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Modest Altschuler(1873-1963)

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  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Modest Altschuler was born on 15 February 1873 in Mogilev, Russian Empire [now Belarus]. He was a composer, known for Buffalo Bill Rides Again (1947), It's All in Your Mind (1938) and Song of My Heart (1948). He died on 12 September 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornFebruary 15, 1873
DiedSeptember 12, 1963(90)
BornFebruary 15, 1873
DiedSeptember 12, 1963(90)
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Known for

Richard Arlen in Buffalo Bill Rides Again (1947)
Buffalo Bill Rides Again
4.2
  • Music Department
  • 1947
Constance Bergen in It's All in Your Mind (1938)
It's All in Your Mind
  • Music Department
  • 1938
Audrey Long and Frank Sundström in Song of My Heart (1948)
Song of My Heart
3.7
  • Music Department
  • 1948
Spartacus (1913)
Spartacus
5.5
  • Composer
  • 1913

Credits

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Music Department

  • Audrey Long and Frank Sundström in Song of My Heart (1948)
    Song of My Heart
    3.7
    • music advisor
    • 1948
  • Richard Arlen in Buffalo Bill Rides Again (1947)
    Buffalo Bill Rides Again
    4.2
    • conductor
    • music arranger
    • 1947
  • Don't You Believe It (1943)
    Don't You Believe It
    6.2
    Short
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Hitler's Madman (1943)
    Hitler's Madman
    6.5
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Heavenly Music (1943)
    Heavenly Music
    6.2
    Short
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Nigel Bruce, Robert Cummings, Ruth Hussey, and Reginald Owen in Free and Easy (1941)
    Free and Easy
    5.9
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Constance Bergen in It's All in Your Mind (1938)
    It's All in Your Mind
    • musical director
    • 1938
  • Ole M. Ness in Dawn to Dawn (1933)
    Dawn to Dawn
    6.6
    Short
    • conductor
    • 1933

Composer

  • Richard Arlen in Buffalo Bill Rides Again (1947)
    Buffalo Bill Rides Again
    4.2
    • Composer
    • 1947
  • Constance Bergen in It's All in Your Mind (1938)
    It's All in Your Mind
    • Composer
    • 1938
  • Eleanor Boardman and John Holland in She Goes to War (1929)
    She Goes to War
    6.6
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1929
  • Spartacus (1913)
    Spartacus
    5.5
    • Composer
    • 1913

Soundtrack

  • Wallace Beery and Milton Sills in The Sea Hawk (1924)
    The Sea Hawk
    7.1
    • music: "Sea Hawk" (1924) (uncredited)
    • 1924

Personal details

  • Born
    • February 15, 1873
    • Mogilev, Russian Empire [now Belarus]
  • Died
    • September 12, 1963
    • Los Angeles, California, USA

Did you know

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    In 1939, he filed a $250,000 plagiarism lawsuit against RKO Radio Pictures, Walt Disney Enterprises, Irving Berlin Inc. and Frank Churchill. The claim was that his composition entitled 'Russian Soldiers' Song' had formed the basis for 'Whistle While You Work' from "Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs".

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