Modest Altschuler(1873-1963)

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Modest Altschuler was born on 15 February 1873 in Mogilev, Russian Empire [now Belarus]. He was a composer, known for Le retour de Buffalo Bill (1947), It's All in Your Mind (1938) and Le chant de mon coeur (1948). He died on 12 September 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Known for

Richard Arlen in Le retour de Buffalo Bill (1947)

Le retour de Buffalo Bill

4.4

Music Department

1947

Constance Bergen in It's All in Your Mind (1938)

It's All in Your Mind

Music Department

1938

Audrey Long and Frank Sundström in Le chant de mon coeur (1948)

Le chant de mon coeur

4.8

Music Department

1948

Spartacus (1913)

5.6

Composer(1914)

1913

Credits

Music Department

Le chant de mon coeur
4.8
- music advisor
- 1948
Le retour de Buffalo Bill
4.4
- conductor
- music arranger
- 1947
Don't You Believe It
6.2
Short
- orchestrator (uncredited)
- 1943
Hitler's Madman
6.5
- orchestrator (uncredited)
- 1943
Heavenly Music
6.2
Short
- orchestrator (uncredited)
- 1943
Free and Easy
5.9
- orchestrator (uncredited)
- 1941
It's All in Your Mind
- musical director
- 1938
Dawn to Dawn
6.6
Short
- conductor
- 1933

Composer

Soundtrack

Personal details

Born
- February 15, 1873
- Mogilev, Russian Empire [now Belarus]
Died
- September 12, 1963
- Los Angeles, California, USA

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Trivia
In 1939, he filed a $250,000 plagiarism lawsuit against RKO Radio Pictures, Walt Disney Enterprises, Irving Berlin Inc. and Frank Churchill. The claim was that his composition entitled 'Russian Soldiers' Song' had formed the basis for 'Whistle While You Work' from "Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs".

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