Sammy Fain

Composer

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Also Known As

Samuel Feinberg, Samuel Fain

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Born

June 17, 1902

Died

December 06, 1989

Cause of Death

Heart Attack

Biography

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Academy Award winner Sammy Fain built himself an incredible career as a musician. In 1928, he appeared in vaudeville with Artie Dunn. Fain began his entertainment career with his music featured in films like the musical "Footlight Parade" (1933) with James Cagney, "Goin' to Town" (1935) and the Kathryn Grayson musical "Two Sisters From Boston" (1946). His music also appeared in "Peter...

Filmography

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Songwriter, Buttercup Balmer

Harold Teen (1934)

Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

The Shape of Water (2017)

Photos & Videos

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Swing Fever (1943) -- (Movie Clip) You're So Indifferent

Fashions Of 1934 (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Spin A Little Web Of Dreams

Family & Companions

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Sally Fox

Wife

Married in 1941; divorced in 1949.

Biography

Academy Award winner Sammy Fain built himself an incredible career as a musician. In 1928, he appeared in vaudeville with Artie Dunn. Fain began his entertainment career with his music featured in films like the musical "Footlight Parade" (1933) with James Cagney, "Goin' to Town" (1935) and the Kathryn Grayson musical "Two Sisters From Boston" (1946). His music also appeared in "Peter Pan" (1953) and the Danny Thomas drama "The Jazz Singer" (1953). In addition to his music, Fain appeared in "Dames" (1934) with Joan Blondell. Fain was nominated for a Music (Song) Academy Award for "April Love" in 1957 as well as for a Music (Song) Academy Award for "A Certain Smile" in 1958. Fain won a Music (Song) Academy Award for "Calamity Jane" in 1953 as well as a Music (Song) Academy Award for "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" in 1955. In the seventies, Fain's music continued to appear on the silver screen, including in films like the Alejandro Rey drama "The Stepmother" (1972), the action picture "The Teacher" (1974) with Angel Tompkins and the thriller "The Parallax View" (1974) with Warren Beatty. His work was also in "The Specialist" (1975). Fain won an Academy Award for "The Stepmother" in 1972 Fain's music was most recently featured in the Angelina Jolie blockbuster family adventure "Maleficent" (2014). Fain passed away in December 1989 at the age of 87.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Songwriter, Buttercup Balmer

Harold Teen (1934)

Music (Feature Film)

Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

The Shape of Water (2017)

Maleficent (2014)

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014)

The Hangover (2009)

What Happens in Vegas (2008)

Tinker Bell (2008)

Slipstream (2007)

We Own the Night (2007)

Lady in the Water (2006)

Rumor Has It... (2005)

The Aviator (2004)

The Whole Ten Yards (2004)

Bright Young Things (2004)

Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

Peter Pan: Return to Neverland (2002)

The Good Girl (2002)

Moulin Rouge! (2001)

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)

The Story of Us (1999)

Celebrity (1998)

Hope Floats (1998)

That Old Feeling (1997)

Inventing the Abbotts (1997)

The Grass Harp (1995)

Radioland Murders (1994)

Forrest Gump (1994)

Women of Courage (1993)

Husbands and Wives (1992)

School Ties (1992)

Shining Through (1992)

Prelude to a Kiss (1992)

Crimes And Misdemeanors (1989)

New York Stories (1989)

Radio Days (1987)

Children Of A Lesser God (1986)

Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

Songs ("Secret Love" "A Very Special Love")

Before Stonewall (1985)

Racing With The Moon (1984)

Shifshuf Naim (1981)

Song ("Love Is A Many Splendored Thing")

Raging Bull (1980)

Bad Timing (1980)

Song ("I'Ll Be Seeing You")

Heart Beat (1980)

Just You And Me, Kid (1979)

The Rescuers (1977)

The Specialist (1975)

Dr. Minx (1975)

Song ("The Dark Side Of Love")

The Teacher (1974)

The Parallax View (1974)

The Stepmother (1972)

The Seven Minutes (1971)

If He Hollers, Let Him Go! (1968)

Made in Paris (1966)

Joy in the Morning (1965)

The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)

Island of Love (1963)

Tender Is the Night (1962)

Imitation of Life (1959)

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

The Big Circus (1959)

A Certain Smile (1958)

The Gift of Love (1958)

Mardi Gras (1958)

Marjorie Morningstar (1958)

Man on Fire (1957)

April Love (1957)

Spring Reunion (1957)

The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)

Hollywood or Bust (1956)

Ain't Misbehavin' (1955)

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)

Young at Heart (1954)

Lucky Me (1954)

Trouble Along the Way (1953)

Calamity Jane (1953)

The Jazz Singer (1953)

Three Sailors and a Girl (1953)

Peter Pan (1953)

With a Song in My Heart (1952)

The Mating Season (1951)

Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Call Me Mister (1951)

Starlift (1951)

Beyond the Purple Hills (1950)

The Milkman (1950)

House of Strangers (1949)

Make Mine Laughs (1949)

Three Daring Daughters (1948)

Give My Regards to Broadway (1948)

The Road to Hollywood (1947)

The Unfinished Dance (1947)

This Time for Keeps (1947)

Holiday in Mexico (1946)

No Leave, No Love (1946)

Two Sisters from Boston (1946)

Thrill of a Romance (1945)

George White's Scandals (1945)

See My Lawyer (1945)

Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)

Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)

Swing Fever (1944)

Lost in a Harem (1944)

I'll Be Seeing You (1944)

Maisie Goes to Reno (1944)

Meet the People (1944)

The Singing Hill (1941)

Conspiracy (1939)

Tarnished Angel (1938)

Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 (1937)

New Faces of 1937 (1937)

Sweet Music (1935)

Goin' to Town (1935)

Mandalay (1934)

Harold Teen (1934)

Strictly Dynamite (1934)

Happiness Ahead (1934)

Fashions of 1934 (1934)

Gentlemen Are Born (1934)

Here Comes the Navy (1934)

Footlight Parade (1933)

Moonlight and Pretzels (1933)

College Coach (1933)

Monkey Business (1931)

With Byrd at the South Pole (1930)

The Big Pond (1930)

La grande mare (1930)

Laughter (1930)

Young Man of Manhattan (1930)

Follow the Leader (1930)

Dangerous Nan McGrew (1930)

It's a Great Life (1929)

Cast (Special)

The Music Makers: An ASCAP Celebration of American Music at Wolf Trap (1987)

Johnny Carson Presents the Sun City Scandals '72 (1972)

Music (Special)

Michael Feinstein & Friends (1991)

Cast (Short)

Hollywood Newsreel (1934)

Music (Short)

What, No Men? (1934)

Music (TV Mini-Series)

Gary Larson's Tales From the Far Side (1994)

Life Events

1928

Appeared in vaudeville with Artie Dunn

1930

First contribution to feature score, "Young Man of Manhattan"

1931

Broadway debut as composer, "Everybody's Welcome"

1934

Feature acting debut, "Buttercup"

Videos

Swing Fever (1943) -- (Movie Clip) You're So Indifferent Kay Kyser introduces the song, Lena Horne as herself, with You're So Indifferent, by Sammy Fain and Mitchell Parish, edited so that it could be removed by theater owners in the South, as was MGM's regular practice at the time, in Swing Fever, 1943.

Fashions Of 1934 (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Spin A Little Web Of Dreams Nearly an hour into the picture and finally the big (and only) Busby Berkeley number, Verree Teasdale’s song, by Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal, introduces a feather and fashion-based production, gowns per usual by Orry-Kelly, in Warner Bros.’ Fashions Of 1934, 1934, starring William Powell and Bette Davis.

Dames (1934) -- (Movie Clip) We're Thirteenth Cousins Kooky moral-crusader zillionaire Ounce (Hugh Herbert) and aide (Johnny Arthur) advise cousin Hemingway (Guy Kibbee) that his daughter (Ruby Keeler) must avoid cousin Jimmy (Dick Powell) if they want that inheritance, which she isn’t, song by Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal, early in Dames, 1934.

Footlight Parade (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Sittin' On A Backyard Fence Emergency lead Bea (Ruby Keeler) rehearsing in the cat-suit, the first Busby Berkeley number, Billy Barty as the mouse, song by Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal, singer Scotty (Dick Powell) still pursuing the star, in Warner Bros.' Footlight Parade, 1933.

Footlight Parade (1933) -- (Movie Clip) By A Waterfall Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler started this, with vocals from the Sammy Fain-Irving Kahal tune, joining for the climax of the Busby Berkeley aqua-musical number, producer James Cagney and adoring assistant Joan Blondell checking to see how it goes over, in Warner Bros.’ Footlight Parade, 1933.

Calamity Jane (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Deadwood Stage Full throttle opening, original tune by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster, Chubby Johnson is the driver and Howard Keel appears as Wild Bill but all are spectators to the star, Doris Day in the title role in the 1953 Warner Bros. hit Calamity Jane.

Calamity Jane (1953) -- (Movie Clip) I Can Do Without You Doris Day (title character), with saloon owner Miller (Paul Harvey) and maybe-boyfriend Wild Bill Hickock (Howard Keel), laments having promised to bring a big-time singer to Deadwood, inducing another original by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster, in Calamity Jane, 1953.

Calamity Jane (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Secret Love Having replaced her rough buckskins with a softer cleaner set, with a new hairdo and Joel McCrea's horse, which he loaned to her for the picture, Doris Day (title character) offers the Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster original that became one of her signature songs, in Calamity Jane, 1953.

Happiness Ahead (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Title Tune, Opening Director Mervyn LeRoy leaps in with leading man Dick Powell and the title tune by Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal, then the always handy First National/Warner Bros. style character credits, and a clever segue to Olaf Hytten as the butler, Ruth Donnelly a maid and Allen Jenkins the chauffeur, in Happiness Ahead, 1934.

George White's Scandals (1945) -- (Movie Clip) It's You Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers and John Wayne and others are edited into Joan Davis and Jack Haley's high-tech performance of "I Wake Up In The Morning It's You" by Jack Yellen and Sammy Fain in George White's Scandals, 1945.

George White's Scandals (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Krupa Opening title sequence for George White's Scandals, 1945, followed by Patti Nelson singing "How Did You Get Out of My Dreams" by Jack Yellen and Sammy Fain, and Gene Krupa drumming and M-C'ing.

Lucky Me (1954) -- (Movie Clip) High Hopes Out of work and forced to take hotel kitchen jobs, song and dance team Candy, Flo, Duke and Hap (Doris Day, Nancy Walker, Phil Silvers and Eddie Foy Jr.,) with a number by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster, Leroy Prinz with choreography, in the Warner Bros. musical Lucky Me, 1954.

Made In Paris - (Original Trailer) Ann-Margret is a young fashion designer who is transformed by her first trip to Paris in Made In Paris (1966).

Family

Frank Fain

Son

Companions

Sally Fox

Wife

Married in 1941; divorced in 1949.

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