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Morris W. Stoloff (August 1, 1898 – April 16, 1980) was a musical composer. Stoloff worked with Sammy Davis Jr., Dinah Shore, Al Jolson and Frank Sinatra. [1] Life and career. Stoloff worked as music director at Columbia Pictures from 1936 to 1962.
Morris Stoloff was born on 1 August 1898 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for From Here to Eternity (1953), In a Lonely Place (1950) and Gilda (1946). He died on 16 April 1980 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Nov 27, 2008 · Morris Stoloff was a musical composer who worked as a musical director at Columbia Pictures from 1936 to 1962. He ranks among some of the most-nominated individuals in the history of the...
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May 25, 2019 · Moonglow and Theme From “Picnic” (Hudson-DeLange-Mills-Duning) by Morris Stoloff conducting the Columbia Pictures Orchestra From the original movie soundtrack of the William Holden-Kim Novak ...
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This is the famous dance scene from the 1955 blockbuster movie "Picnic" directed by Joshua Logan & starring William Holden and Kim Novak. The scene was considered daring & erotic for a movie of...
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Morris W. Stoloff was a musical composer. Stoloff worked with Sammy Davis Jr., Dinah Shore and Frank Sinatra. Stoloff worked as music director at Columbia Pictures from 1936 to 1962. Among space age pop fans, he is best remembered for his 1956 Top 10 hit that paired the swing era tune "Moonglow" with the love theme from the movie Picnic, the medley called "Moonglow and Theme from Picnic". It ...
As musical director at Columbia Pictures from 1936 to 1962, Morris Stoloff nimbly balanced artistic freedom with production priorities, cultivating some of the best composers ever to score for film, while keeping producers and studio executives happy with their bottom line.
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