Cyril J. Mockridge
Cyril John Mockridge (born August 6, 1896 in London , † January 18, 1979 in Honolulu , Hawaii ) was a British-American film music composer .
Life
Mockridge was initially a pianist and received his piano training at the Royal Academy of Music in his hometown of London. In 1922 he emigrated to the USA , as he expected greater professional opportunities here. With the start of the sound film , he received his first offers from the film industry from 1931. He worked for 20th Century Fox as an arranger and later also as a composer . From 1959 worked mainly for television . Mockridge received an Oscar nomination for the musical adaptation of the musical Guys and Dolls . He was considered an experienced craftsman who wrote suitable songs for comedies as well as dramatic background music for westerns or dramas.
Filmography (selection)
- 1933: The School of Love (My Weakness)
- 1934: Judge Priest
- 1935: Way Down East
- 1936: Signals to London (Lloyd's of London)
- 1936: Sing, Baby, Sing
- 1936: Sun Girl (Dimples)
- 1937: In the seventh heaven (Seventh Heaven)
- 1939: The Hound of the Baskervilles (The Hound of the Baskervilles)
- 1939: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
- 1939: The Little Princess (The Little Princess)
- 1939: Swanee River
- 1940: Lillian Russell
- 1940: Gallop into Luck (Down Argentine Way)
- 1941: I Wake Up Screaming
- 1942: Night in the harbor (Moontide)
- 1942: The Secret Agents (A-Haunting We Will Go)
- 1943: Ride to the Ox-Bow (The Ox-Bow Incident)
- 1943: Coney Island
- 1943: Holy Matrimony
- 1943: The Gang's All Here
- 1944: Five Heroes (The Sullivans)
- 1944: Sweet and Low-Down
- 1944: Irish Eyes Are Smiling
- 1945: Dolly Sisters (The Dolly Sisters)
- 1946: Law of the Prairie (My Darling Clementine)
- 1946: Cluny Brown on Free Feet (Cluny Brown)
- 1946: Enemy in the Dark (The Dark Corner)
- 1947: The Miracle of Manhattan (Miracle on 34th Street)
- 1947: The Charlatan (Nightmare Alley)
- 1948: The Walls of Jericho
- 1948: Green Grass of Wyoming
- 1948: Nightclub Lilly (Road House)
- 1949: ... and heaven laughs at it (Come to the Stable)
- 1949: I Was a Male War Bride (I Was a Male War Bride)
- 1950: Law of the Big City (Where the Sidewalk Ends)
- 1950: The Hero of Mindanao (American Guerrilla in the Philippines)
- 1950: Vaudeville Princess (Wabash Avenue)
- 1950: A Ticket to Tomahawk
- 1950: I'll Get By
- 1951: As Young as You Feel
- 1951: Frogmen (The Frogmen)
- 1951: Let's Make It Legal
- 1952: We're Not Married at all
- 1952: Take off the mask (Deadline - USA)
- 1953: How do you get a millionaire? (How to Marry a Millionaire)
- 1954: The Invisible Web (Night People)
- 1954: River of No Return (River of No Return)
- 1955: A man loves dangerous (Many Rivers to Cross) - Director: Roy Rowland
- 1956: Bus stop
- 1956: The woman in golden Cadillac (The Solid Gold Cadillac)
- 1957: Siren in Blond (Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?)
- 1957: A Woman Who Knows Everything (Desk Set)
- 1960: Flaming Star (Flaming Star)
- 1962: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance)
- 1963: The Tahiti Harbor Pub (Donovan's Reef)
Web links
- Cyril J. Mockridge in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mockridge, Cyril J. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mockridge, Cyril John (full name); Mockridge, Cyril |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British-American film music composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1896 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
DATE OF DEATH | January 18, 1979 |
Place of death | Honolulu , Hawaii |