George Stoll


Music Director, Orchestra Leader

About

Also Known As
Georgie Stoll
Birth Place
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Born
May 07, 1905
Died
January 18, 1985

Biography

After a career on radio, orchestrated numerous MGM musicals between the late 1930s and the 60s including the 1945 Academy Award-winning score "Anchors Aweigh."...

Photos & Videos

Strike Up the Band - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Biography

After a career on radio, orchestrated numerous MGM musicals between the late 1930s and the 60s including the 1945 Academy Award-winning score "Anchors Aweigh."

Filmography

 

Music (Feature Film)

Curse of La Llorona (2019)
Song
Spinout (1966)
Music
Made in Paris (1966)
Music comp & Conductor
The Man From Button Willow (1965)
Original themes
Girl Happy (1965)
Music
The Man From Button Willow (1965)
Music Conductor
Viva Las Vegas (1964)
Music
Looking for Love (1964)
Music
The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)
Music
A Ticklish Affair (1963)
Music
A Ticklish Affair (1963)
Composer
Jumbo (1962)
Music Supervisor & Conductor
The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)
Music Score
The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)
Composer
Where the Boys Are (1960)
Music
For the First Time (1959)
Music score and Director
For the First Time (1959)
Composer
Seven Hills of Rome (1958)
Music Supervisor and Conductor
Seven Hills of Rome (1958)
Composer
Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)
Music Supervisor and Conductor
This Could Be the Night (1957)
Music Supervisor
This Could Be the Night (1957)
Composer
The Opposite Sex (1956)
Music Supervisor
Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
Music Supervisor and Conductor
The Opposite Sex (1956)
Composer
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
Music Supervisor
Hit the Deck (1955)
Music Supervisor and Conductor
Rose Marie (1954)
Music Director
The Student Prince (1954)
Music Director
Athena (1954)
Music Supervisor and Conductor
Athena (1954)
Composer
Rose Marie (1954)
Composer
Flame and the Flesh (1954)
Music Director
Easy to Love (1953)
Music Director
I Love Melvin (1953)
Music Director
Dangerous When Wet (1953)
Music Director
Latin Lovers (1952)
Music Director
Glory Alley (1952)
Music Director
Skirts Ahoy! (1952)
Music Director
The Strip (1951)
Music Director
Excuse My Dust (1951)
Music Director
Father's Little Dividend (1951)
Conductor
Watch the Birdie (1951)
Music
Duchess of Idaho (1950)
Music Director
The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
Music Director
Two Weeks with Love (1950)
Music Director
Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
Music Director
Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
Composer
Neptune's Daughter (1949)
Music Director
The Kissing Bandit (1949)
Music Director
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Music Director
A Date with Judy (1948)
Music Director
On an Island with You (1948)
Music Director
Big City (1948)
Music Director
Luxury Liner (1948)
Music Director
Three Daring Daughters (1948)
Music Director
Luxury Liner (1948)
Composer
Three Daring Daughters (1948)
Composer
This Time for Keeps (1947)
Music Director
No Leave, No Love (1946)
Music Director
Holiday in Mexico (1946)
Music Director
No Leave, No Love (1946)
Composer
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Music Director
Music for Millions (1945)
Music Adapted and Director
Thrill of a Romance (1945)
Music Adapted and Director
Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945)
Music score and Director
Thrill of a Romance (1945)
Composer
Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945)
Composer
Swing Fever (1944)
Music Director
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Music Director
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
Music Director
Girl Crazy (1943)
Music Director
I Dood It (1943)
Music Director
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
Music Director
Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
Music Director
Cabin in the Sky (1943)
Music Director
For Me and My Gal (1942)
Music Director
Panama Hattie (1942)
Music Director
Cairo (1942)
Music Conductor
Ship Ahoy (1942)
Music Director
Babes on Broadway (1942)
Music Director
Lady Be Good (1941)
Music Director
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
Music Director
The Big Store (1941)
Music Director
Road Show (1941)
Music Score
Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941)
Music Score
Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
Music Director
Two Girls on Broadway (1940)
Music Director
Forty Little Mothers (1940)
Music Director
Go West (1940)
Music Director
Hullabaloo (1940)
Music Director
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
Music Conductor
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Music Director
Babes in Arms (1939)
Music Director
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Associate Conductor
Honolulu (1939)
Music Director
The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939)
Music Director
Society Lawyer (1939)
Music Director
Every Day's a Holiday (1938)
Music Director
Doctor Rhythm (1938)
Music Director
Listen, Darling (1938)
Music Director
Everybody Sing (1938)
Associate conductor
The Girl from Scotland Yard (1937)
Music Director
Midnight Madonna (1937)
Music Director
On Such a Night (1937)
Music Director
Outcast (1937)
Music Director
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
Music Director
Love on Toast (1937)
Music Director
Rosalie (1937)
Music Conductor
Mind Your Own Business (1936)
Music Director
Go West Young Man (1936)
Music Director
Pennies From Heaven (1936)
Music Director
The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
Violin accompaniment to Bing Crosby's specialty number

Art Director (Feature Film)

The Stuff (1985)
Art Direction

Production Designer (Feature Film)

The Beat (1987)
Production Designer

Cast (Short)

Swing Banditry (1936)
Himself
The Jazzmania Quintette (1928)

Life Events

1936

Appeared in MGM short product

Photo Collections

Strike Up the Band - Behind-the-Scenes Photos
Here are some photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of MGM's Strike Up the Band (1940), starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland and directed by Busby Berkeley.

Videos

Movie Clip

Trailer

Neptune's Daughter (1949) -- (Original Trailer) A polo player romances a bathing suit designer in MGM's Neptune's Daughter (1949), starring Esther Williams.
Girl Crazy (1943) - (Original Trailer) A womanizing playboy finds true love when he's sent to a desert college in Girl Crazy (1943) starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney.
Lady Be Good - (Original Trailer) None of the plot but all of the Gershwin songs like "Fascinatin' Rhythm" in MGM's version of Lady Be Good (1941).
For the First Time - (Original Trailer) In his last movie, Mario Lanza sings opera hits while romancing a woman who is deaf in For The First Time (1959).
Love Me or Leave Me -- (Original Trailer) Doris Day stars in the true story of torch singer Ruth Etting and her attempts to escape the gangster (James Cagney) who made her a star in Love Me or Leave Me (1955), directed by Charles Vidor.
Athena - (Original Trailer) A society lawyer falls in love with the daughter (Jane Powell) of a family of fitness fanatics in Athena (1954).
Duchess of Idaho - (Original Trailer) During a Sun Valley vacation, a woman tries to solve her roommate's romantic problems in Duchess of Idaho (1950), starring Esther Williams.
40 Little Mothers - (Original Trailer) A girls' school teacher (Eddie Cantor) stumbles on an abandoned baby in 40 Little Mothers (1940) directed by Busby Berkeley.
Girl Happy - (Original Trailer) A rock singer is hired to chaperone a gangster's daughter in Fort Lauderdale in Girl Happy (1965) starring Elvis Presley and Shelley Fabares.
Anchors Aweigh - (Original Trailer) A pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star in Anchors Aweigh (1945) starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson.
Two Weeks With Love - (Original Trailer) Two sisters (Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds) find romance during a turn-of-the-century family vacation in MGM's Technicolor musical Two Weeks With Love (1950).
Presenting Lily Mars - (Original Trailer) A small-town girl fights for her chance on Broadway in Presenting Lily Mars (1943) starring Judy Garland.

Bibliography