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Lawrence Cecil Adler (February 10, 1914 – August 6, 2001) was an American harmonica player and film composer. Known for playing major works, he played compositions by George Gershwin , Ralph Vaughan Williams , Malcolm Arnold , Darius Milhaud and Arthur Benjamin .
In a scene in which June Allyson and Margaret O'Brien were supposed to cry to harmonica player Larry Adler's rendition of "Clair de Lune," the six year-old star asked director Henry Koster, "Shall I let the tears run all the way down my face, or shall I stop then halfway down?"
A patriotic World War II musical drama from MGM, Music for Millions features O'Brien as the enterprising six-year-old sister of June Allyson, who plays string bass in Jose Iturbi's orchestra during a wartime crunch that means most of the musicians are female. The sentimental story revolves around the concerns of the Allyson character about the ...
- Henry Koster, Dolph Zimmer
- Margaret O'brien
Larry Adler was born on 10 February 1914 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Genevieve (1953), The Hellions (1961) and The House in the Woods (1957). He was married to Sally Irene Cline and Eileen Walser. He died on 6 August 2001 in Lambeth, London, England, UK.
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May 18, 2011 · A self-taught harmonica player, he gained worldwide recognition as the musician who brought the instrument to the ‘serious music’ stage. He began playing early and won the Maryland Harmonica Championship at the age of 13.
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Music for Millions (1944 b 118') En: 6 Ed: 6. The faith of a little girl helps her pregnant sister in an orchestra while her husband is lost in the war. Seven-year-old Mike (Margaret O'Brien) arrives in New York on a train and waits for her sister to pick her up.
