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W.C. Handy(1873-1958)

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W.C. Handy was born on 16 November 1873 in Florence, Alabama, USA. He was a producer, known for Scarface: The Shame of the Nation (1932), The Thirteenth Floor (1999) and The Great Gatsby (2013). He was previously married to Irma Louise Logan and Elizabeth Virginia Price. He died on 29 March 1958 in New York City, New York, USA.
BornNovember 16, 1873
DiedMarch 29, 1958(84)
BornNovember 16, 1873
DiedMarch 29, 1958(84)
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    • 1 win

Known for:

Ann Dvorak, Paul Muni, and Osgood Perkins in Scarface: The Shame of the Nation (1932)
Scarface: The Shame of the Nation
7.7
  • Soundtrack("St. Louis Blues" (1914))
  • 1932
The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
The Thirteenth Floor
7.0
  • Soundtrack("St. Louis Blues")
  • 1999
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, Carey Mulligan, and Elizabeth Debicki in The Great Gatsby (2013)
The Great Gatsby
7.2
  • Soundtrack("St Louis Blues")
  • 2013
Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Sarandon, and Brad Renfro in The Client (1994)
The Client
6.7
  • Soundtrack("St. Louis Blues")
  • 1994

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Music Department

  • Cynda Williams: Harlem Blues (1990)
    Cynda Williams: Harlem Blues
    • Music Department
    • Music Video
    • 1990
  • Death of a Soldier (1986)
    Death of a Soldier
    • composer: song "St. Louis Blues"
    • 1986
  • Paul Desmond in Jazz i K.B. Hallen: Dave Brubeck Quartet (1965)
    Jazz i K.B. Hallen: Dave Brubeck Quartet
    • Music Department
    • TV Movie
    • 1965
  • La rebelión de los adolescentes
    • composer: song "St. Louis Blues" (as W.C. Hardy)
    • 1959
  • St. Louis Blues (1929)
    St. Louis Blues
    • music arranger: choral arrangements
    • Short
    • 1929

Producer

  • St. Louis Blues (1929)
    St. Louis Blues
    • co-producer
    • Short
    • 1929

Additional Crew

  • St. Louis Blues (1958)
    St. Louis Blues
    • technical advisor (as William Christopher Handy)
    • 1958

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • William Christopher Handy
  • Born
    • November 16, 1873
    • Florence, Alabama, USA
  • Died
    • March 29, 1958
    • New York City, New York, USA(acute bronchopneumonia)
  • Spouses
      Irma Louise Logan1954 - March 29, 1958 (his death)
  • Other works
    Book: "Blues: An Anthology".
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 2 Print Biographies
    • 4 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Pictured on a 6¢ US commemorative postage stamp issued in his honor, 17 May 1969.
  • Quotes
    Life is something like this trumpet. If you don't put anything in it you don't get anything out. And that's the truth.
  • Nickname
    • The Father of the Blues

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