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Lee Orville Erwin (July 15, 1908 – September 21, 2000) was an American theatre organist who played an important part in a revival of interest in the silent film era. His career began as an organist accompanying first-run silent films in the 1920s.
Sep 26, 2000 · Lee Erwin, a theater organist who composed scores for more than 70 silent films and whose performances helped create a revival of interest in silent films during the 1970's, died on Thursday at...
Nov 1, 2000 · Lee Erwin, a theater organist who composed scores for more than 70 silent films and whose performances helped create a revival of interest in silent films during the 1970s, died on September 21st at his home in Greenwich Village.
Lee Erwin, a theater organist who composed scores for more than 70 silent films and whose performances helped create a revival of interest in silent films during the 1970's, died on Thursday at his home in Greenwich Village.
- July 15, 1908
Lee Erwin was a theatre organist and composer, and provided music for seventy silent films, including all of Buster Keaton's films, Mary Pickford's "My Best Girl", The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), and Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925).
- Composer, Actor
- July 15, 1908
- Lee Erwin
- September 21, 2000
Sep 26, 2000 · A note on the life of Lee Erwin, a silent film organist who composed music for Charlie Chaplin, and classic films like "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." Erwin died last week at the age of 92.
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Lee Erwin was a theatre organist and composer, and provided music for seventy silent films, including all of Buster Keaton's films, Mary Pickford's "My Best Girl", The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), and Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925).
