Biography

Victor Baravalle was born on November 2, 1885 in Italy. He is known for Carefree (1938), Show Boat (1936) and Show Boat (1929). He was married to Alice. He died on March 11, 1939 in Brentwood, California, USA.

Conducted the orchestra for the original Broadway productions of nine Jerome Kern musicals.

He became a U.S. citizen in 1917.

Neither he nor orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett were Oscar-nominated for their work on the 1936 film version of "Show Boat", because in 1936, the nomination for music would always go to the studio department head, which neither Bennett nor Baravalle were. If "Show Boat" had been filmed in 1938, when the Academy rules were changed to allow conductors and/or orchestrators to be nominated, it is quite likely that either Baravalle or Bennett would have been nominated for it. Both men also worked on the original 1927 stage production of "Show Boat".