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Samuel Kaylin

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Nationality
  
United States

Died
  
July 7, 1983, Kern

Role
  
Film composer


Name
  
Samuel Kaylin

Known for
  
film music

Spouse
  
Clara Szemere (m. ?–1972)

Born
  
18 Jan 1892
Ekaterinoslav, Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine

Other names
  
Shevach Samuel Kalinowsky

Occupation
  
Music Director, 20th Century Fox

Music director
  
Frontier Marshal, The Terror of Tiny Town, Charlie Chan in Egypt, Charlie Chan in Honolulu, Mysterious Mr Moto

Similar People
  
Norman Foster, David Buttolph, Charles Maxwell, Fred Allen, Allan Dwan

Samuel Kaylin (18 January 1892 – 7 July 1983) was a film composer who scored Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto movies for Fox Film and 20th Century Fox.

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Early years

Kaylin was born in the Ukraine and immigrated to the US on January 16, 1907 aboard the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship Neckar. He worked as a musician at the Chinese Theater in Los Angeles.

Hollywood

Kaylin joined Fox Film in 1930 and composed more than 80 film scores. Among them were the scores for Shirley Temple's Bright Eyes and John Ford's Judge Priest. He left 20th Century Fox, Fox Film's successor, in 1940.

Death

Kaylin died in Bakersfield, California.

Selected filmography

  • Harmony at Home (1930)
  • Walls of Gold (1933)
  • Forbidden Melody (1933)
  • Orient Express (1934)
  • Nothing More Than a Woman (1934)
  • Gentle Julia (1936)
  • Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939)
  • The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)
  • References

    Samuel Kaylin Wikipedia