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Arthur Kleiner(1903-1980)

  • Composer
  • Writer
  • Music Department
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In the silent film era, movies were never really silent. In the background of films that made figures like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton into cultural icons, were the musical giants whose compositions defined the very films that captivated a generation of movie-goers. "Hollywoods Musical Moods" is an intimate conversation with some then-living legends from a bygone golden age of cinema.
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Hollywood's Musical Moods (1972)
Arthur Kleiner was born on 20 March 1903 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a composer and writer, known for A Million and One Nights of Film (1965), Hollywood's Musical Moods (1972) and Andy and the Lion (1954). He died on 31 March 1980 in Hopkins, Minnesota, USA.
BornMarch 20, 1903
DiedMarch 31, 1980(77)
BornMarch 20, 1903
DiedMarch 31, 1980(77)
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A Million and One Nights of Film
TV Series
  • Composer
Hollywood's Musical Moods (1972)
Hollywood's Musical Moods
  • Writer
  • 1972
Andy and the Lion
Short
  • Composer
  • 1954
Georgie
Short
  • Composer
  • 1956

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Composer

  • A Million and One Nights of Film
    TV Series
    • music scored by
    • 1966
  • The Five Chinese Brothers
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1958
  • Curious George Rides a Bike
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1958
  • Georgie
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1956
  • Andy and the Lion
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1954
  • In the Street (1948)
    In the Street
    6.8
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1948

Writer

  • Hollywood's Musical Moods (1972)
    Hollywood's Musical Moods
    • Writer
    • 1972

Music Department

  • A Million and One Nights of Film
    TV Series
    • music played by
    • 1966

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Personal details

  • Born
    • March 20, 1903
    • Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
  • Died
    • March 31, 1980
    • Hopkins, Minnesota, USA
  • Other works
    He was composer for Marc Connelly and George S. Kaufman's play, "Merton of the Movies," at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater, 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, Minnesota with Roberta Maxwell and Michael Moriarty in the cast. Mel Shapiro was director. Karl Eigsti was set designer. Fred Voelpel was costume designer. S. Leonard Auerbach was lighting designer. Herbert Pilhofer was also composer.

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Music Director of the Department of Film at the Museum of Modern Art from 1939 until his retirement and move to Minnesota in 1967. While at the Museum, he also composed, arranged and played piano accompaniments for silent films shown at the Museum Theater.

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