Lee Payers
Leo A. "Lee" Zahler (born August 14, 1893 in New York City , † February 21, 1947 in Hollywood , Los Angeles , California ) was an American composer .
Life
Leo A. Zahler was born the eldest of three sons and a daughter of the Austro-Hungarian Jews Joseph and Annie Zahler, who immigrated to the United States in the 1890s . His father worked as a pattern designer for a tailor shop. Zahler's own career began in New York, where he worked as a professional pianist. By 1933 he worked for over a decade in the studio of producer Larry Darmour , where he composed music for the short films of the two comedians Mickey Rooney and Charlie Chase . He then moved to Columbia Pictures ' music studio , where he composed the music for films such as The Last of the Mohicans , Rodeo , You Kill for Gold and Batman and Robin .
In 1957, Zahler's widow Rose sued several production companies and studios, including Columbia Pictures, Unity TV and Station KTTV, for unlicensed use of Zahler's music in other productions for $ 364,000. In 1960 she was subsequently found to be right, and from then on she received royalties on the works of her deceased husband.
Lee Zahler was married to Rose Rosenberg and had a son, the composer, Gordon Zahler . As a teenager, he broke his neck while taking gymnastics classes at Pasadena Junior High School , suffering from quadriplegia , a form of paraplegia , and leading his family to financial ruin. After Zahler died in poverty on February 21, 1947, he was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glenadel.
Filmography (selection)
- 1932: The Devil Horse
- 1932: The Last of the Mohicans (The Last of the Mohicans)
- 1933: The Three Musketeers
- 1934: The Law of the Wild
- 1934: Rodeo (The Man from Utah)
- 1934: Showdown at the Adler Pass (Blue Steel)
- 1934: They Kill For Gold (The Trail Beyond)
- 1935: The Rodeo Heist (The Desert Trail)
- 1943: Bombs Over Burma
- 1943: Batman and Robin (Batman)
- 1944: I Accuse My Parents
- 1945: Fuzzy lives dangerously (Prairie Rustlers)
- 1945: Robots of Horror (The Monster and the Ape)
- 1945: Samurai
- 1945: The Mask of Diijon
- 1946: Fuzzy the Daredevil (Ghost of Hidden Valley)
- 1946: Fuzzy, the Hero of the West (Terror on Horseback)
- 1946: Fuzzy won't stop at anything (Gentlemen with Guns)
- 1946: Against arbitrariness and violence (Outlaws of the Plains)
Web links
- Lee payers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Widow's Suit could affect many Movies on Billboard November 11, 1957, accessed December 7, 2011,
- ↑ COUNTER v. COLUMBIA PICTURES CORP., 180 Cal.App.2d 582 (1960) on lawlink.com dated May 2, 1960 (English), accessed December 7, 2011,
- ↑ Lee Zahler on findagrave.com (English), accessed December 7, 2011,
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Payer, Lee |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zahler, Leo A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 21, 1947 |
| Place of death | Hollywood , Los Angeles , California, United States |