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Nathaniel Shilkret (1889–1982)


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Filmography

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1951 Screenliner: Lake Texoma (documentary short)
 
1951 Flying Padre: An RKO-Pathe Screenliner (documentary short)
 
1949 Airline Glamour Girls (documentary short)
 
1949 This Is America No. 3: Berlin Powderkeg (documentary short)
 
1948 Fighting Tarpon (documentary short)
 
1948 Athletic Stars (short)
 
1948 The 49th State (documentary short)
 
1948 Children's Village (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1948 Athletic Varieties (short)
 
1947 This Is America: Smoke Eaters (documentary short)
 
1947 This Is America: Whistle in the Night (documentary short)
 
1947 This Is America: I Am an Alcoholic (documentary short)
 
1946 Beauty for Sale (short)
 
1946 Boys' Ranch
 
1945 It Looks Like Rain (short)
 
1945 This Man's Navy (musical score)
 
1944 Dark Shadows (short)
 
1944 Nothing But Trouble (musical score)
 
1944 Blonde Fever
 
1944 A Lady Fights Back (documentary short)
 
1944 Lost in a Harem (uncredited)
 
1944 Return from Nowhere (short)
 
1944 An American Romance (uncredited)
 
1944 Grandpa Called It Art (documentary short)
 
1944 3 Men in White
 
1944 Patrolling the Ether (short)
 
1944 A Great Day's Coming (short) (uncredited)
 
1944 Nostradamus IV (short)
 
1943 This Is Tomorrow (documentary short)
 
1943 To My Unborn Son (short)
 
1943 Storm (documentary short)
 
1943 Ode to Victory (short) (as Nat Shilkret)
 
1943 Journey to Yesterday (short)
 
1943 Trifles That Win Wars (short) (musical score / as Nat Shilkret)
 
1943 Don't You Believe It (short)
 
1943 Nursery Rhyme Mysteries (short) (as Nat Shilkret)
 
1943 That's Why I Left You (short)
 
1943 Hitler's Madman (uncredited)
 
1943 Heavenly Music (short) (musical score / as Nat Shilkret)
 
1943 Calling All Kids (short)
 
1943 Plan for Destruction (documentary short)
 
1943 Air Raid Wardens (as Nat Shilkret)
 
1943 Portrait of a Genius (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1943 You, John Jones! (short) (uncredited)
 
1943 Suckerbait (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1941 Jungle Cavalcade (documentary) (uncredited)
 
1941 Repent at Leisure (uncredited)
 
1941 The Saint in Palm Springs (uncredited)
 
1940 Stolen Paradise
 
1939 Montmartre Madness (short) (uncredited)
 
1939 Glimpses of Australia (documentary short)
 
1938 This Marriage Business (uncredited)
 
1938 Trade Mice (short)
 
1938 Quintupland (documentary short)
 
1937 Hitting a New High (uncredited)
 
1937 Music for Madame (uncredited)
 
1937 The Toast of New York (uncredited)
 
1937 Rocky Mountain Grandeur (documentary short)
 
1937 Border Cafe (uncredited)
 
1937 Serene Siam (documentary short)
 
1937 Shall We Dance (uncredited)
 
1937 Hong Kong: 'The Hub of the Orient' (documentary short)
 
1937 The Soldier and the Lady (uncredited)
 
1937 Glimpses of Java and Ceylon (documentary short)
 
1936 That Girl from Paris (uncredited)
 
1936 Winterset (uncredited)
 
1936 Smartest Girl in Town (uncredited)
 
1936 Walking on Air (uncredited)
 
1936 The Bohemian Girl (uncredited)
 
1935 Los Angeles: 'Wonder City of the West' (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1935 Rainbow Canyon (documentary short) (music score)
 
1934 Ireland: 'The Emerald Isle' (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1934 Holland in Tulip Time (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1933 Beer Is Here (short)
 
1933 Iceland, Land of the Vikings (documentary short)
 
1932 Skyscraper Souls (uncredited)
 
1932 Home Sweet Home, the World Over (documentary short)
 
1932 Leningrad, the Gateway to Soviet Russia (documentary short)
 
1932 Moscow, Heart of Soviet Russia (documentary short)
 
1932 Rio 'The Magnificent' (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1932 The Island Empire (documentary short) (uncredited)
 
1930 Blotto (short) (uncredited)
 
1929 Synthetic Sin
 
1928 The Lady of the Lake (musical interpretation)
 
1928 Lilac Time
 
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1953 Cry of the Hunted (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1952 Desperate Search (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1952 The Half-Breed (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1948 Who Killed Doc Robbin (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1947 Song of the Thin Man (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1946 Courage of Lassie (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1945 MGM Christmas Trailer (short) (musical director)
 
1945 Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1944 Mrs. Parkington (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1944 An American Romance (conductor - uncredited)
 
1944 3 Men in White (musical director - uncredited)
 
1943 Cry 'Havoc' (musical director - uncredited)
 
1943 The Cross of Lorraine (conductor - uncredited)
 
1943 Above Suspicion (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1943 Presenting Lily Mars (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1943 Journey Into Fear (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 For God and Country (short) (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1942 Seven Miles from Alcatraz (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1942 The Falcon Takes Over (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1941 Jungle Cavalcade (documentary) (musical director)
 
1940 Stolen Paradise (musical director)
 
1940 Wildcat Bus (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1939 Yankee Doodle Home (short) (music supervisor)
 
1939 Di que me quieres (musical director)
 
1938 Painted Desert (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Blond Cheat (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 The Saint in New York (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Blind Alibi (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Swiss Miss (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Gun Law (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Law of the Underworld (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Condemned Women (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 Boy Meets Dog (short) (musical director)
 
1938 Everybody's Doing It (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1938 The Lamp Lighter (short) (musical director)
 
1937 She's Got Everything (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Wise Girl (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Quick Money (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Danger Patrol (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Living on Love (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Fight for Your Lady (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 There Goes the Groom (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Breakfast for Two (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 The Keeper of the Lions (short) (musical director)
 
1937 Music for Madame (musical director)
 
1937 Lovesick (short) (musical director)
 
1937 Night 'n' Gales (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 The Toast of New York (musical director)
 
1937 Super-Sleuth (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Border Cafe (musical director)
 
1937 Behind the Headlines (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Shall We Dance (musical director)
 
1937 Way Out West (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 The Soldier and the Lady (musical director)
 
1937 Sea Devils (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Criminal Lawyer (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1937 Racing Lady (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1929 Perfect Day (short) (composer: stock music - 1936 reissue - uncredited)
 
1936 That Girl from Paris (musical director)
 
1936 The Plough and the Stars (musical director)
 
1936 Winterset (musical director)
 
1936 Smartest Girl in Town (musical director)
 
1936 A Woman Rebels (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 The Big Game (musical director)
 
1936 Walking on Air (musical director)
 
1936 Swing Time (musical director)
 
1936 Second Wife (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 The Last of the Mohicans (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1936 Mary of Scotland (musical director - uncredited)
 
1936 Sacred City of the Mayan Indians (documentary short) (conductor)
 
1936 The Bohemian Girl (music adaptor - uncredited, musical director - uncredited)
 
1935 Honolulu: The Paradise of the Pacific (documentary short) (conductor)
 
1935 Los Angeles: 'Wonder City of the West' (documentary short) (conductor)
 
1935 Zeeland: 'The Hidden Paradise' (documentary short) (conductor - as Nat Shilkret)
 
1934 Switzerland the Beautiful (documentary short) (musical director)
 
1934 Holland in Tulip Time (documentary short) (musical director)
 
1934 Glimpses of Erin (documentary short) (conductor)
 
1934 Social Register (musical director)
 
1933 Dutch Guiana: 'Land of the Djuka' (documentary short) (conductor)
 
1933 Norway: Land of the Midnight Sun (documentary short) (conductor)
 
1932 Ireland 'The Melody Isle' (documentary short) (conductor)
 
1932 Rio 'The Magnificent' (documentary short) (musical director)
 
1932 Romantic Argentina (documentary short) (conductor)
 
1932 The Island Empire (documentary short) (musical director)
 
1931 Spuk um Mitternacht (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1931 Siam to Korea (documentary short) (conductor)
 
1930 Charming Ceylon (documentary short) (conductor)
 
1930 The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1930 The Break Up (documentary) (music arranger)
 
1930 Bear Shooters (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1930 When the Wind Blows (short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1928 The Lady of the Lake (conductor)
 
1927 Johannes Brahms (documentary short) (musical director)
 
1925 Franz Liszt (documentary short) (musical director - uncredited)
 
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2008/II Crazy (writer: "Walking After Midnight", "Lonesome Road")
 
1999 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Yours for a Song: The Women of Tin Pan Alley (1999) (performer: "Baby's Birthday Party" - uncredited)
 
1997 Wild Man Blues (documentary) (music: "Lonesome Road")
 
1968 The Jonathan Winters Show (TV series)
Episode #1.15 (1968) (music: "The Lonesome Road" - uncredited)
 
1962 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Episode #15.28 (1962) (music: "The Lonesome Road" - uncredited)
 
1960 Peter Gunn (TV series)
The Dummy (1960) (writer: "The Lonesome Road")
 
1959 At the Movies (TV movie) (music: "The Lonesome Road" - uncredited)
 
1959 Country Style, U.S.A. (TV series short)
Episode #3.9 (1959) (music: "Lonesome Road)
 
1956 Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (music: "Lonesome Road")
 
1951 Lullaby of Broadway (writer: "Have You Forgotten")
 
1947 Out of the Past (music: "THE FIRST TIME I SAW YOU" - uncredited)
 
1946 Faithful in My Fashion (music: "Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time" - uncredited, "Love Is a Wondrous Thing")
 
1943 Ode to Victory (short) (music: "Ode To Victory" 1943 / as Nat Shilkret)
 
1942 Doin' Their Bit (short) (music: "The Flag of Freedom")
 
1942 The Falcon Takes Over (music: "THE FIRST TIME I SAW YOU" - uncredited)
 
1941 Citizen Kane (music: "Theme" - uncredited / arranger: "Una voce poco fa" 1816 - uncredited)
 
1941 The Lonesome Road (short) (music: "The Lonesome Road")
 
1939 Yankee Doodle Home (short) (performer: "The Great American Home", "I'm a Very Private Private Secretary")
 
1937 The Toast of New York (music: "The First Time I Saw You" 1937, "Ooh, La, La" 1937, "Temptation Waltz" 1937)
 
1937 Music for Madame (music: "King of the Road" 1937)
 
1937 Postal Union (short) (music: "March of the Gnomes" - uncredited)
 
1937 Fight for Your Lady (arranger: "The Blue Danube Waltz, Opus 314" 1867 - uncredited)
 
1937 Way Out West (music: "Bohemian Girl" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1936 The Bohemian Girl (music: "Heart of a Gypsy" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1936 Two Against the World (music: "Love Clouds" - uncredited)
 
1936 The Last Outlaw (writer: "My Heart's on the Trail")
 
1935 Balloon Land (short) (performer: "Buffoon" - uncredited)
 
1934 Ireland: 'The Emerald Isle' (documentary short) (performer: "Danny Boy", "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling")
 
1929 The Divine Lady (music: "Lady Divine" 1928)
 
1929 Show Boat (music: "The Lonesome Road" 1927 - uncredited)
 
1929 Children of the Ritz (music: "Some Sweet Day" / as Nat Shilkret)
 
1929 Synthetic Sin (music: "Betty")
 
1928 The Battle of the Sexes (music: "Just a Sweetheart" 1928 - uncredited / lyrics: "Just a Sweetheart" 1928 - uncredited)
 
1928 The Lady of the Lake (writer: "Eileen, Sweet Eileen")
 
1928 Lilac Time (music: "Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
1939 Yankee Doodle Home (short)
Band Leader
 
1932 It Happened in Paris
Orchestra Leader (as Nathaniel Shilkret and His Orchestra)
 
1931 Radio Salutes (short)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1927 Johannes Brahms (documentary short)
Himself
 
1925 Franz Liszt (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1999 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
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Radio conductor 1925-1940 for sponsors including Camel, Carnation, Chesterfield, Esso (now Exxon), Eveready, General Electric, General Motors, Hire's Root Beer, Knickerbocker, Lysol, Maxwell House, Mobil Oil, Palmolive, RCA Victor, Salada, and Smith Brothers' Cough Drops See more »

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Alternate Names:

Nathaniel Shilkret and His Orchestra | Nat Shilkret
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Trivia:

Uncle of Neil Warner. See more »

Nickname:

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Star Sign:

Capricorn