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Ben Black(1889-1950)

  • Actor
  • Soundtrack
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Composer ("Moonlight And Roses", "Hold Me"), author, publisher, producer, music director of the Paramount Theatres in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, and the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans, also others in San Francisco. He produced shows in New York and California. Joining ASCAP in 1926, his chief collaborators were Edwin Lemare and Neil Moret. Other songs to his credit are "Tears", You and I", and "Don't Sing Aloha When I Go".
BornDecember 11, 1889
DiedDecember 26, 1950(61)
BornDecember 11, 1889
DiedDecember 26, 1950(61)
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Known for

Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron in The Astronaut's Wife (1999)
The Astronaut's Wife
5.4
  • Soundtrack
  • 1999
Douglas MacLean in The Carnation Kid (1929)
The Carnation Kid
  • Soundtrack
  • 1929
Bouquet of Roses
Short
  • Soundtrack
  • 1931
Roy Rogers, Sheila Ryan, and Trigger in Song of Texas (1943)
Song of Texas
5.9
  • Soundtrack
  • 1943

Credits

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Actor



  • A Night in a Music Hall
    Short
    • Ben Black, Orchestra Leader (and His Hollywood Orchestra) (as Ben Black and His Hollywood Orchestra)
    • 1939

Soundtrack



  • Bill Stephens in Fortune's Wheel (2015)
    Fortune's Wheel
    9.0
    • writer: "Moonlight and Roses"
    • 2015
  • Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron in The Astronaut's Wife (1999)
    The Astronaut's Wife
    5.4
    • writer: "Moonlight and Roses"
    • 1999
  • Hollywood a Go Go (1964)
    Hollywood a Go Go
    7.9
    TV Series
    • writer: "Moonlight and Roses"
    • 1965
  • Roy Rogers, Sheila Ryan, and Trigger in Song of Texas (1943)
    Song of Texas
    5.9
    • writer: "Moonlight and Roses"
    • 1943
  • Gloria Jean, Donald O'Connor, Robert Paige, and Peggy Ryan in Mister Big (1943)
    Mister Big
    7.7
    • writer: "Moonlight and Roses" (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
    6.4
    Short
    • writer: "Come On, Get Up" (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Betty Grable, Alice Faye, Jack Oakie, and John Payne in Tin Pan Alley (1940)
    Tin Pan Alley
    6.3
    • writer: "Moonlight and Roses" (1925) (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Nursery Scandal (1932)
    Nursery Scandal
    4.7
    Short
    • writer: "Moonlight and Roses" (uncredited)
    • 1932
  • Bouquet of Roses
    Short
    • writer: "Moonlight and Roses"
    • 1931
  • Evelyn Brent and Clive Brook in Slightly Scarlet (1930)
    Slightly Scarlet
    5.0
    • writer: "Blossoms That Bloom in the Moonlight" (uncredited)
    • 1930
  • Douglas MacLean in The Carnation Kid (1929)
    The Carnation Kid
    • writer: "Blossoms That Bloom in the Moonlight"
    • 1929
  • Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson, Scott Darling, John Francis Dillon, Bradley King, and Louis Stevens in Scarlet Seas (1928)
    Scarlet Seas
    4.6
    • writer: "Blossoms" (uncredited)
    • 1928
  • Earl Burtnett and His Biltmore Hotel Orchestra (1928)
    Earl Burtnett and His Biltmore Hotel Orchestra
    5.1
    Short
    • writer: "An Old Guitar and an Old Refrain" (uncredited)
    • 1928
  • The Four Aristocrats
    Short
    • writer: "Don't Sing Aloha When I Go" (uncredited)
    • 1927

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Ben Black and His Hollywood Orchestra
  • Born
    • December 11, 1889
    • Dudley, England, UK
  • Died
    • December 26, 1950
    • San Francisco, California, USA

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Upon his death, his remains were interred in the Salem Memorial Park and Garden in Colma, San Mateo County, California. His remains were interred in the family plot.

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