. Although the medical community believed that the condition was caused by a virus, Goldberger proved that a healthy diet was the cure.
Phantom Raiders
Music
In this second Carter mystery, a mysterious rash of cargo ships sinking in Panama leads insurers Llewellyns of London to hire vacationer Nick Carter and his eccentric associate Bartholomew to investigate. Nick recognizes influential nightclub owner Al Taurez as a shady operator, but getting the goods on him depends on slick diversions involving the heavyweight champ of the Pacific Tuna Fleet, a Panamanian bombshell armed with American slang, a young couple in love and a whole raft of crooks and cutthroats.
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Music
This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother and daughter go to town to buy a new dress. In the dress shop window is a designer dress worn by Joan Crawford in a recent movie. We then go to Hollywood and visit Adrian, MGM's chief of costume design, and see how multiple copies of a single clothing pattern are produced. The film ends with short segments of several MGM features.
20 Mule Team
Music
It is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining it is a losing proposition. The only thing that will save the company is a new deposit of high grade Borax, and Skinner Bill Bragg has a pouch of it that he got from a dead prospector he buried on the road. Stag Roper knows the value of the strike could be worth millions, but he needs Bragg to find the prospector's claim so they can record it and become rich partners. While Roper has no intention of cutting Bragg in on the millions, he also has his eye on young Jean Johnson. Josie Johnson, Jean's mother, sees Roper as the scalawag he is, and that means trouble in Furnace Flat.
O Estranho Caso do Dr. Kildare
Music
Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.
The Ghost Comes Home
Original Music Composer
Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive. Director William Thiele's 1940 film stars Frank Morgan, Billie Burke, Ann Rutherford, John Shelton, Harold Huber, Donald Meek, Nat Pendleton, Renie Riano, Frank Albertson, Reginald Owen, Ann Morriss and Richard Carle.
Andy Hardy Banca o Sherlock
Original Music Composer
Judge Hardy guides Andy through problems with girls, money and an essay contest.
Henry Goes Arizona
Music
A New Yorker moves West when he inherits an Arizona ranch.
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Original Music Composer
Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.
O Segredo do Dr. Kildare
Music
Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation.
Thunder Afloat
Music
A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
Blackmail
Music
A fugitive from a chain gang becomes an oil-well firefighter and meets the man who framed him.
As Mulheres
Original Music Composer
Esta adaptação para a tela, roteirizada por Anita Loos e Jane Murfin e dirigida por George Cukor, foi um tremendo sucesso no seu lançamento. Estrelada por Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford e Rosalind Russell. O filme deu continuidade à tradição das peças só com personagens de mulheres tagarelas. Dos glamorosos apartamentos da alta sociedade de Manhattan, até Reno onde todos se divorciam, o filme mostra um enfoque ácido de suas vidas e dos esforços dos maridos para fazerem suas esposas ricas e poderosas. Durante toda o filme não aparece um único homem se quer, embora sejam muito citados, e o tema central seja os relacionamentos das mulheres com eles.
Estas Grã-Finas de Hoje
Original Music Composer
A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get rid of her, but she won't leave. Instead, she stays and shows up both him and his classmates' snooty dates.
Andy Hardy é o Tal
Music
Andy jovem desenvolve uma queda por seu professor de teatro. Enquanto isso, o Juiz Hardy tem seus próprios problemas quando é levado a formar uma corporação de alumínio falso.
Stronger Than Desire
Music
An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.
The Giant of Norway
Music
This short tells the story of Norwegian explorer and diplomat Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930). After a life of adventure, he was instrumental in resettling tens of thousands of refugees and displaced persons resulting from World War I. He continued this work in 1922 after the war between Greece and Turkey. The film ends by reminding moviegoers to think of the plight of contemporary refugees caused by the fighting in Europe.
Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
Music
Made just before America would be forced into the Second World War, this short subject is a brief dramatized history of American democracy. It targets a perceived threat to democracy from board room and soapbox fascists who advocated a government based upon contemporaneous European models.
Prophet Without Honor
Music
This short film portrays the story of Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873), an American Naval officer who developed the first maps that charted the oceans' winds and currents.
Angel of Mercy
Original Music Composer
This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Clara Barton, the founder of the Red Cross.
Chamem o Dr. Kildare
Music
Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare in a street clinic, hoping to teach him a lesson. While working there Kildare meets pretty nurse Mary Lamont, and ends up treating a hoodlum with a gunshot wound. He purposely fails to write a report on it, and soon finds himself in a heap of trouble. Who else would come to his rescue but good old Dr. Gillespie?
Andy Hardy Milionário
Music
Sixth of the Judge Hardy series. Judge James K. Hardy is brought the fabulous news from attorney George Irving, that he could be the heir to 2 million dollars. In order to claim the inheritance, he and his family must leave for Detroit. The disinherited heir Philip 'Phil' Westcott, adopted son of the deceased relative, has to leave the fabulous mansion Detroit. But the playboy Phil ain't going down without a fight. He decides on a charm offensive. First with Polly Benedict and foremost Andrew 'Andy' Hardy, the son of Judge Hardy.
Somewhat Secret
Music
At the Dimsdale Hall Finishing School, Assistant Dean Emily Godsall declares that any student who associates herself with swing music will be severely punished. Complications develop when she finds out that her boyfriend, a chemistry professor at the school, is also a well-known swing bandleader.
The Story of Dr. Jenner
Original Music Composer
This short focuses on the story of Dr. Edward Jenner, who developed vaccination.
The Story of Alfred Nobel
Music
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite, and later established the Nobel Prize.
Heroes at Leisure
Music
This short film focuses on a group of lifeguards from a Southern California beach during the off season.
The Great Heart
Music
This short film tells the true story of the heroic sacrifice of Father Damien, the Belgian priest who suffered a living death in order to bring hope and God's comfort to the lepers confined on the Hawaiian island of Molokai.
Once Over Lightly
Music
The big Barber College competition between rivals Clipton and Beardsley is coming up and everything is on the line for professor and coach Kapouris. But thanks to a secret depilatory he developed, Clipton has the edge.
Andy Hardy, Cowboy
Music
Judge Hardy goes to his friend's Arizona ranch to help her in a legal dispute, and he takes his family with him.
Grid Rules
Music
Shows how the game of football developed, and how its rules came to be.
O Jovem Dr. Kildare
Music
A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his knowledge by the hospital's top dog, Dr. Leonard Gillespie.
Nostradamus
Music
A look at various predictions Nostradamus made, such as the American and French Revolutions.
Football Thrills of 1937
Music
A review of the 1937 football season.
The Man on the Rock
Music
A look at whether Napoleon Bonaparte indeed died on the island of St. Helena in 1821.
Party Fever
Music
Alfalfa, Butch and Waldo compete for Mayor For A Day. Whoever becomes Mayor gets to take Darla to the Strawberry Festival.
It's in the Stars
Music
Musical short about a fraternity and a sorority that call a halt to dating between their houses to improve their grades.
Bravest of the Brave
Original Music Composer
This short film looks at the life of Michel Ney, who fought at Napoleon's side and was made a Marshall of France.
O Amor Encontra Andy Hardy
Original Music Composer
Andy Hardy becomes entangled with three different girls all at the same time.
The Magician's Daughter
Original Music Composer
A magician's daughter falls in love with a reporter for a magazine. When the magazine publishes a story that exposes her father's methods, she dumps the reporter. He now must convince her that he had nothing to do with the magazine's exposé.
Anaesthesia
Music
An examination of the history of anesthesia, from ancient Egyptian times to contemporary times.
Hollywood Goes to Town
Sound Director
This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which had its premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre. We see the street leading to the theatre transformed to suggest a garden that might be seen in a French palace. This includes the placement of trees and other foliage, as well as large statues along the route. Grandstands are set up so fans can see their favorite stars as they arrive for the premiere. Finally, the proverbial "galaxy of stars" arrives in their limousines. Fanny Brice and Pete Smith make remarks at the microphone set up on the carpet outside the theatre.
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
Music
An American trader disrupts life on a Polynesian island.
Joaquin Murrieta
Music
This MGM Historical Mystery short follows the life and exploits of killer outlaw Joaquin Murrieta, in California in the 1850s.
The Forgotten Step
Music
An American art collector, living in France in the 1870s, who loses his fortune in a stock market crash devises a scheme to get back his wealth through insurance fraud with the added consequence of potentially killing hundreds of people. His scheme is to place his art collection aboard a ship, insure the collection far beyond its value, and place a barrel of dynamite with a clock-piece timed to go off when the ship is at sea.
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
Original Music Composer
A department store has an indoor ski slide for the annual contest for store employees. Salesgirl June has two admirers - a sausage salesman in the store and the store's snooty ski instructor. The Dandridge Sisters (Dorothy, Vivian and non-sister Etta Jones) perform two numbers.
That Mothers Might Live
Music
That Mothers Might Live is a 1938 American short drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann. The short is a brief account of Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis and his discovery of the need for cleanliness in 19th-century maternity wards, thereby significantly decreasing maternal mortality, and of his struggle to gain acceptance of his idea. Although Semmelweis ultimately failed in his lifetime, later scientific luminaries advanced his work in spirit like microbiologist Louis Pasteur, who provided a scientific theoretical explanation of Semmelweis' observations by helping develop the germ theory of disease and the British surgeon, Dr. Joseph Lister who revolutionized medicine putting Pasteur's research to practical use. In 1939, at the 11th Academy Awards, the film won an Oscar for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).
Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue
Music
The scene is set at Billy Rose's Casa Manana Revue, filmed at the Fort Worth Frontier Fiesta (1937), an enormous production created as part of the Texas Centennial civic celebrations. The opening song, "The Night Is Young And You're So Beautiful" emanated from the first edition of the Revue and became a hit song on two continents in 1936.
Amor de Criança
Original Music Composer
Judge Hardy takes a business trip to Washington, DC, where Andy promptly falls for the French ambassador's daughter.
The Canary Comes Across
Music
A prisoner with a good singing voice escapes, only to grow jealous when an opera singer who looks like him is delivered back to the prison and receives attention, especially from Ann, the warden's daughter who leads the prison glee club.
What Do You Think? (Number Three)
Music
This short looks at the possibility that those who have passed on can communicate with us in ways we least expect.
Aproveite a Mocidade!
Original Music Composer
Andy Hardy and his sister find romance during a family vacation in Catalina.
Madame X
Original Music Composer
An alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she is his mother, takes the assignment to defend her in court.
My Dear Miss Aldrich
Music
A young woman inherits a newspaper whose editor refuses to hire lady reporters.
Married Before Breakfast
Music
A madcap inventor tries to market a razor-less shaving cream.
Song of Revolt
Music
This MGM Tabloid Musical short tells the story of how France's national anthem, "La Marseillaise", came to be written during the French Revolution.
Carnival in Paris
Music
In this short, the janitor of a Paris museum's Egyptology department agrees to help a girl hide from the police.
Uma Questão de Família
Original Music Composer
Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his decisions and want to see him impeached; his daughters, Joan and Marion, have romantic problems; and his son, Andy discovers Polly Benedict. As usual, Judge Hardy is concerned with everyone in the family and lends wisdom and calmness to all.
Mad Love
Original Music Composer
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands which still have the urge to throw knives.
A Ceia dos Acusados
Orchestrator
Uma dupla de detetives marido-e-mulher assume a busca de um inventor desaparecido e quase morre em seus esforços. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
Faithless
Original Music Composer
Socialite Carol Morgan romps through the Depression and her wealth while breaking up with Bill Wade and getting back together with him.