George Duning

Composer

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Also Known As

George Dunning

Birth Place

Richmond, Indiana, USA

Born

February 25, 1908

Died

February 27, 2000

Biography

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Competent Hollywood composer, in films from the late 1930s as an arranger. From 1947 through the early 60s Duning worked almost exclusively at Columbia, collaborating most often with director Richard Quine....

Filmography

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Yellow Submarine (1968)

Greased Lightning (1928)

The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)

The Abduction of Saint Anne (1975)

Terror In The Wax Museum (1974)

Photos & Videos

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Pal Joey - (Original Trailer)

Houseboat - (Original Trailer)

Family & Companions

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Lois Duning

Wife

Survived him.

Biography

Competent Hollywood composer, in films from the late 1930s as an arranger. From 1947 through the early 60s Duning worked almost exclusively at Columbia, collaborating most often with director Richard Quine.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Yellow Submarine (1968)

Cast (Feature Film)

Greased Lightning (1928)

Music (Feature Film)

The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)

The Abduction of Saint Anne (1975)

Terror In The Wax Museum (1974)

Honor Thy Father (1973)

A Great American Tragedy (1972)

Climb an Angry Mountain (1972)

The Woman Hunter (1972)

Black Noon (1971)

Love, Hate, Love (1971)

Music Supervisor

Wild Women (1970)

Music Supervisor

Then Came Bronson (1969)

Any Wednesday (1966)

Music comp & Conductor

Any Wednesday (1966)

Music: "any wednesday"

My Blood Runs Cold (1965)

Brainstorm (1965)

Dear Brigitte (1965)

Ensign Pulver (1964)

Critic's Choice (1963)

Island of Love (1963)

Toys in the Attic (1963)

Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963)

That Touch of Mink (1962)

Sail a Crooked Ship (1962)

The Notorious Landlady (1962)

13 West Street (1962)

Who's Got the Action? (1962)

Music comp & Conductor

Who's Got the Action? (1962)

Cry for Happy (1961)

The World of Suzie Wong (1961)

Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)

The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961)

Two Rode Together (1961)

Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)

The Wackiest Ship in the Army? (1960)

Strangers When We Meet (1960)

Music Composition

Man on a String (1960)

Music Composition

All the Young Men (1960)

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)

All the Young Men (1960)

Stop! Look! and Laugh! (1960)

The Last Angry Man (1959)

Music Composition

The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)

It Happened to Jane (1959)

1001 arabian nights (1959)

Music Composition

Bell, Book and Candle (1959)

Music Composition

Have Rocket--Will Travel (1959)

1001 arabian nights (1959)

Music Composition

Me and the Colonel (1958)

Music Composition

Gunman's Walk (1958)

Music Composition

Houseboat (1958)

The Shadow on the Window (1957)

Music Composition

Nightfall (1957)

3:10 to Yuma (1957)

Music Composition

The Brothers Rico (1957)

Music Composition

Pal Joey (1957)

Jeanne Eagels (1957)

Music Composition

Operation Mad Ball (1957)

Music Composition

3:10 to Yuma (1957)

Jeanne Eagels (1957)

Full of Life (1957)

Storm Center (1956)

The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)

Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (1956)

You Can't Run Away From It (1956)

Bring Your Smile Along (1955)

My Sister Eileen (1955)

Arrangements and Adapted

The Long Gray Line (1955)

Music Composition

Tight Spot (1955)

Three for the Show (1955)

Original Music and Arrangements

Count Three and Pray (1955)

The Man from Laramie (1955)

Queen Bee (1955)

Music Composition

5 Against the House (1955)

Music Composition

Three Stripes in the Sun (1955)

Music Composition

Miss Sadie Thompson (1954)

Background Music

Let's Do It Again (1953)

Cruisin' Down the River (1953)

From Here to Eternity (1953)

Background Music

Last of the Comanches (1953)

All Ashore (1953)

Sound Off (1952)

Scandal Sheet (1952)

Captain Pirate (1952)

Affair in Trinidad (1952)

Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1952)

Sunny Side of the Street (1951)

Man in the Saddle (1951)

The Flying Missile (1951)

The Barefoot Mailman (1951)

The Lady and the Bandit (1951)

Lorna Doone (1951)

Two of a Kind (1951)

The Family Secret (1951)

Harriet Craig (1950)

Jolson Sings Again (1950)

Cargo to Capetown (1950)

Convicted (1950)

The Petty Girl (1950)

Between Midnight and Dawn (1950)

No Sad Songs for Me (1950)

Johnny Allegro (1949)

The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)

The Dark Past (1949)

Shockproof (1949)

And Baby Makes Three (1949)

The Undercover Man (1949)

Lust for Gold (1949)

To the Ends of the Earth (1948)

The Untamed Breed (1948)

The Man from Colorado (1948)

The Gallant Blade (1948)

The Return of October (1948)

Johnny O'Clock (1947)

The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947)

The Guilt of Janet Ames (1947)

Down to Earth (1947)

Her Husband's Affairs (1947)

Singin' in the Corn (1946)

Eadie Was a Lady (1945)

Show Business (1944)

Carolina Blues (1944)

Orchestra Arrangement

Around the World (1944)

Music and vocal Arrangements

Swing Fever (1944)

My Favorite Spy (1942)

Music Arrangement

Playmates (1941)

Music Arrangement

You'll Find Out (1940)

Music Arrangement

That's Right--You're Wrong (1939)

Music Arrangement

Music (Special)

Steve Allen (1994)

Beyond Witch Mountain (1982)

Father Knows Best: Home For Christmas (1977)

Father Knows Best: The Father Knows Best Reunion (1977)

A Knight in Shining Armour (1971)

The Shameful Secrets of Hastings Corners (1970)

Music (TV Mini-Series)

Goliath Awaits (1981)

The Top of the Hill (1980)

The Dream Merchants (1980)

Life Events

1939

First film as music arranger

1944

First film as orchestrator

1947

Composed first film score

Videos

Any Wednesday -- (Movie Clip) Chicago Calling Song by George Duning and Alan and Marilyn Bergman, mid-60's Broadway-cum-Hollywood tastes apparent, Jane Fonda and Jason Robards Jr., in the opening of Any Wednesday, 1966, from the play by Muriel Resnik.

Pal Joey - (Original Trailer) Get a lesson in "Joey's Jargon" from Frank Sinatra himself, on the set of Pal Joey (1957).

Houseboat - (Original Trailer) Cary Grant is a widower who hires runaway socialite Sophia Loren to look after his children on his rickety Houseboat (1958).

Wreck of the Mary Deare, The -- (Original Trailer) The skipper of a sunken ship (Gary Cooper) stands trial for The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959). Co-starring Charlton Heston.

Gunman's Walk - (Original Trailer) A rancher's rebellious son tries to teach him that violence is no longer an answer in Gunman's Walk (1958).

Critic's Choice - (Original Trailer) Bob Hope and Lucille Ball star in the movie Critic's Choice (1962) based on Ira Levin's Broadway comedy hit.

Bell Book and Candle - (Original Trailer) Beautiful witch Kim Novak places a love spell on James Stewart in the comedy Bell Book And Candle (1959) also starring Jack Lemmon.

Johnny Allegro - (Original Trailer) A reformed hoodlum (George Raft) gets mixed up with counterfeiters and a deadly manhunt in Johnny Allegro (1949).

Assignment - Paris - (Original Trailer) Dana Andrews is a foreign correspondent searching for leads in Communist Hungary in Assignment - Paris (1952).

And Baby Makes Three - (Re-issue Trailer) Barbara Hale and ex-husband Robert Young battle over their unborn baby in the comedy And Baby Makes Three (1949).

3:10 To Yuma (1957) - (Original Trailer) A rancher (Van Heflin) must run the gauntlet to get a prisoner (Glenn Ford) to the 3:10 To Yuma, directed by Delmer Daves.

Strangers When We Meet - (Original Trailer) A married architect (Kirk Douglas) and a neglected wife (Kim Novak) begin an affair in Strangers When We Meet (1960).

Man on a String - (Original Trailer) The CIA turns a Russian spy (Ernest Borgnine) into a double agent. Now he is the Man on a String (1960).

Family

LeRoy Duning

Brother

Survived him.

Kathleen Duning Frankenberger

Daughter

Patricia Duning Brayton

Daughter

Companions

Lois Duning

Wife

Survived him.

Bibliography

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