Frank Skinner (composer)
Frank Skinner (born December 31, 1897 in Meredosia , Illinois , † October 8, 1968 in Hollywood ) was an American composer .
Life
Frank Skinner studied music at the Chicago Musical College and worked as an arranger for dance bands and vaudeville shows at the beginning of his career . In 1925 he came to New York City , where he arranged over 2,000 pop songs for the Robbins music publisher by 1935. In 1936 he went to Hollywood, where he first worked in the music department of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and later for Universal Studios . In more than thirty years of film work, he composed the music for over 200 films. Although he never won an Oscar , he was nominated five times for the coveted trophy. Skinner was one of the most excellent craftsmen among film music composers.
Filmography (selection)
- 1933: The Prizefighter and the Lady ( The Prizefighter and the Lady ) - Director: Howard Hawks and WS Van Dyke
- 1938: Mad About Music - Directed by Norman Taurog
- 1938: Whirlwind from Paris (The Rage of Paris) - Director: Henry Koster
- 1939: The Great Bluff ( Destry Rides Again ) - Directed by George Marshall
- 1939: Son of Frankenstein ( Son of Frankenstein ) - Director: Rowland V. Lee
- 1939: The Green Hell ( Green Light ) - Director: James Whale
- 1940: The House of the Seven Gables - Director: Joe May
- 1940: The Invisible Man Returns ( The Invisible Man Returns ) - Director: Joe May
- 1940: My Little Chickadee (My Little Chickadee) - Director: Edward F. Cline
- 1940: The House of Seven Sins ( Seven Sinners ) - Director: Tay Garnett
- 1940: The Invisible Woman ( The Invisible Woman ) - Director: A. Edward Sutherland
- 1940: The Boys from Syracuse - Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
- 1940: Black Friday ( Black Friday ) - Director: Arthur Lubin
- 1941: Die Abenteurerin ( The Flame of New Orleans ) - Director: René Clair
- 1941: side street ( Backstreet ) - Director: Robert Stevenson
- 1941: consultation for Love ( Appointment for Love ) - Director: William A. Seiter
- 1941: The devil breaks loose in hell! ( Hellzapoppin ' ) - Director: HC Potter
- 1942: Saboteurs ( Saboteur ) - Director: Alfred Hitchcock
- 1942: Pittsburgh - Director: Lewis Seiler
- 1942 Arabian Nights ( Arabian Nights ) - Director: John Rawlins
- 1943: Operation Thunderbolt ( 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders ) - Director: Ray Enright
- 1943: Nine Children and No Fathers (The Amazing Mrs. Holliday) - Directed by Bruce Manning
- 1944: Unter Verdacht ( The Suspect ) - Director: Robert Siodmak
- 1946: Fire on the Horizon ( Canyon Passage ) - Director: Jacques Tourneur
- 1946: Forgotten Hour ( Black Angel ) - Directed by Roy William Neill
- 1947: The Egg and I ( The Egg and I ) - Director: Chester Erskine
- 1947: Ride on the Pink Horse ( Ride the Pink Horse ) - Director: Robert Montgomery
- 1948: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein ( Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein ) - Directed by Charles Barton
- 1948: City Without a Mask ( The Naked City ) - Director: Jules Dassin
- 1950: Age doesn't protect against love ( Louisa ) - Director: Alexander Hall
- 1950: Winchester '73 - Director: Anthony Mann
- 1950: My Friend Harvey ( Harvey ) - Director: Henry Koster
- 1951: Victory over the darkness ( Bright Victory ) - Director: Mark Robson
- 1952: Bend of the river ( Bend of the River ) - Director: Anthony Mann
- 1952: Sturmfahrt nach Alaska ( The World in His Arms ) - Director: Raoul Walsh
- 1954: On the Death Pass ( The Far Country ) - Directed by Anthony Mann
- 1954: Magnificent Obsession ( Magnificent Obsession ) - Director: Douglas Sirk
- 1955: The Spear of Vengeance ( Chief Crazy Horse ) - Director: George Sherman
- 1955: All That Heaven Allows ( All That Heaven Allows ) - Director: Douglas Sirk
- 1956: Written on the Wind ( Written on the Wind ) - Director: Douglas Sirk
- 1956: You Shall Hang Out Today ( Star in the Dust ) - Director: Charles F. Haas
- 1957: Tammy (Tammy and the Bachelor) - Director: Joseph Pevney
- 1957: The Last Chord (Interlude) - Director: Douglas Sirk
- 1957: The man with 1,000 faces (Man of a Thousand Faces)
- 1958: Duel in den Wolken (The Tarnished Angels) - Director: Douglas Sirk
- 1959: As long as there are people ( Imitation of Life ) - Director: Douglas Sirk
- 1960: Mitternachtsspitzen ( Midnight Lace ) - Director: David Miller
- 1961: Paris Terminus ( Back Street ) - Director: David Miller
- 1963: Captain Newman ( Captain Newman, MD ) - Director: David Miller
- 1964: The last bullet hits (Bullet for a Badman) - Director: RG Springsteen
- 1965: The Man from the Great River ( Shenandoah ) - Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
- 1966: Southwest to Sonora ( The Appaloosa ) - Director: Sidney J. Furie
- 1966: Madame X ( Madame X ) - Director: David Lowell Rich
Web links
- Frank Skinner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Skinner, Frank |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1897 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Meredosia , Illinois |
DATE OF DEATH | October 8, 1968 |
Place of death | Hollywood , California |