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Jules Munshin

Jules Munshin  (February 22, 1915 – February 19, 1970) was a song-and-dance artist who had made his name on Broadway when he starred in  Call Me Mister . Additional Broadway credits include  The Gay Life  and  Barefoot in the Park . Munshin appeared in such  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer   musicals  as  Easter Parade  (1948),  Take Me Out to the Ball Game  (1949),  On the Town  (1949) and  Silk Stockings  (1957). Munshin died at the age of 54 from a  heart attack , three days before his 55th birthday. [1] Partial filmography [ edit ] Easter Parade  (1948) - Headwaiter François Take Me Out to the Ball Game  (1949) - Nat Goldberg That Midnight Kiss  (1949) - Michael Pemberton On the Town  (1949) - Ozzie Monte Carlo Baby  (1951) - Antoine Nous irons à Monte Carlo  (1951) - Bullfighter in Musical Melange with Antoine (cameo appearance) (uncredited) Ten Thousand Bedrooms ...

Alfred Newman (composer)

Alfred Newman  (March 17, 1901 – February 17, 1970) [1]  was an American  composer , arranger, and conductor of film music. From his start as a music prodigy, he came to be regarded as a respected figure in the history of film music. He won nine Academy Awards and was nominated forty-three times. In a career spanning more than four decades, Newman composed the scores for over 200 motion pictures. Some of his most famous scores include  Wuthering Heights ,  The Hunchback of Notre Dame ,  The Mark of Zorro ,  How Green Was My Valley ,  The Song of Bernadette ,  Captain from Castile ,  All About Eve ,  Love is a Many Splendored Thing ,  Anastasia ,  The Diary of Anne Frank ,  How The West Was Won ,  The Greatest Story Ever Told , and his final score,  Airport , all of which were nominated for or won Academy Awards. Newman was also highly regarded as a conductor, and arranged and conducted many scores by ot...