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Leo Erdody(1888-1949)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Composer, songwriter, author, conductor and violinist, educated at the Royal HS of Music in Berlin (with Max Bruch) and a violin student of Joachim and Wirth. He joined ASCAP in 1942, and his popular-song compositions include "Random Thoughts", "Only a Song", "Never to Know", "Come Along", "A Little Song", and "Senorita Chula".
BornDecember 17, 1888
DiedApril 5, 1949(60)
BornDecember 17, 1888
DiedApril 5, 1949(60)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

Alan Dinehart, Judy Clark, Jerome Cowan, Benny Fields, Gladys George, Roscoe Karns, and Lee 'Lasses' White in Minstrel Man (1944)
Minstrel Man
4.7
  • Music Department(uncredited)
  • 1944
Venise Grove, Dickie Moore, Tina Thayer, Gerra Young, and Don Gallaher in Jive Junction (1943)
Jive Junction
5.3
  • Composer(as Erdody)
  • 1943
Kathryn Adams and Hugh Beaumont in Blonde for a Day (1946)
Blonde for a Day
5.7
  • Music Department
  • 1946
Ving Rhames and Kurt Russell in Dark Blue (2002)
Dark Blue
6.6
  • Soundtrack
  • 2002

Credits

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Music Department



  • Lady at Midnight (1948)
    Lady at Midnight
    6.1
    • musical director
    • 1948
  • Hugh Beaumont and Frances Rafferty in Money Madness (1948)
    Money Madness
    6.0
    • musical director
    • 1948
  • Rex Downing, Teala Loring, Billy Halop, Rocco Lanzo, Robert Lowery, David Reed, and Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer in Gas House Kids (1946)
    Gas House Kids
    6.3
    • musical director
    • 1946
  • Kathryn Adams and Hugh Beaumont in Blonde for a Day (1946)
    Blonde for a Day
    5.7
    • musical director
    • 1946
  • Hugh Beaumont, Douglas Fowley, and Cheryl Walker in Larceny in Her Heart (1946)
    Larceny in Her Heart
    6.1
    • musical director
    • 1946
  • Hugh Beaumont and Cheryl Walker in Murder Is My Business (1946)
    Murder Is My Business
    6.2
    • musical director
    • 1946
  • Hope Kramer, Ralph Lewis, and George Zucco in The Flying Serpent (1946)
    The Flying Serpent
    4.8
    • musical director
    • 1946
  • Ray Corrigan, Joel Fluellen, and Maris Wrixon in White Pongo (1945)
    White Pongo
    3.1
    • musical director
    • 1945
  • Ann Savage in Apology for Murder (1945)
    Apology for Murder
    5.7
    • musical director
    • 1945
  • Sally Eilers, Jimmy Lydon, and Warren William in Strange Illusion (1945)
    Strange Illusion
    6.2
    • conductor (as Erdody)
    • 1945
  • John Carradine, Nils Asther, Teala Loring, Jean Parker, Sonia Sorel, and Ludwig Stössel in Bluebeard (1944)
    Bluebeard
    5.9
    • conductor (as Erdody)
    • 1944
  • Alan Dinehart, Judy Clark, Jerome Cowan, Benny Fields, Gladys George, Roscoe Karns, and Lee 'Lasses' White in Minstrel Man (1944)
    Minstrel Man
    4.7
    • musical director
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • I. Stanford Jolley, Robert Livingston, and Al St. John in Wolves of the Range (1943)
    Wolves of the Range
    5.8
    • musical director (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Buster Crabbe in Western Cyclone (1943)
    Western Cyclone
    5.6
    • music supervisor
    • 1943
  • Buster Crabbe and Al St. John in Fugitive of the Plains (1943)
    Fugitive of the Plains
    5.3
    • musical director
    • 1943

Composer



  • Rory Calhoun and Audrey Long in Miraculous Journey (1948)
    Miraculous Journey
    6.5
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Lady at Midnight (1948)
    Lady at Midnight
    6.1
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Hugh Beaumont and Frances Rafferty in Money Madness (1948)
    Money Madness
    6.0
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Robert Blake, Claudia Drake, Donald Woods, and Rin Tin Tin III in The Return of Rin Tin Tin (1947)
    The Return of Rin Tin Tin
    5.3
    • Composer (as Erdody)
    • 1947
  • Victor Mature, Leif Erickson, Carole Landis, and Gale Sherwood in One Million B.C. (1940)
    Blonde Savage
    4.7
    • Composer (as Erdody)
    • 1947
  • Rex Downing, Teala Loring, Billy Halop, Rocco Lanzo, Robert Lowery, David Reed, and Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer in Gas House Kids (1946)
    Gas House Kids
    6.3
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Kathryn Adams and Hugh Beaumont in Blonde for a Day (1946)
    Blonde for a Day
    5.7
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Hugh Beaumont, Douglas Fowley, and Cheryl Walker in Larceny in Her Heart (1946)
    Larceny in Her Heart
    6.1
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Hugh Beaumont and Cheryl Walker in Murder Is My Business (1946)
    Murder Is My Business
    6.2
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Anne Gwynne, Roscoe Karns, Robert Shayne, and Jan Wiley in I Ring Doorbells (1946)
    I Ring Doorbells
    4.4
    • Composer
    • 1946
  • Hope Kramer, Ralph Lewis, and George Zucco in The Flying Serpent (1946)
    The Flying Serpent
    4.8
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Tom Neal, and Ann Savage in Detour (1945)
    Detour
    7.3
    • musical score (as Erdody)
    • 1945
  • Ray Corrigan, Joel Fluellen, and Maris Wrixon in White Pongo (1945)
    White Pongo
    3.1
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Ann Savage in Apology for Murder (1945)
    Apology for Murder
    5.7
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Sally Eilers, Jimmy Lydon, and Warren William in Strange Illusion (1945)
    Strange Illusion
    6.2
    • Composer (as Erdody)
    • 1945

Soundtrack



  • Ving Rhames and Kurt Russell in Dark Blue (2002)
    Dark Blue
    6.6
    • writer: "Music Cues"
    • 2002
  • Rory Calhoun and Audrey Long in Miraculous Journey (1948)
    Miraculous Journey
    6.5
    • writer: "The Touch of Love"
    • 1948
  • Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Tom Neal, and Ann Savage in Detour (1945)
    Detour
    7.3
    • performer: "Waltz Op. 64 No. 2 in C-sharp minor", "Waltz No. 15 in A-flat major Op. 39" (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Murder in the Blue Room (1944)
    Murder in the Blue Room
    5.8
    • writer: "A Doo-Dee-Doo-Doo" (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Venise Grove, Dickie Moore, Tina Thayer, Gerra Young, and Don Gallaher in Jive Junction (1943)
    Jive Junction
    5.3
    • lyrics: "In a Little Music Shop" (1943), "Mother Earth" (1943), "Jive Junction" (1943), "Cock a Doodle Doo" (1943), "Where Is Love" (1943), "We're Just In-Between" (1943), "A-Doo-Dee-Doo-Doo" (1943)
    • music: "In a Little Music Shop" (1943), "Mother Earth" (1943), "Jive Junction" (1943), "Cock a Doodle Doo" (1943), "Where Is Love" (1943), "We're Just In-Between" (1943), "A-Doo-Dee-Doo-Doo" (1943)
    • 1943
  • John Carradine and Gale Sondergaard in Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943)
    Isle of Forgotten Sins
    4.7
    • lyrics: "In Pango" (1943), "Sleepy Island Moon" (1943)
    • music: "In Pango" (1943), "Sleepy Island Moon" (1943) (uncredited, uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Ricardo Cortez, William Marshall, and Jean Parker in Tomorrow We Live (1942)
    Tomorrow We Live
    4.5
    • writer: "Juke Box Gal", "Senorita Chula"
    • 1942
  • Noah Beery, Frank Fay, and Dorothy Mackaill in Bright Lights (1930)
    Bright Lights
    5.6
    • writer: "Come Along!" (uncredited)
    • 1930

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Leon Erdody
  • Born
    • December 17, 1888
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    • April 5, 1949
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Other works
    Operas: "Peasants Love"; "The Terrible Meek".

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