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Ernst Luz(1878-1937)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Ernst Luz was born in 1878 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a composer, known for The Prisoner of Zenda (1922), Forget Me Not (1922) and Prudence, the Pirate (1916). He died in October 1937.
Born1878
DiedOctober 1937
Born1878
DiedOctober 1937
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Known for

Lewis Stone in The Prisoner of Zenda (1922)
The Prisoner of Zenda
6.7
  • Soundtrack
  • 1922
Gareth Hughes and Bessie Love in Forget Me Not (1922)
Forget Me Not
4.8
  • Soundtrack
  • 1922
Gladys Hulette in Prudence, the Pirate (1916)
Prudence, the Pirate
  • Composer
  • 1916
Das Mirakel
Short
  • Composer
  • 1912

Credits

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Music Department

  • Ivan Linow, Carmel Myers, and Louis Wolheim in The Ship from Shanghai (1930)
    The Ship from Shanghai
    5.1
    • music compiler: silent version (uncredited)
    • 1930
  • Robert Montgomery and Norma Shearer in Their Own Desire (1929)
    Their Own Desire
    5.8
    • music compiler: silent version (uncredited)
    • 1929
  • Moon Carroll, Cyril Chadwick, John Davidson, Mary Forbes, Holmes Herbert, Gretchen Holland, Leila Hyams, Bertram Johns, Frank Leigh, Helene Millard, Conrad Nagel, Charles Quatermaine, and Margaret Wycherly in The Thirteenth Chair (1929)
    The Thirteenth Chair
    5.8
    • music compiler: silent version (uncredited)
    • 1929
  • Dolores Del Río and Warner Baxter in Ramona (1928)
    Ramona
    6.6
    • music compiler: alternative score (uncredited)
    • 1928
  • The Latest from Paris (1928)
    The Latest from Paris
    • music compiler (uncredited)
    • 1928
  • Lon Chaney in London After Midnight (1927)
    London After Midnight
    6.7
    • music compiler (uncredited)
    • 1927
  • Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in Love (1927)
    Love
    6.8
    • silent version: theatrical score (uncredited)
    • 1927
  • In Old Kentucky (1927)
    In Old Kentucky
    5.0
    • music compiler (uncredited)
    • 1927
  • Douglas Fairbanks in The Black Pirate (1926)
    The Black Pirate
    7.0
    • music compiler: alternative score (uncredited)
    • 1926

Composer

  • Greta Garbo and Antonio Moreno in The Temptress (1926)
    The Temptress
    6.9
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1926
  • Gladys Hulette in Prudence, the Pirate (1916)
    Prudence, the Pirate
    • Composer
    • 1916
  • Das Mirakel
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1912

Soundtrack

  • Letting in the Sunshine (1932)
    Letting in the Sunshine
    5.7
    • music: "ABC Drama Set: No. 18" (uncredited)
    • 1932
  • Lewis Stone in The Prisoner of Zenda (1922)
    The Prisoner of Zenda
    6.7
    • lyrics: "Zenda"
    • music: "Zenda"
    • 1922
  • Gareth Hughes and Bessie Love in Forget Me Not (1922)
    Forget Me Not
    4.8
    • lyrics: "One million hearts are calling (forget me not)"
    • music: "One million hearts are calling (forget me not)"
    • 1922

Personal details

  • Born
    • 1878
    • Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Died
    • October 1937
  • Other works
    Book: "Motion Picture Synchrony". New York: Music Buyers Corp.

Did you know

  • Trivia
    As musical director of the Loews chain of theaters in the silent era, he supervised an army of 1600+ musicians and 50 organists and compiled music cue sheets for a huge number of films.

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