Samuel Kaylin
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| Born | Shevach Kalinowski 18 Jan 1892 |
| Died | 7 Jul 1983 (aged 91) |
| Other names | Shevach Samuel Kalinowsky |
| Occupations | Music Director, Fox Film, 20th Century Fox |
| Known for | film music |
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Samuel Kaylin (18 January 1892 – 7 July 1983) was a film composer who scored Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto movies for Fox Film and 20th Century Fox.
Early years
[edit | edit source]Kaylin was born in Ukraine and emigrated to the United States on January 16, 1907 aboard the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship Neckar[1] He worked as a musician at the Chinese Theater in Los Angeles.[2]
Hollywood
[edit | edit source]Kaylin joined Fox Film in 1930 and composed more than 80 film scores. Among them were the scores for Shirley Temple's Bright Eyes and John Ford's Judge Priest.[3] He left 20th Century Fox, Fox Film's successor, in 1940.[4] In 1943 he founded The Professional Institute of Music and Drama to educate film students[5] and scored The Leather Burners.
Death
[edit | edit source]Kaylin died in Bakersfield, California.
Selected filmography
[edit | edit source]- Harmony at Home (1930)
- Walls of Gold (1933)
- Forbidden Melody (1933)
- Orient Express (1934)
- Nothing More Than a Woman (1934)
- Las fronteras del amor (1934)
- La cruz y la espada (1934)
- The Great Hotel Murder (1935)
- Gentle Julia (1936)
- The Jones Family in Big Business (1937)
- Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)
- Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939)
- The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)
References
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- ^ SAMUEL KAYLIN QUITS 20th. Variety March 25, 1940
- ^ Los Angeles Evening Citizen News Sat, Jan 09, 1943 ·Page 6
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- 1892 births
- 1983 deaths
- American male conductors (music)
- American film score composers
- Musicians from Los Angeles
- 20th-century American conductors (music)
- 20th-century American composers
- Classical musicians from California
- American male film score composers
- Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States
- 20th-century American male composers