Robert Emmett Dolan
Robert Emmett Dolan (born August 3, 1906 in Hartford , Connecticut , † September 26, 1972 in Westwood , Los Angeles , California ) was an American film composer , conductor and film producer .
Life
Dolan was born the oldest of twelve children and was educated at Loyola College , now Concordia University in Montreal. He later studied with the composers Mortimer Wilson and Ernst Toch . A first of his compositions was used in the 1929 comedy film The Sophomore . He contributed several other titles for three other films, but then moved to Broadway , where he worked as a pianist in 1931 . From the mid-1930s to 1940 he was a conductor ( musical director ) on Broadway. He then returned to Hollywood in his own capacity , where he was initially signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , but soon after he switched to Paramount Pictures . In 1942 he was nominated for the first time (eight times in total) for the Oscar , but he never received the award. At Paramount, he supervised a total of 16 music films with Bing Crosby as a conductor and also worked as a composer and arranger for around 60 Paramount productions. In the mid-1950s, he was also entrusted with the film production of the Crosby film musicals White Christmas , The Girl Rush and Broadway Magic . From the late 1950s he returned to Broadway, and in the 1960s he also wrote occasionally for television, including the theme music for the television series O.K. Crackerby! with Burl Ives in one of the leading roles. He was also a lecturer at Columbia University in New York .
Dolan has been divorced twice. His first marriage was between 1933 and 1948 with Buddy Ebsen's sister , and in the same year he married the actress Nan Martin . One child each resulted from both marriages.
Filmography (selection)
- 1941: Louisiana Purchase
- 1942: The Major and the Minor (The Major and the Minor)
- 1942: There were once honeymoon (Once Upon a Honeymoon)
- 1942: Music, Music (Holiday Inn)
- 1944: A Woman's Dreams (Lady in the Dark)
- 1944: The Road to Happiness (Going My Way)
- 1944: Here Come the Waves
- 1945: crooks and gangsters (Salty O'Rourke)
- 1945: The Bells of St. Mary's (The Bells of St. Mary's)
- 1946: The Blue Dahlia (The Blue Dahlia)
- 1946: Blue is the sky (Blues Skies)
- 1947: Detective with Small Flaws (My Favorite Brunette)
- 1947: Pauline, stop kissing (The Perils of Pauline)
- 1947: The Road to Rio (Road to Rio)
- 1949: The Great Gatsby (The Great Gatsby)
- 1951: A Place in the Sun (A Place in the Sun)
- 1954: Creature from the Black Lagoon (Creature from the Black Lagoon)
- 1954: White Christmas (White Christmas)
- 1956: Broadway Magic (Anything Goes)
- 1959: Over the streets of Nice (The Man Who Understood Women)
- 1962: How the West Was Won (How the West Was Won)
- 1962: The Return of King Kong (Kingu Kongu tai Gojira)
Awards
- 1942: Oscar nomination for Birth of the Blues
- 1943: Oscar nomination for music, music
- 1944: Oscar nomination for Star Spangled Rhythm
- 1945: Oscar nomination for A Woman's Dreams
- 1946: Oscar nomination for The Bells of St. Mary and Incendiary Blonde
- 1947: Oscar nomination for Blue is Heaven
- 1948: Oscar nomination for The Road to Rio
Broadway (selection)
- 1935 May Wine
- 1937 Hooray for What!
- 1939 Very Warm for May
- 1951 Not for Children
- 1959 Juno
- 1964 Foxy
- 1969 Coco
Web links
- Robert Emmett Dolan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Robert Emmett Dolan in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Robert Emmett Dolan in the All Movie Guide (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dolan, Robert Emmett |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film composer, music director and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 3, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hartford , Connecticut |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 26, 1972 |
| Place of death | Westwood , Los Angeles , California |