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William Axt

EN, DE cinema · 149 credits

Born

19 April 1888

Died

13 February 1959 (aged 70)

Birthplace

New York City, New York, USA

Also known as Dr. William Axt

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Axt (April 19, 1888 – February 13, 1959) was an American composer of nearly two hundred film scores. Born in New York City, Axt graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in The Bronx and studied at the National Conservatory of Music of America. He served as an assistant conductor for the Hammerstein Grand Opera Company and was the musical director for the Capitol Theatre in Manhattan before joining the music department at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1919. He earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Chicago in 1922.

Known for

Filmography

Adam's Rib poster

Adam's Rib

EN · 19497.1

Additional Music

Dynamite poster

Dynamite

EN · 19494.7

Original Music Composer

Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11

1946

Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11

EN · 19466.5

Music

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood poster

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

EN · 19455.8

Music

Untamed poster

Untamed

EN · 19405.0

Music

Tell No Tales poster

Tell No Tales

EN · 19395.4

Music

Miracles for Sale poster

Miracles for Sale

EN · 19396.4

Original Music Composer

The Kid From Texas poster

The Kid From Texas

EN · 19397.0

Original Music Composer

Sergeant Madden poster

Sergeant Madden

EN · 19397.5

Original Music Composer

Stand Up and Fight poster

Stand Up and Fight

EN · 19396.0

Original Music Composer

Heroes at Leisure poster

Heroes at Leisure

EN · 19397.0

Music

Fast and Loose poster

Fast and Loose

EN · 19395.8

Music Director

Three Loves Has Nancy poster

Three Loves Has Nancy

EN · 19384.2

Music

The Girl Downstairs poster

The Girl Downstairs

EN · 19384.7

Music

Fast Company poster

Fast Company

EN · 19385.4

Music

Listen, Darling poster

Listen, Darling

EN · 19386.6

Original Music Composer

Everybody Sing poster

Everybody Sing

EN · 19385.0

Original Music Composer

Rich Man, Poor Girl poster

Rich Man, Poor Girl

EN · 19386.1

Original Music Composer

The First Hundred Years poster

The First Hundred Years

EN · 19387.3

Music Score Producer

Yellow Jack poster

Yellow Jack

EN · 19385.9

Original Music Composer

Spring Madness poster

Spring Madness

EN · 19384.9

Music Score Producer

Espionage poster

Espionage

EN · 19377.0

Music

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry poster

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

EN · 19375.9

Music, Original Music Composer

The Bad Man of Brimstone poster

The Bad Man of Brimstone

EN · 19376.8

Music

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney poster

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

EN · 19375.9

Original Music Composer

Big City poster

Big City

EN · 19377.7

Original Music Composer

Beg, Borrow or Steal poster

Beg, Borrow or Steal

EN · 19376.0

Original Music Composer

Between Two Women poster

Between Two Women

EN · 19376.0

Original Music Composer

Under Cover of Night poster

Under Cover of Night

EN · 19376.0

Original Music Composer

Parnell poster

Parnell

EN · 19374.6

Original Music Composer

Three Godfathers poster

Three Godfathers

EN · 19366.9

Original Music Composer

Suzy poster

Suzy

EN · 19365.9

Music

The Jonker Diamond poster

The Jonker Diamond

EN · 19365.1

Music

Revolt of the Zombies poster

Revolt of the Zombies

EN · 19363.4

Music

Three Live Ghosts poster

Three Live Ghosts

EN · 19366.0

Original Music Composer

Tough Guy poster

Tough Guy

EN · 19365.1

Original Music Composer

Petticoat Fever poster

Petticoat Fever

EN · 19366.1

Original Music Composer

The Garden Murder Case poster

The Garden Murder Case

EN · 19365.7

Original Music Composer

Libeled Lady poster

Libeled Lady

EN · 19367.3

Original Music Composer

Wanted - A Master poster

Wanted - A Master

EN · 19366.8

Music

Old Shep

1936

Old Shep

EN · 19365.0

Music

The Unguarded Hour poster

The Unguarded Hour

EN · 19366.4

Music Score Producer

Mad Holiday poster

Mad Holiday

EN · 19366.4

Original Music Composer

Woman Wanted poster

Woman Wanted

EN · 19356.8

Music

Pitcairn Island Today poster

Pitcairn Island Today

EN · 19357.3

Music

Whipsaw poster

Whipsaw

EN · 19356.4

Original Music Composer

Last of the Pagans poster

Last of the Pagans

EN · 19356.7

Original Music Composer

It's in the Air poster

It's in the Air

EN · 19356.3

Original Music Composer

The Murder Man poster

The Murder Man

EN · 19357.1

Original Music Composer

Buried Loot poster

Buried Loot

EN · 19356.4

Original Music Composer

O'Shaughnessy's Boy poster

O'Shaughnessy's Boy

EN · 19356.2

Music

Memories and Melodies poster

Memories and Melodies

EN · 19357.0

Music

Trained Hoofs poster

Trained Hoofs

EN · 19357.5

Music

The Perfect Tribute poster

The Perfect Tribute

EN · 19357.0

Music

Rendezvous poster

Rendezvous

EN · 19355.0

Original Music Composer

Hide-Out poster

Hide-Out

EN · 19347.2

Music

The Mystery of Mr. X poster

The Mystery of Mr. X

EN · 19346.8

Music

Paris Interlude poster

Paris Interlude

EN · 19344.0

Music

This Side of Heaven poster

This Side of Heaven

EN · 19347.5

Original Music Composer

Goofy Movies Number Two poster

Goofy Movies Number Two

EN · 19346.6

Original Music Composer

Men in White poster

Men in White

EN · 19346.3

Original Music Composer

Operator 13 poster

Operator 13

EN · 19345.9

Original Music Composer

Straight Is the Way poster

Straight Is the Way

EN · 19346.3

Original Music Composer

Stamboul Quest poster

Stamboul Quest

EN · 19345.4

Original Music Composer

Death on the Diamond poster

Death on the Diamond

EN · 19347.3

Original Music Composer

A Wicked Woman poster

A Wicked Woman

EN · 19345.0

Original Music Composer

You Can't Buy Everything poster

You Can't Buy Everything

EN · 19348.0

Original Music Composer

The Girl from Missouri poster

The Girl from Missouri

EN · 19347.4

Original Music Composer

The Thin Man poster

The Thin Man

EN · 19347.5

Original Music Composer

Manhattan Melodrama poster

Manhattan Melodrama

EN · 19347.0

Original Music Composer

Forsaking All Others poster

Forsaking All Others

EN · 19346.0

Original Music Composer

Sadie McKee poster

Sadie McKee

EN · 19347.0

Original Music Composer

Penthouse poster

Penthouse

EN · 19336.9

Original Music Composer

Broadway to Hollywood poster

Broadway to Hollywood

EN · 19335.0

Music

Midnight Mary poster

Midnight Mary

EN · 19336.8

Original Music Composer

The Secret of Madame Blanche poster

The Secret of Madame Blanche

EN · 19334.2

Original Music Composer

Should Ladies Behave poster

Should Ladies Behave

EN · 19334.8

Music

Sons of the Desert poster

Sons of the Desert

EN · 19337.1

Music

Menu poster

Menu

EN · 19335.4

Original Music Composer

Storm at Daybreak poster

Storm at Daybreak

EN · 19336.6

Original Music Composer

Reunion in Vienna poster

Reunion in Vienna

EN · 19337.2

Original Music Composer

Gabriel Over the White House poster

Gabriel Over the White House

EN · 19336.8

Original Music Composer

Bombshell poster

Bombshell

EN · 19336.5

Original Music Composer

Fast Workers poster

Fast Workers

EN · 19335.0

Original Music Composer

Today We Live poster

Today We Live

EN · 19336.3

Original Music Composer

Whistling in the Dark poster

Whistling in the Dark

EN · 19336.0

Music

Hold Your Man poster

Hold Your Man

EN · 19336.3

Additional Music

Dinner at Eight poster

Dinner at Eight

EN · 19336.8

Original Music Composer

Eskimo poster

Eskimo

EN · 19336.6

Original Music Composer

When Ladies Meet poster

When Ladies Meet

EN · 19335.7

Original Music Composer

Blondie of the Follies poster

Blondie of the Follies

EN · 19326.3

Original Music Composer

As You Desire Me poster

As You Desire Me

EN · 19326.4

Music

The Mask of Fu Manchu poster

The Mask of Fu Manchu

EN · 19325.4

Original Music Composer

Polly of the Circus poster

Polly of the Circus

EN · 19325.6

Music

The Washington Masquerade poster

The Washington Masquerade

EN · 19326.8

Music Score Producer

Microscopic Mysteries

1932

Microscopic Mysteries

EN · 19326.7

Music

Faithless poster

Faithless

EN · 19327.0

Original Music Composer

Letty Lynton poster

Letty Lynton

EN · 19327.0

Original Music Composer

Sea Spiders

1932

Sea Spiders

EN · 19327.0

Music

The Wet Parade poster

The Wet Parade

EN · 19326.2

Original Music Composer

Grand Hotel poster

Grand Hotel

EN · 19327.0

Additional Music

Sporting Blood poster

Sporting Blood

EN · 19315.4

Music

Mata Hari poster

Mata Hari

EN · 19316.2

Music

Private Lives poster

Private Lives

EN · 19316.5

Music

Love-Tails of Morocco poster

Love-Tails of Morocco

EN · 19315.7

Music

Susan Lenox poster

Susan Lenox

EN · 19316.1

Music

Wild and Woolly poster

Wild and Woolly

EN · 19317.0

Music

Inspiration poster

Inspiration

EN · 19315.9

Original Music Composer

Possessed poster

Possessed

EN · 19316.9

Additional Music

The Woman Racket poster

The Woman Racket

EN · 19306.0

Music

Chasing Rainbows poster

Chasing Rainbows

EN · 19306.0

Original Music Composer

When the Wind Blows poster

When the Wind Blows

EN · 19306.7

Music

Romance poster

Romance

EN · 19306.5

Music

The Big Dog House poster

The Big Dog House

EN · 19306.5

Music

Doughboys poster

Doughboys

EN · 19306.0

Music

Call of the Flesh poster

Call of the Flesh

EN · 19305.7

Music

Navy Blues poster

Navy Blues

EN · 19297.0

Music

Where East Is East poster

Where East Is East

EN · 19296.1

Music

The Single Standard poster

The Single Standard

EN · 19295.8

Music

The Pagan poster

The Pagan

EN · 19296.7

Music

Speedway poster

Speedway

EN · 19296.1

Original Music Composer

Tide of Empire poster

Tide of Empire

EN · 19296.3

Music

The Mysterious Island poster

The Mysterious Island

EN · 19295.6

Music

Untamed poster

Untamed

EN · 19296.3

Music

Spite Marriage poster

Spite Marriage

EN · 19296.6

Additional Music

The Unholy Night poster

The Unholy Night

EN · 19295.7

Original Music Composer

Our Modern Maidens poster

Our Modern Maidens

EN · 19295.6

Music

It's a Great Life poster

It's a Great Life

EN · 19295.0

Music

Their Own Desire poster

Their Own Desire

EN · 19295.1

Conductor

West of Zanzibar poster

West of Zanzibar

EN · 19286.9

Original Music Composer

Our Dancing Daughters poster

Our Dancing Daughters

EN · 19286.3

Original Music Composer

The Wind poster

The Wind

EN · 19287.3

Music

The Masks of the Devil poster

The Masks of the Devil

EN · 19288.0

Music

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg poster

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

EN · 19287.2

Original Music Composer

Show People poster

Show People

EN · 19287.1

Original Music Composer

While the City Sleeps poster

While the City Sleeps

EN · 19286.3

Original Music Composer

The Man Who Laughs poster

The Man Who Laughs

EN · 19287.4

Music

The Viking poster

The Viking

EN · 19286.8

Original Music Composer

Camille poster

Camille

EN · 19273.7

Original Music Composer

Annie Laurie poster

Annie Laurie

EN · 19276.8

Original Music Composer

Don Juan poster

Don Juan

EN · 19266.6

Original Music Composer

La Bohème poster

La Bohème

EN · 19266.4

Original Music Composer

Bardelys the Magnificent poster

Bardelys the Magnificent

EN · 19267.4

Original Music Composer

The Big Parade poster

The Big Parade

EN · 19257.6

Music

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ poster

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

EN · 19257.3

Original Music Composer

The Navigator poster

The Navigator

EN · 19247.1

Original Music Composer

Greed poster

Greed

EN · 19247.3

Original Music Composer

Scaramouche poster

Scaramouche

EN · 19237.2

Original Music Composer

Madame DuBarry poster

Madame DuBarry

DE · 19196.5

Music