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Saul Chaplin(1912-1997)

  • Music Department
  • Producer
  • Composer
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Composer, songwriter ("Bei Mir Bist Du Schon," "Until the Real Thing Comes Along," "Anniversary Song"), pianist, conductor, arranger, author and producer, educated at the NYU School of Commerce. As a young man, he joined an orchestra as pianist, and Sammy Cahn was in that orchestra as a violinist. He joined ASCAP in 1936 and came to Hollywood in 1941. His chief musical collaborators included Sammy Cahn and Johnny Mercer. His other popular-song compositions include "Rhythm Is Our Business" (the Jimmy Lunceford theme), "Shoe Shine Boy," "Rhythm In My Nursery Rhymes," "Please Be Kind," "If It's the Last Thing I Do," "Joseph, Joseph," "Posin'," "Dedicated to You," "Inspiration," "Tell Me Why," "You Wonderful You," and "Pipes of Pan."
BornFebruary 19, 1912
DiedNovember 15, 1997(85)
BornFebruary 19, 1912
DiedNovember 15, 1997(85)
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  • Won 3 Oscars
    • 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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Known for

"West Side Story" (Saul Bass Poster) 1961
West Side Story
7.6
  • Music Department
  • 1961
Un Américain à Paris (1951)
Un Américain à Paris
7.1
  • Music Department
  • 1951
Jane Powell and Howard Keel in Les sept femmes de Barbe: Rousse (1954)
Les sept femmes de Barbe: Rousse
7.3
  • Music Department
  • 1954
La Mélodie du bonheur (1965)
La Mélodie du bonheur
8.1
  • Producer
  • 1965

Credits

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Music Department



  • Hollywood... Hollywood ! (1976)
    Hollywood... Hollywood !
    7.3
    • special lyrics: new sequences
    • 1976
  • Judy and Her Guests, Phil Silvers and Robert Goulet
    8.5
    TV Movie
    • music producer
    • 1963
  • L'ombre du passé (1963)
    L'ombre du passé
    6.9
    • music supervisor
    • 1963
  • "West Side Story" (Saul Bass Poster) 1961
    West Side Story
    7.6
    • musical supervisor
    • 1961
  • Omnibus (1952)
    Omnibus
    8.3
    TV Series
    • music supervisor
    • 1958
  • Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, and Machiko Kyô in La petite maison de thé (1956)
    La petite maison de thé
    6.6
    • musical supervisor
    • 1956
  • Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Louis Armstrong in La Haute Société (1956)
    La Haute Société
    6.9
    • music adaptor
    • 1956
  • Mélodie interrompue (1955)
    Mélodie interrompue
    6.7
    • musical supervisor
    • 1955
  • La chérie de Jupiter (1955)
    La chérie de Jupiter
    5.7
    • music supervisor
    • 1955
  • Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Gabor, Donna Reed, Van Johnson, and Walter Pidgeon in La dernière fois que j'ai vu Paris (1954)
    La dernière fois que j'ai vu Paris
    6.1
    • musical supervisor
    • 1954
  • Jane Powell and Howard Keel in Les sept femmes de Barbe: Rousse (1954)
    Les sept femmes de Barbe: Rousse
    7.3
    • musical supervisor
    • 1954
  • Donnez-lui une chance (1953)
    Donnez-lui une chance
    6.3
    • musical director
    • 1953
  • Embrasse-moi, chérie (1953)
    Embrasse-moi, chérie
    7.0
    • musical director
    • 1953
  • Billy Daniels, Dick Haymes, Connie Russell, and Audrey Totter in Cruisin' Down the River (1953)
    Cruisin' Down the River
    6.6
    • composer: stock music (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford in L'affaire de Trinidad (1952)
    L'affaire de Trinidad
    6.6
    • vocal arranger (uncredited)
    • 1952

Producer



  • Hollywood... Hollywood ! (1976)
    Hollywood... Hollywood !
    7.3
    • producer
    • 1976
  • Sophia Loren, Peter O'Toole, and James Coco in L'homme de la Manche (1972)
    L'homme de la Manche
    6.5
    • associate producer
    • 1972
  • Star! (1968)
    Star!
    6.4
    • producer
    • 1968
  • La Mélodie du bonheur (1965)
    La Mélodie du bonheur
    8.1
    • associate producer
    • 1965
  • L'ombre du passé (1963)
    L'ombre du passé
    6.9
    • producer (uncredited)
    • 1963
  • "West Side Story" (Saul Bass Poster) 1961
    West Side Story
    7.6
    • associate producer
    • 1961
  • Can-Can (1960)
    Can-Can
    6.3
    • associate producer
    • 1960
  • The Gene Kelly Show
    8.0
    TV Special
    • producer
    • 1959
  • Le fou du cirque (1958)
    Le fou du cirque
    6.6
    • associate producer
    • 1958
  • Gene Kelly, Taina Elg, Mitzi Gaynor, and Kay Kendall in Les Girls (1957)
    Les Girls
    6.6
    • associate producer
    • 1957

Composer



  • Le fou du cirque (1958)
    Le fou du cirque
    6.6
    • Composer
    • 1958
  • Gene Kelly, Taina Elg, Mitzi Gaynor, and Kay Kendall in Les Girls (1957)
    Les Girls
    6.6
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1957
  • Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, and Machiko Kyô in La petite maison de thé (1956)
    La petite maison de thé
    6.6
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1956
  • A Swing Opera
    Short
    • Composer (as Cahn and Chaplin)
    • 1939
  • Evelyn Poe in Newsboy's Nocturne (1937)
    Newsboy's Nocturne
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1937

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Cahn and Chaplin
  • Born
    • February 19, 1912
    • Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • November 15, 1997
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(injuries from a fall)
  • Spouses
      Betty LevinMay 24, 1968 - November 15, 1997 (his death)
  • Other works
    Worked on laserdisc special editions for La Mélodie du bonheur (1965) and Star! (1968), including on camera and second audio track interviews.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography

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    Father-in-law of Broadway director/producer Harold Prince.

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