Sam Coslow

Sam Coslow (born December 27, 1902 in New York City , † April 2, 1982 there ) was an American songwriter , composer and film producer .

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Coslow started writing texts as a teenager. In the following decades he was to make a name for himself primarily as a songwriter, his first success came in 1920 with the song " It Might Have Been You ". In 1924 he provided the music texts for the Broadway revue Artists and Models , and three years later some additional numbers for the short-lived comedy musical " Footlights ".

With his move to Hollywood in the period of upheaval from silent to sound films in 1929, Coslow's career really gained momentum. To this day, songs that Coslow once wrote are used in films. He collaborated several times with Arthur Johnston . In addition, Coslow was active in five films in the 1930s as a composer, but three times unnamed. In I Loved You Wednesday (1933) he was briefly shown as the orchestra leader. In two films in 1944/45 he can also be identified as a story supplier and screenwriter.

Between 1938 and 1947, Sam Coslow produced a number of (mostly short) films, one of which, Heavenly Music , earned him and his co-producer Jerry Bresler an Oscar for Best Short Film (two roles). The majority of these films were made by RCM Productions, founded by Coslow and James Roosevelt, between 1941 and 1946.

In the 1970s, Sam Coslow published two autobiographical books about his career, " Cocktails for Two " and " Super Yields ". Coslow spent his old age in Florida , but with his death approaching, he returned to his native New York.

literature

• International Motion Picture Almanac 1965, Quigley Publishing Company, New York 1964, p. 56

Web links

• Sam Coslow in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Biography on allmusic.com