Herbert Stothart

Composer

About

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Birth Place

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Born

September 11, 1885

Died

February 01, 1949

Cause of Death

Spinal Cancer

Biography

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Academy Award-winning musician Herbert Stothart led quite a successful career contributing to the soundtracks of major motion pictures. Stothart worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "Devil May Care" (1929), "Dynamite" (1929) and "Golden Dawn" (1930). He also contributed to "Song of the Flame" (1930), "The Lottery Bride" (1930) and "The Rogue S...

Filmography

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The Lottery Bride (1930)

Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

The Heartbreak Kid (2007)

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004)

Wonder Boys (2000)

Man on the Moon (1999)

Photos & Videos

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Balalaika (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Song Of The Volga Boatmen

Firefly, The (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Donkey Serenade

Biography

Academy Award-winning musician Herbert Stothart led quite a successful career contributing to the soundtracks of major motion pictures. Stothart worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "Devil May Care" (1929), "Dynamite" (1929) and "Golden Dawn" (1930). He also contributed to "Song of the Flame" (1930), "The Lottery Bride" (1930) and "The Rogue Song" with Lawrence Tibbett (1930). In the thirties, Stothart's music continued to appear on the silver screen, including in films like "Wife vs. Secretary" (1936) with Clark Gable, "The Robin Hood of El Dorado" (1936) with Warner Baxter and "Conquest" (1937) with Greta Garbo. Stothart was nominated for a Music (Scoring) Academy Award for "Sweethearts" in 1938 as well as for a Music (Original Score) Academy Award for "Marie Antoinette" in 1938. Stothart won a Music (Original Score) Academy Award for "The Wizard of Oz" in 1939. Stothart was most recently credited in the John C Reilly blockbuster animated feature "Wreck-It Ralph" (2012). After receiving this recognition, he wrote music that would be featured in the Mickey Rooney drama "National Velvet" (1944), the fantastical drama "A Guy Named Joe" (1944) with Spencer Tracy and the drama "The White Cliffs of Dover" (1944) with Irene Dunne. Stothart passed away in February 1949 at the age of 64.

Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

The Lottery Bride (1930)

Music (Feature Film)

Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

The Heartbreak Kid (2007)

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004)

Wonder Boys (2000)

Man on the Moon (1999)

Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998)

One Fine Day (1996)

The Wizard of Oz in Concert (1995)

Radio Days (1987)

Some Like It Hot (1959)

The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)

Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955)

Rose Marie (1954)

The Miniver Story (1950)

Three Little Words (1950)

Big Jack (1949)

The Three Musketeers (1948)

Hills of Home (1948)

If Winter Comes (1948)

High Barbaree (1947)

The Sea of Grass (1947)

The Yearling (1947)

Conductor of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Symphony Orchestra

The Yearling (1947)

The Unfinished Dance (1947)

Adventure (1946)

The Green Years (1946)

Undercurrent (1946)

Adventure (1946)

Son of Lassie (1945)

They Were Expendable (1945)

National Velvet (1945)

The Valley of Decision (1945)

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

Madame Curie (1944)

Thousands Cheer (1944)

The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)

A Guy Named Joe (1944)

Song of Russia (1944)

[Music] Adapted for the Screenplay by

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)

Dragon Seed (1944)

The Human Comedy (1943)

Crazy House (1943)

Three Hearts for Julia (1942)

Tennessee Johnson (1942)

Mrs. Miniver (1942)

Rio Rita (1942)

Random Harvest (1942)

I Married an Angel (1942)

Pierre of the Plains (1942)

I Married an Angel (1942)

Smilin' Through (1941)

They Met in Bombay (1941)

Men of Boys Town (1941)

Ziegfeld Girl (1941)

Blossoms in the Dust (1941)

Come Live with Me (1941)

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941)

The Chocolate Soldier (1941)

Music Adapted and Director

Blossoms in the Dust (1941)

The Chocolate Soldier (1941)

Bitter Sweet (1940)

Pride and Prejudice (1940)

Northwest Passage (Book I--Rogers' Rangers) (1940)

New Moon (1940)

Susan and God (1940)

Edison, the Man (1940)

Waterloo Bridge (1940)

Northwest Passage (1940)

Broadway Serenade (1939)

Balalaika (1939)

Broadway Serenade (1939)

Idiot's Delight (1939)

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Music program, Musicic Adapted by

Broadway Serenade (1939)

Sweethearts (1938)

Of Human Hearts (1938)

The Girl of the Golden West (1938)

Marie Antoinette (1938)

Marie Antoinette (1938)

Music adapt and Director

The Firefly (1937)

The Good Earth (1937)

Conquest (1937)

San Francisco (1936)

Romeo and Juliet (1936)

The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)

The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)

Small Town Girl (1936)

Wife Vs. Secretary (1936)

Rose-Marie (1936)

Music Composition

After the Thin Man (1936)

Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936)

Rose-Marie (1936)

Moonlight Murder (1936)

Rose-Marie (1936)

Small Town Girl (1936)

David Copperfield (1935)

Naughty Marietta (1935)

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

Anna Karénina (1935)

Vanessa: Her Love Story (1935)

A Night at the Opera (1935)

The Night Is Young (1935)

Orch and Music score Director by

Ah, Wilderness (1935)

Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935)

China Seas (1935)

Reckless (1935)

Synchronized by

A Tale of Two Cities (1935)

Here Comes the Band (1935)

The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)

Treasure Island (1934)

Viva Villa (1934)

What Every Woman Knows (1934)

The Merry Widow (1934)

La veuve joyeuse (1934)

Adaptation musicale de [Music Adapted]

Laughing Boy (1934)

The Cat and the Fiddle (1934)

The Painted Veil (1934)

Queen Christina (1933)

The Barbarian (1933)

Rasputin and the Empress (1933)

Peg O' My Heart (1933)

The White Sister (1933)

Night Flight (1933)

The Son-Daughter (1932)

The Son-Daughter (1932)

The Cuban Love Song (1931)

The Squaw Man (1931)

Incidental Music by

The Cuban Love Song (1931)

Jenny Lind (1931)

The Prodigal (1931)

Sevilla de mis amores (1930)

Música de [Music]

In Gay Madrid (1930)

The Florodora Girl (1930)

The Rogue Song (1930)

Golden Dawn (1930)

A Lady's Morals (1930)

In Gay Madrid (1930)

Montana Moon (1930)

Song of the Flame (1930)

Sevilla de mis amores (1930)

Call of the Flesh (1930)

Dynamite (1929)

Devil-May-Care (1929)

Rose-Marie (1928)

Sound (Feature Film)

Outcast Lady (1934)

Synchronization

Music (Special)

The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz: 50 Years Of Magic (1990)

Cast (Short)

We Must Have Music (1941)

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)

The Romance of Celluloid (1937)

Music (Short)

Captain Kidd's Treasure (1938)

Master Will Shakespeare (1936)

The Flame Song (1934)

The Devil's Cabaret (1928)

Life Events

Videos

Balalaika (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Song Of The Volga Boatmen Posing as a student to gain access to Ilona Massey and her revolutionary friends and family, well-meaning Czarist prince Peter (Nelson Eddy) offers the traditional Russian song, with support from Dalies Frantz (on piano), Lionel Atwill, Abner Biberman et al, in MGM’s Balalaika, 1939.

Firefly, The (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Donkey Serenade Seemingly carefree Spaniard Don Diego (Allan Jones) has pursued singer and secret spy Nina Maria (Jeanette MacDonald) en route to her mission in France, her disinterest cueing what would become Jones’ signature song (music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart, lyric by Bob Wright and Chet Forrest), to the livestock, accompanied by driver Manuel Alvarez Maciste, in MGM’s The Firefly, 1937.

Chocolate Soldier, The (1941) -- (Movie Clip) My Hero Right from the start, MGM offers their new star, Rise Stevens from The Metropolitan Opera in her first movie scene, paired with leading man Nelson Eddy, as Viennese light-opera singers Maria and Karl, with a song from the Ferenc Molnar-based operetta Testor, using only the title from the George Bernard Shaw play, The Chocolate Soldier, 1941.

Maytime (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Mademoiselle Mornay Miss Mornay (Jeanette MacDonald, in an epic flashback), with Nicolai (John Barrymore) then performing selections from Les Hugenots for the court of Louis Napoleon, in MGM's Maytime, 1937.

Anna Karenina (1935) -- (Movie Clip) General Officers! From Tolstoy, Vronsky (Fredric March) leads military colleagues in a demanding Russian drinking game, an early scene from MGM's Anna Karenina, 1935, directed by Clarence Brown, Greta Garbo in the title role.

Maytime (1937) -- (Movie Clip) Will You Remember? With breaks for dialogue as Marcia (Jeanette MacDonald) breaks bad news to Paul (Nelson Eddy), they join in Will You Remember? by Rida Johnson Young and Sigmund Romberg, in MGM's Maytime, 1937.

Thousands Cheer (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Let Me Call You Sweetheart Soldier Eddy (Gene Kelly) has requested a transfer in order to impress singer girlfriend Kathryn (Grayson), which isn't going to work out but in the meantime, a famous early Kelly routine set to a popular tune from 1910, in MGM's Thousands Cheer, 1944.

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