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William Axt ( New York, 19 aprile 1888 – Ukiah, 13 febbraio 1959) è stato un compositore statunitense, attivo come autore di colonne sonore dagli anni venti agli anni quaranta. Filmografia parziale. Il segno di Zorro ( The Mark of Zorro ), regia di Fred Niblo (1920) - non accreditato.
William Axt (April 19, 1888 – February 13, 1959) was an American composer of nearly two hundred film scores . Life and career. 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. [citation needed] .
AXT, William in "Enciclopedia del Cinema" - Treccani - Treccani. DAL VOCABOLARIO. LEMMI CORRELATI. Axt, William. Marta Tedeschini Lalli. Compositore e direttore d'orchestra statunitense, nato a New York il 19 aprile 1888 e morto a Ukiah, California, il 13 febbraio 1959. Considerato uno dei pionieri della musica per il cinema, ha vissuto da ...
William Axt (* 19. April 1888 in New York City, New York, USA; † 13. Februar 1959 in Ukiah, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Komponist
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In the prologue, Don José, warned of his wife's infidelity, seals his wife's lover alive in his hiding place and drives her from the castle; abandoned to his lust, he is stabbed by his last mistress, and with his dying words he implores his son, Don Juan, to take all from women but yield nothing. Ten years later, young Don Juan, a graduate of the U...
Don Juan premiered August 6, 1926, at the Warner Theatre in New York Citypreceded by a program of other shorts demonstrating Vitaphone.
Lou Tellegen, an early film matinee idol, had starred in a Broadway production based on the Don Juan legend in 1921. This play ran only 14 performances at the Garrick Theatre. The soundtrack for the film was performed by the New York Philharmonic. George Groves, on assignment from The Vitaphone Corporation, was charged with recording the soundtrack...
The film was a box-office success being Warners' biggest grossing film to date with earnings of $1,693,000 despite negative reviews from New York film critics.According to Warners records, the film earned $1,258,000 in the U.S. and $435,000 in other markets. Opening night tickets cost $10, and it was the first film on Broadway to charge over $3 for...
On August 24, two weeks after the premiere, The New York Times reported that ASCAP was pursuing claims of copyright infringement on behalf of publisher Robbins-Engel Music over the score for Don Juan. Composer William Axt had used two pieces that he had previously composed for a silent film mood music library owned by Robbins-Engel, "The Fire Agita...
A print of Don Juan, including its Vitaphone soundtrack, still survives and is preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
In 2011, the film, along with the original Vitaphone sound shorts, was released on manufactured-on-demand DVD by the Warner Archive Collection.
Don Juan at the American Film Institute CatalogDon Juan at IMDbDon Juan at AllMovieDon Juan at the TCM Movie DatabaseWilliam Axt (April 19, 1888 – February 13, 1959) was an American composer of nearly two hundred film scores. Show Less... Continue reading at Wikipedia... Birth and Death Data: Born April 19, 1888 ( New York City ), Died February 13, 1959 ( Ukiah) Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1919 - 1930. Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, songwriter.
Overview. Born. April 19, 1888 · New York City, New York, USA. Died. February 13, 1959 · Ukiah, California, USA (undisclosed) Mini Bio. Composer and conductor, educated at DeWitt Clinton High School, and in private music study in Berlin.
