Arthur von Kirbach

Arthur von Kirbach (born September 27, 1897 in Chicago , Illinois , † April 10, 1981 in Ventura County , California ) was an American sound engineer who worked for the recording studio of 20th Century Fox at the Academy Awards in 1949 with an Oscar for the best sound was awarded.

Life

Kirbach began his career as a sound engineer in the recording studio of 20th Century Fox in the Hollywood film industry in 1929 for the musical drama Hearts in Dixie, directed by Paul Sloane with Stepin Fetchit , Clarence Muse and Eugene Jackson , and was involved in the production of nearly ninety by 1961 using different spellings of names Involved in filming.

At the Academy Awards in 1949, he won together with Harry M. Leonard the Oscar for Best Sound , and indeed for the directed by Anatole Litvak incurred feature film The Snake Pit ( The Snake Pit , 1948) with Olivia de Havilland , Mark Stevens and Leo Genn in the leading roles.

Awards

1949 : Oscar for the best sound

Filmography (selection)

1933: Fair Rummel (State Fair)
1934: Liebesreigen (Music in the Air)
1936: Charlie Chan at the Circus
1937: In the seventh heaven (Seventh Heaven)
1939: Jesse James, Man Without a Law (Jesse James)
1939: The love and life of the telephone maker A. Bell (The Story of Alexander Graham Bell)
1942: Dick and Doof on a secret mission (A-Haunting We Will Go)
1947: The Miracle of Manhattan (Miracle on 34th Street)
1948: That Lady in Ermine (That Lady in Ermine)
1948: The Snake Pit (The Snake Pit)
1948: The Unfaithfully Yours
1949: A Letter to Three Wives (A Letter to Three Wives)
1949: Slattery's Hurricane

1951: Retaliation at Teufelssee (The Secret of the Convict Lake)
1951: The Day the Earth Stood Still (The Day the Earth Stood Still)
1952: With a Song in My Heart (With a Song in My Heart)
1952: Marriage by the dozen (Belles on Their Toes)
1952: The Legion of the Damned (Les Miserables)
1953: Through the yellow hell (Destination Gobi)
1953: The sinking of the Titanic (Titanic)
1953: Man in the Attic
1953: The Gladiators (Demetrius and the Gladiators)
1956: Alarm at Oil Tower 3 (The Houston Story)
1957: The Avenger is already waiting (Fury at Showdown)
1957: Duel in the Atlantic (The Enemy Below)

Web links

Arthur von Kirbach in the Internet Movie Database (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Kirbach, Arthur von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kirbach, Arthur L. von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American sound engineer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 27, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH	April 10, 1981
Place of death	Ventura County , California