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W. Franke Harling (1887–1958)

Songwriter ("Beyond the Blue Horizon", "Sing You Sinners"), composer and conductor, educated at the Grace Church Choir School in New York and the London Academy of Music. He was also a music student of Theodore Ysaye. His career included being chief organist at the Church of the Resurrecion in Brussels (1907-1908)... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1966 Deadly Ray from Mars (TV movie) (composer: stock music - archive footage - uncredited)
 
1966 Spaceship to the Unknown (TV movie) (composer: stock music - archive footage - uncredited)
 
1954 The Miami Story (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1954 Battle of Rogue River (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1953 Mission Over Korea (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1950 Pygmy Island (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1947 Blondie in the Dough (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1947 The Son of Rusty (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 The Missing Juror (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1944 The Racket Man (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Parachute Nurse (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Submarine Raider (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 The Adventures of Martin Eden (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 Cadets on Parade (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 The Richest Man in Town (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 The Son of Davy Crockett (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Riders of Death Valley (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Blondie in Society (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 The Oregon Trail (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Stagecoach (musical score adaptation: based on American folk songs - as Franke Harling)
 
1939 North of Shanghai (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Spawn of the North (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1938 Sing, You Sinners (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Bar 20 Justice (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Prison Farm (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Western Trails (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 You and Me (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1938 Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 State Police (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Midnight Intruder (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Tim Tyler's Luck (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 The Singing Outlaw (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Texas Trail (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 California Straight Ahead! (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 A Doctor's Diary (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 The Devil's Playground (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Black Legion (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 That Girl from Paris (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 Mysterious Crossing (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 Isle of Fury (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 Give Me Your Heart (composer: theme music - uncredited)
 
1936 China Clipper (composer: theme music - uncredited)
 
1936 The Phantom Rider (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 Parole! (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 The Golden Arrow (composer: theme music - uncredited)
 
1936 The Peppery Salt (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 And So They Were Married (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 I Married a Doctor (composer: theme music - uncredited)
 
1936/I Flash Gordon (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 You May Be Next (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 Timothy's Quest (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 The Invisible Ray (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 Rose of the Rancho (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1935 Last of the Pagans (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1935 The Great Impersonation (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1935 Annie Oakley (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1935 Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1935 The Crusades (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1935 The Raven (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1935 The Roaring West (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1935 Lady Tubbs (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1935 Chinatown Squad (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1935 Air Hawks (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1935 A Notorious Gentleman (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1934 One More River (musical director)
 
1934 The Church Mouse (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1934 The Scarlet Empress (music adaptor - uncredited, music arranger - uncredited)
 
1934 You're Telling Me! (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1934 Uncertain Lady (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1934 Death Takes a Holiday (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1934 Bolero (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1934 Madame Spy (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1933 King for a Night (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1933 The House on 56th Street (composer: theme music - uncredited)
 
1933 The Invisible Man (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1933 Golden Harvest (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1933 Midnight Club (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1933 The Kiss Before the Mirror (musical director - uncredited)
 
1933 The Keyhole (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1933 Pick-up (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1932 The Match King (composer: love theme - uncredited)
 
1932 No Man of Her Own (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1932 You Said a Mouthful (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1932 One Way Passage (composer: theme music - uncredited)
 
1932 A Bill of Divorcement (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1932 Winner Take All (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1932 Street of Women (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1932 Week-End Marriage (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1932 The Rich Are Always with Us (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1932 The Strange Case of Clara Deane (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1932 So Big! (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1932 Beauty and the Boss (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1932 Play-Girl (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1932 Dancers in the Dark (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1932 Fireman, Save My Child (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1931 Stranger in Town (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1930 Men Are Like That (composer: music cues - uncredited)
 
1929 Pointed Heels (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1929 Sweetie (composer: title music - uncredited)
 
1929 The Hole in the Wall (music arranger: stock music - uncredited)
 
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2007 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends (2007) (writer: "Sing You Sinners")
 
2006 Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic (video) (music: "Sing, You Sinners")
 
1999 The Astronaut's Wife (writer: "Our House in Tokyo")
 
1993 A Home of Our Own (writer: "Beyond The Blue Horizon")
 
1991 Stepping Out ("Beyond the Blue Horizon")
 
1991 Dutch (writer: "Beyond The Blue Horizon")
 
1990 The Godfather: Part III (writer: "BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON")
 
1989 Major League ("Beyond the Blue Horizon")
 
1988 Rain Man (music: "Beyond the Blue Horizon" 1930)
 
1986 Haunted Honeymoon ("Always in All Ways" / as Frankie Harling)
 
1975 The Day of the Locust ("SING YOU SINNERS")
 
1973 Dillinger (music: "Beyond the Blue Horizon" - uncredited)
 
1968 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Episode dated 21 March 1968 (1968) (music: "Beyond the Blue Horizon" - uncredited)
 
1967 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
The Hollywood Musical (1967) (music: "Sing, You Sinners" - uncredited)
 
1966 This Property Is Condemned ("Sing You Sinners")
 
1963 The Judy Garland Show (TV series)
Episode #1.1 (1963) (music: "Sing, You Sinners" - uncredited)
 
1959 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV series)
Episode #3.15 (1959) (music: "Beyond the Blue Horizon" - uncredited)
 
1956 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Episode #1.6 (1956) (writer: "Sing You Sinners")
 
1956 Your Hit Parade (TV series)
Episode dated 9 June 1956 (1956) (music: "Beyond the Blue Horizon")
 
1955 I'll Cry Tomorrow (music: "Sing You Sinners")
 
1955 The Long Gray Line (music: "The Corps" - uncredited)
 
1953 Cruisin' Down the River (writer: "Sing You Sinners")
 
1953 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Episode #3.20 (1953) (writer: "Sing You Sinners" - uncredited)
 
1950 The West Point Story (music: "The Corps" - uncredited)
 
1949 Everybody Does It (music: "Beyond the Blue Horizon" - uncredited)
 
1946 Janie Gets Married (music: "Where Was I?" - uncredited)
 
1946 One More Tomorrow (music: "Where Was I?" - uncredited)
 
1944 Follow the Boys (music: "Beyond the Blue Horizon" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1944 Beyond the Blue Horizon (short) (music: "Beyond the Blue Horizon")
 
1941 Hollywood Steps Out (short) (music: "Where Was I?" - uncredited)
 
1941 Jan Garber and His Orchestra (short) (music: "Where Was I?")
 
1940 The Sour Puss (short) (music: "Where Was I?" - uncredited)
 
1940 Malibu Beach Party (short) (music: "Where Was I?" - uncredited)
 
1940 You Ought to Be in Pictures (short) (music: "Where Was I?" - uncredited)
 
1940 'Til We Meet Again (music: "Where Was I?" 1939 - uncredited)
 
1939 Rubinoff and His Violin (short) (music: "Give Me a Moment, Please")
 
1939 Wife, Husband and Friend (music: "Beyond the Blue Horizon" - uncredited)
 
1938 Sing, You Sinners (music: "SING YOU, SINNERS")
 
1938 Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (music: The - uncredited music cues were tracked into this film:)
 
1936 Adventure in Manhattan (music: "Scene Sinister" - uncredited)
 
1935 The Raven (music: "Music" - uncredited / arranger: "Music" - uncredited)
 
1934 Stingaree (music: "Stingaree Ballad" 1934 - uncredited, "Tonight Is Mine" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1934 He Was Her Man (music: "Untitled" - uncredited)
 
1934 Guess Stars (short) (music: "Give Me a Moment, Please" - uncredited)
 
1933 Cradle Song (music: "Children of Mary", "Lullaby - Cantilena to the Infant Jesus" / lyrics: "Lullaby - Cantilena to the Infant Jesus")
 
1933 The Life of Jimmy Dolan (music: "Beyond the Blue Horizon" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1933 The Little Giant (music: "Untitled" 1932 - uncredited)
 
1932 One Way Passage (music: "Untitled" 1932 - uncredited)
 
1932 Trouble in Paradise (music: "Trouble in Paradise", "Colet and Company")
 
1932 Winner Take All (music: "Beyond the Blue Horizon" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1932 Union Depot (music: "Beyond the Blue Horizon" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1931 Confessions of a Co-Ed (music: "Tabu" - uncredited)
 
1931 City Streets (music: "Sing, You Sinners" - uncredited)
 
1931 Jede Frau hat etwas (music: "Sing You Sinners", "Let's Be Domestic", "In My Little Hope Chest", "I Don't Need Atmosphere to Fall in Love With You")
 
1931 Salga de la cocina (writer: "Sing You Sinners", "Let's Be Domestic", "In My Little Hope Chest", "I Don't Need Atmosphere to Fall in Love With You")
 
1931 Kärlek måste vi ha (music: "Sing You Sinners", "Let's Be Domestic", "In My Little Hope Chest", "I Don't Need Atmosphere to Fall in Love With You")
 
1930 Sea Legs (music: "This Must Be Illegal", "A Daisy Told Me")
 
1930 Swing You Sinners! (short) (writer: "Sing, You Sinners")
 
1930 Monte Carlo (music: "Beyond The Blue Horizon", "Always in All Ways", "She'll Love Me and Like It", "Day of Days", "Trimmin' the Women", "Whatever It Is, It's Grand")
 
1930 Honey (writer: "In My Little Hope Chest", "Let's Be Domestic", "I Don't Need Atmosphere to Fall in Love With You", "Sing You Sinners")
 
1930 Her Future (short) (music: "Sing, You Sinners")
 
1928 Varsity (music: "My Varsity Girl I'll Cling To You")
 
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1941 Penny Serenade
 
1938 Men with Wings
 
1937 Souls at Sea (as Franke Harling)
 
1937 Mountain Justice (uncredited)
 
1935 Peter Ibbetson (uncredited)
 
1935 So Red the Rose
 
1934 One More River (uncredited)
 
1933 By Candlelight
 
1933 Cradle Song
 
1933 Man's Castle (as Frank Harling)
 
1933 The Bitter Tea of General Yen (as W. Frank Harling)
 
1932 A Farewell to Arms (uncredited)
 
1932 Trouble in Paradise (uncredited)
 
1932 The Crash (uncredited)
 
1932 Blonde Venus (uncredited)
 
1932 Two Seconds (uncredited)
 
1932 This Is the Night (uncredited)
 
1932 The Miracle Man (uncredited)
 
1932 Shanghai Express (uncredited)
 
1932 Broken Lullaby
 
1931 The False Madonna (uncredited)
 
1931 Rich Man's Folly (uncredited)
 
1931 Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (uncredited)
 
1931 Rango (uncredited)
 
1931 Scandal Sheet (uncredited)
 
1930 The Right to Love (uncredited)
 
1930 Monte Carlo
 
1930 The Silent Enemy (uncredited)
 
1930 Only the Brave (uncredited)
 
1930 The Vagabond King (sound and silent version - uncredited)
 
1930 Behind the Make-Up (uncredited)
 
1930 The Kibitzer (uncredited)
 
1929 The Marriage Playground (uncredited)
 
1929 The Love Parade (uncredited)
 
1929 Charming Sinners (uncredited)
 
1929 Dangerous Curves (uncredited)
 
1928 Interference (uncredited)
 
1928 Show Girl (uncredited)
 
1928 The Whip (uncredited)
 
1928 Waterfront (uncredited)
 

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Other Works:

"Three Elegiac Poems" (cello and orchestra); "A Bible Trilogy"; "Monte Cassino" (tone poem); "Before the Dawn"; "Oh Captain, My Captain"; "God Save America", "Ave Maria" (voice, cello, harp and orchestra), "At the Tomb of the Unknown... See more »

Alternate Names:

Franke Harling | Frank Harling | W. Frank Harling
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Capricorn