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Louis Alter (1902–1980)

Soundtrack | Music Department | Composer

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Inducted into the Haverhill [Massachusetts] Citizens Hall of Fame. See more trivia »

Born:

in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA

Died:

(age 78) in New York City, New York, USA

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2013 33 revolucions (TV series)
– Raynald Colom (2013) (music: "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans")
 
2007 Shake the Devil Off (documentary) (writer: "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans")
 
2006 Bernard and Doris (writer: "I Love the Way You're Breaking My Heart")
 
1992 School Ties ("Dolores")
 
1989 American Masters (TV series documentary)
– Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong (1989) (music: "The Blues Are Brewin'")
 
1985 Summer Rental (writer: "Dolores")
 
1976 It's Showtime (documentary) (music: "Fido and Me" - uncredited)
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary) (music: "Gotta Feelin' for You" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1972 The Godfather (music: "Manhattan Serenade" 1928)
 
1970 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
– Episode dated 12 August 1970 (1970) (writer: "Come Up and See Me Sometime")
 
1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)
– Episode #2.157 (1970) (writer: "Come Up and See Me Sometime")
 
1968 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
– Episode dated 21 March 1968 (1968) (music: "Dolores" - uncredited)
 
1960 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
– Episode dated 25 May 1960 (1960) (music: "You Turned the Tables on Me" - uncredited)
 
1957 Kiss Them for Me (music: "You Turned the Tables on Me" - uncredited)
 
1952 You Bet Your Life (TV series)
– Episode #2.32 (1952) (music: "Twilight On The Trail" - uncredited)
 
1952 The Marrying Kind (music: "Dolores" - uncredited)
 
1949 Slattery's Hurricane (music: "Dolores" - uncredited)
 
1947 New Orleans (music: "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans" 1947, "The Blues Are Brewin'" 1947, "Endie" 1947)
 
1947 Living in a Big Way (music: "Fido and Me" - uncredited)
 
1946 Breakfast in Hollywood (music: "If I Had a Wishing Ring" / as Lou Alter)
 
1945 Mouse in Manhattan (short) (music: "Manhattan Serenade" - uncredited)
 
1944 Musical Movieland (short) (music: "Beside the Zuider Zee" - uncredited, "The Girl on the Little Blue Plate" - uncredited)
 
1943 Hi, Buddy (music: "We-All Tegether")
 
1941 Twilight on the Trail (music: "Twilight on the Trail")
 
1941 Caught in the Draft (writer: "LOVE ME AS I AM")
 
1941 Las Vegas Nights (music: "Dolores" - uncredited)
 
1940 Youth Will Be Served (writer: "Youth Will Be Served", "Hot Dogs and Corn Dodgers")
 
1940 'Til We Meet Again (music: "The Sky Fell Down" - uncredited)
 
1937 Vogues of 1938 (music: "Turn On That Red Hot Heat Burn Your Blues Away" 1937 - uncredited, "King of Jam" - uncredited, "Lady Of The Evening 1937 - uncredited, "Fall Fashion Show" - uncredited)
 
1937 Make a Wish (music: "Campfire Dreams" / lyrics: "Make a Wish", "Music in My Heart", "Old Man Rip", "Birchlake Forever")
 
1937 Twilight on the Trail (short) (music: "Twilight on the Trail")
 
1937 You Only Live Once (music: "A Thousand Dreams of You" 1936 - uncredited)
 
1937 Starlets (short) (music: "Melody from the Sky" - uncredited)
 
1936 Rainbow on the River (music: "Rainbow on the River")
 
1936 Leon Navara and Orchestra (short) (music: "A Melody from the Sky")
 
1936 Sing, Baby, Sing ("You Turned the Tables on Me")
 
1936 The Fire Alarm (short) (music: "One in a Million" - uncredited)
 
1936 Soft Lights and Sweet Music (writer: "I'm All In")
 
1936 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (music: "Twilight on the Trail", "A Melody from the Sky")
 
1935 The Rainmakers (music: "Isn't Love the Grandest Thing?" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1935 Page Miss Glory (music: "Moon Crazy" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1935 Going Highbrow (music: "One in a Million" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1935 Convention Girl (music: "I've Got Sand In My Shoes", "You Oughta Be Arrested")
 
1935 Little Dutch Plate (short) (music: "The Girl on the Little Blue Plate" - uncredited)
 
1935 The Old Homestead (music: "Moonlight in Heaven")
 
1935 Personal Maid's Secret (music: "Moon Crazy" - uncredited)
 
1935 Springtime in Holland (short) (music: "The Girl on the Little Blue Plate", "Beside the Zuider Zee")
 
1935 Dizzy Dames (writer: "The Martinique", "I Was Taken by Storm")
 
1935 Reg'lar Kids (short) (music: "One in a Million" - uncredited)
 
1933 Take a Chance (music: "Come Up and See Me Sometime" - uncredited)
 
1933 Broadway to Hollywood (music: "The March of Time" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1933 The Audition (short) (music: "What a Life! Trying to Live Without You" - uncredited)
 
1932 The Rich Are Always with Us (music: "What a Life! Trying to Live Without You" 1932 - uncredited)
 
1932 Betty Boop's Museum (short) (music: "High Hat" - uncredited)
 
1932 Artistic Temper (short) (music: "What a Life! Trying to Live Without You" - uncredited)
 
1931 Sky High (short) (music: "I'm One of God's Children" - uncredited)
 
1930 Lord Byron of Broadway (music: "Love Ain't Nothin' But the Blues" 1930 - uncredited)
 
1930 Chasing Rainbows (music: "Love Ain't Nothin' but the Blues" - uncredited, "Gotta Feelin' for You" - uncredited)
 
1929 Untamed (writer: "That Wonderful Something Is Love" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1929 The Iron Mask (music: "One for All, All for One" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1929 The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (music: "Gotta Feelin' for You" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1929 Ben Pollack and His Park Central Orchestra (short) (music: "My Kinda Love" - uncredited)
 
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1935 The Rainmakers (music and lyrics by)
 
1935 Going Highbrow (music: songs)
 
1929 Untamed (words and music by)
 
1929 The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (interpolations)
 
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1935 Metropolitan Nocturne (short)
 
1930 The Clock Shop (short)
 
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1994 That's Entertainment! III (documentary) (grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists)
 
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Personal Details

Height:

5' 11" (1.80 m)
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Trivia:

Inducted into the Haverhill [Massachusetts] Citizens Hall of Fame. See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini