Mischa Spoliansky
b. Dec. 28, 1898, Bialystok, Russia. d. June 28, 1984, London, England, UK (natural causes)
The product of a musical family - he was the son of an opera singer - young Mischa was a prodigy, giving his first concert at the age of 10. In 1905, the Russian Revolution forced the family to flee, and they took up rersidence in Germany.

As a young man, Mischa became part of the booming theatrical and cabaret life of Berlin, during the era of the Weimar Replublic, composing scores for popular musical revues and establishing a reputation as an upbeat version of Kurt Weill. Among the stars with whom he worked were the director Max Reinhardt and the actress Marlene Dietrich. In 1930, Spoliansky's musical "Zwei Krawatten" was filmed. He even appeared as the Piano Man in the 1931 film, "Nie wieder Liebe".

In 1933, Spoliansky took up residence in England (just in time to avoid the Nazi pogroms in Germany) where film-maker Alexander Korda of London Films commissioned him to write the scores of "Sanders of the River" (1935 - which won the prize for Best Music at the Venice Film Fesitval), and "The Ghost Goes West" (1935). He scored over 50 movies in his 40 years as a composer in England, including the original scores for "King Solomon's Mines" (1937) and Otto Preminger's "Saint Joan" (1957). One of Spoliansky's film songs, `Goodbye Trouble' was sung by John Mills ( in the film `The History of Mr Polly', an adaptation of an H G Wells novel). He also composed a mini-piano concerto for the 1946 film "Wanted For Murder'. His last score was for the somber "Hitler: The Last Ten Days" (1973). Spoliansky's autobiography, edited by his daughter, the late stage actress Irmgard Spoliansky (a.k.a. Spoli Mills) , was slated to be published in Germany in 2004, with an English translation to follow.

"Spoli" has told interviewers of an interesting ocurrence. While returning home one day, she came across her eccentric father standing in the Tube (Le Metro, - the Subway) station at Hyde Park Corner, with a hat beside him containing a few coins. When she asked what he was doing, he replied that the harmonica player, whose corner this was, had gone for a drink and he was keeping an eye on things. "But why you?" his daughter asked. "He's a fellow musician," her father replied.

His films also include 'King Solomon's Mines '
1934   The Private Life of Don Juan'
1935   Sanders of the River'(starring George Sanders)
1936   The Ghost Goes West'
1946   Wanted for Murder'
1947   The Idol of Paris'
1948   Meet Me at Dawn'
1949   Adam and Evelyn'and'The Dangerous Age'
1951   'The Happiest Days of Your Life' , 'Happy Go Lucky ' and ' Man in the Dinghy'
1953   'Melba' and 'Turn the Key Softly '
1954   'Duel in the Jungle'
1955   'Midnight Episode' and 'Trouble in Store'
1957   'Saint Joan' and 'Victoria and Her Hussar'
1958   'The Whole Truth'
1959   'Northwest Frontier'
1960   'Flame Over India'
1965   'The Battle of the Villa Fiorita'
1969   'The Best House in London'
1973   'Hitler - The Last Ten Days'
and another 25 or more.

   Louis St. Louis
Currently no information available.Worked on some Hollywood, CA, films including 'Grease (1978) and on 'Grease 2 (1982). He supplied some music for the1975 film 'The Wild Party', and also contributed some songs for the 1981 film 'The Fan'.

   Oley Speaks
b. June 28, 1874, Canal Winchester, OH, USA,d. Aug. 27, 1948, New York, NY, USA.
As a young man, Oley was a railway clerk in the Columbus, Ohio station. He then decided to follow a career in music and took lessons from such teachers as W. Macfarlane; Karl Dufft; Emma Thursby; Armour Galloway; and Max Spicker. He became a baritone soloist in a Columbus church, but in 1898, he settled in New York City. He was the baritone soloist at the Church of the Divine Paternity until 1901, and from 1901 until 1906, at the St. Thomas' Church.

During this period, he also pursued a successful career as a singer, touring the U.S.giving recitals and also appearing in oratorios.He also wrote many 'art' songs, which for many years, were unsuccessful. His first published song was "Thou Gazest at the Stars".

His greatest successes, each selling over a million copies of sheet music;
1907 "On The Road To Mandalay"
1910 "Morning", lyric by Frank Stanton
1914 "Sylvia", lyric Clinton Scollard

Speaks composed over 250 songs, some of which are:
"The Message"
"Star Eyes"
"The Bells of Youth"
"Life"
"The Secret"
"Fuzzy Wuzzy"
"The Prayer Perfect"
"Little House of Dreams"
"Life's Twilight"
"The Lord Is My Light"
"When The Boys Come Home", a popular WW1 ballad.

Speaks was one of those facile composers who often wrote tunes at a single sitting. His technique was to fully memorize the lyric, then piece together a suitable melody while sitting at the piano, improvising.

From 1924 until 1943, he was the director of ASCAP. He declined re-nomination due to ill health.Speaks died in 1948, age 74.

   Harold Spina
b. June 21, 1906,d. Aug. 11, 1997
Currently no information available.
This lyricist was working with lyricists Johnny Burke and Joe Young ca. 1932.

Among his songs are:
19??"Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore", Johnny Burke and Joe Young lyric.
1933"My Very Good Friend The Milman", Johnn Burke lyric. Fats Waller Hit.
1933"Shadows On The Swanee".
1934"The Beat of My Heart",Johnny Burke lyric.
1935"Now You've Got Me Doing It", John Burke lyric.
19??"I've Got A Warm Spot In My Heart For You", Johnny Burke lyric.

   Carl W. Stalling
b. Nov. 29, 1888, (some sources say b. Nov. 10, 1891) d. Nov. 29, 1972
Currently no information on this film composer, orchestrator, arranger.
Stalling He was part of a group of men used by Warner Brothers Pictures for their cartoon series of films. (Others were Winston Sharples, and John Kricfalusi.) Stalling's career extended from 1928 through to the 1970s. He is most closely associated with the "Looney Tunes" shorts produced by Warner Bros, where he worked, averaging one complete score each week, for twenty-two years. When Stalling retired, he was replaced by Milt Franklyn, who had assisted Stalling as arranger since 1950.

The following list clearly shows his influence on film cartoon music, and perhaps explains why he was often called 'The Dean of Tunes for 'Toons'.
Bugs n' Daffy Show, The (1996 TV Series)
That's Warner Bros.! (1995 TV Series)
Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends" (1990 TV Series)
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)
Duxorcist, The (1987)
Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show, The" (1986) TV Series
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour, The" (1985 TV Series)
Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island (1983)
Uncensored Cartoons (1982)
Bugs Bunny's Third Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982)
Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie, The (1981)
Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie, The (1979)
Sylvester & Tweety Show, The (1976 TV Series)
Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975)
Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour, The (1968 TV Series)
Road Runner Show, The (1966 TV Series)
Kitten with a Whip (1964 Stalling is uncredited)
Bugs Bunny Show, The (1960 TV Series)

To Itch His Own (1958
Feather Bluster (1958)
Gonzales Tamales (1957)
Zoom and Bored (1957)
Bugsy and Mugsy (1957)
Tabasco Road (1957)
Piker's Peak (1957)
Fox-Terror (1957)
Cheese It- the Cat! (1957
Ali Baba Bunny (1957)
Scrambled Aches (1957)
There They Go-Go-Go! (1956)
Wideo Wabbit (1956)
Slap-Hoppy Mouse (1956)
Raw! Raw! Rooster! (1956)
Half Fare Hare (1956)
Barbary Coast Bunny (1956
Stupor Duck (1956)
Unexpected Pest, The (1956)
High and the Flighty, The (1956)
Pappy's Puppy (1955)
Guided Muscle (1955)
Speedy Gonzales (1955)

Hyde and Hare (1955)
Jumpin' Jupiter (1955)
Ready.. Set.. Zoom! (1955
Sandy Claws (1955)
All Fowled Up (1955)
Beanstalk Bunny (1955)
Lumber Jack-Rabbit (1954)
Quack Shot (1954)
From A To Z-Z-Z-Z (1954)
Goo Goo Goliath (1954)
Gone Batty (1954)
Stop! Look! and Hasten! (1954)
Satan's Waitin' (1954)
Bewitched Bunny (1954)
Oily American, The (1954)
Muzzle Tough (1954
Little Boy Boo (1954
Claws for Alarm (1954)
Dr. Jerkyl's Hide (1954)
No Parking Hare (1954)
Bell Hoppy (1954)
Design for Leaving (1954)
Cat's Bah, The (1954

No Barking (1954)
Wild Wife (1954)
Captain Hareblower (1954)
Feline Frame-up (1954)
I Gopher You (1954)
Dog Pounded (1954)
Punch Trunk (1953)
Robot Rabbit (1953)
Cats A-Weigh! (1953)
Of Rice and Hen (1953)
Catty Cornered (1953
Easy Peckins (1953
Duck! Rabbit, Duck!(1953)
Zipping Along (1953
Street Cat Named Sylvester, A (1953)
Cat-Tails for Two (1953)
Plop Goes the Weasel (1953)
Bully for Bugs (1953)
Duck Dodgers in the 24th Century (1953)
Wild Over You (1953)
Tom Tom Tomcat (1953)
Hare Trimmed (1953)
There Auto Be a Law (1953)

Much Ado About Nutting (1953)
Ant Pasted (1953)
Southern Fried Rabbit (1953)
Muscle Tussle (1953)
Fowl Weather (1953)
Peck o' Trouble, A (1953)
Upswept Hare (1953)
Duck Amuck (1953)
Kiss Me Cat (1953)
Forward March Hare (1953)
Mouse Divided, A (1953)
Snow Business (1953)
Don't Give Up the Sheep (1953)
Hare Lift (1952)
Fool Coverage (1952)
Terrier Stricken (1952)
Rabbit's Kin (1952)
Super Snooper, The (1952)
Egg-Cited Rooster, The (1952)
Tree for Two (1952)
Rabbit Seasoning (1952)
Mouse Warming (1952)
Bird in a Guilty Cage, A (1952)
Going! Going! Gosh! (1952)
Hoppy-Go-Lucky (1952)
Oily Hare (1952)

Turn-Tale Wolf, The (1952)
Ain't She Tweet (1952)
Hasty Hare, The (1952)
Beep, Beep (1952)
Sock a Doodle Do (1952)
Little Red Rodent Hood (1952)
Water, Water Every Hare (1952)
Kiddin' the Kitten (1952)
Little Beau Pepe (1952)
Thumb Fun (1952)
Foxy by Proxy (1952)
14 Carrot Rabbit (1952)
Gift Wrapped (1952)
Feed the Kitty (1952)
Operation: Rabbit (1952)
Who's Kitten Who? (1952)
Prize Pest, The (1951)
Tweet, Tweet, Tweety (1951)
Big Top Bunny (1951)
Dog Collared (1951)
Drip-Along Daffy (1951)
Sleepy Time Possum (1951)
Bear for Punishment, A (1951)
Ballot Box Bunny (1951)
Tweety's S.O.S. (1951)
Lovelorn Leghorn (1951)
Cheese Chasers (1951)
His Hare Raising Tale (1951)

Chow Hound (1951)
Rabbit Fire (1951)
Early to Bet (1951)
Bone for a Bone, A (1951)
Hound for Trouble, A (1951)
Fair Haired Hare, The (1951)
Scent-imental Romeo (1951)
Bunny Hugged (1951)
Corn Plastered (1951)
Putty Tat Trouble (1951)
Rabbit Every Monday (1951)
Canned Feud (1951)
Fox in a Fix, A (1951)
Hare We Go (1951)
Two's a Crowd (1950)
Rabbit of Seville (1950)
Caveman Inki (1950)
Bushy Hare (1950)
Pop 'im Pop! (1950)
Stooge for a Mouse (1950)
Canary Row (1950)
Bunker Hill Bunny (1950)
Fractured Leghorn, A (1950)
Ducksters, The (1950)
Dog Gone South (1950)
Hillbilly Hare (1950)
Golden Yeggs (1950
It's Hummer Time (1950)

8 Ball Bunny (1950
All Abir-r-rd (1950)
What's Up Doc? (1950)
Egg Scramble, An (1950)
His Bitter Half (1950)
Leghorn Blows at Midnight, The (1950)
Big House Bunny (1950)
Hypo-Chondri-Cat, The (1950)
Strife with Father (1950)
Homeless Hare (1950)
Scarlet Pumpernickel, The (1950)
Lion's Busy, The (1950)
Mutiny on the Bunny (1950)
Boobs in the Woods (1950)
Hurdy Gurdy Hare (1950)
Home, Tweet Home (1950)
So Much for So Little (1949)
Rabbit Hood (1949)
Ham in a Role, A (1949)
Bear Feat (1949)
Which Is Witch? (1949)
Hippety Hopper (1949)
For Scent-imental Reasons (1949)
Bye, Bye Bluebeard (1949
Swallow the Leader (1949)
Frigid Hare (1949)
Each Dawn I Crow (1949)
Fast and Furry-ous (1949)

Dough for the Do-Do (1949)
Windblown Hare, The (1949)
Often an Orphan (1949)
Grey Hounded Hare, The (1949)
Bad Ol' Putty Tat (1949)
Knights Must Fall (1949)
Henhouse Henery (1949)
Long-Haired Hare (1949)
Mouse Mazurka (1949
Bowery Bugs (1949
Curtain Razor (1949
Bee-Deviled Bruin, The (1949)
High Diving Hare (1949)
Mouse Wreckers (1949)
Rebel Rabbit (1949
Daffy Duck Hunt (1949)
Paying the Piper (1949)
Mississippi Hare (1949)
Porky Chops (1949
Awful Orphan, The (1949)
Holiday for Drumsticks (1949)
Hare Do (1949)
Wise Quackers (1949)
Hick, a Slick and a Chick, A (1948)
Two Gophers from Texas (1948)
Scaredy Cat (1948)
My Bunny Lies Over the Sea (1948)
Horsefly Fleas, A (1948)
Riff Raffy Daffy (1948)

Stupor Salesman, The (1948)
Kit for Cat (1948)
Daffy Dilly (1948)
A-Lad-in His Lamp (1948)
Foghorn Leghorn, The (1948)
House Hunting Mice (1948)
Odor of the Day (1948)
Hare Splitter (1948)
Pest That Came to Dinner, The (1948)
Hot Cross Bunny (1948)
Dough Ray Me-ow (1948)
You Were Never Duckier (1948)
Haredevil Hare (1948)
Shell Shocked Egg, The(1948)
Up-Standing Sitter, The(1948)
Rattled Rooster, The (1948)
Bugs Bunny Rides Again (1948)
Bone Sweet Bone (1948)
Buccaneer Bunny (1948)
Nothing But the Tooth (1948)
Hop, Look and Listen (1948)
Rabbit Punch (1948)
I Taw a Putty Tat (1948)
Back Alley Op-Roar (1948)
Daffy Duck Slept Here (1948)
What's Brewin', Bruin? (1948)
What Makes Daffy Duck (1948)
Feather in His Hare, A (1948)
Gorilla My Dreams (1948)
Goofy Gophers, The (1947)
Catch as Cats Can (1947)
Mexican Joyride (1947)
Slick Hare (1947)

Doggone Cats (1947)
Little Orphan Airedale (1947)
Foxy Duckling, The (1947)
Pest in the House, A (1947)
Crowing Pains (1947)
Easter Yeggs (1947)
Inki at the Circus (1947)
Along Came Daffy (1947)
Hare Grows In Manhattan, A (1947)
Hobo Bobo (1947)
Rabbit Transit (1947)
Tweetie Pie (1947 Stalling is uncredited)
Birth of a Notion (1947)
Scent-imental Over You (1947)
Gay Anties, The (1947)
One Meat Brawl (1947)
Roughly Squeaking (1946)
Rhapsody Rabbit (1946)
Mouse-Merized Cat, The (1946)
Big Snooze, The (1946)
Fair and Worm-er (1946)
Racketeer Rabbit (1946)
Walky Talky Hawky (1946)
Of Thee I Sting (1946)
Bacall to Arms (1946)
Great Piggy Bank Robbery, The (1946)
Eager Beaver, The (1946)
Acrobatty Bunny (1946)

Hollywood Daffy (1946)
Kitty Kornered (1946)
Hair-Raising Hare (1946)
Hush My Mouse (1946
Hollywood Canine Canteen (1946)
Daffy Doodles (1946
Hare Remover (1946
Baby Bottleneck (1946)
Quentin Quail (1946
Holiday for Shoestrings (1946)
Baseball Bugs (1946)
Book Revue (1946)
Coming Home (1945)
Horn Blows at Midnight, The (1945)
Hot Spot (1945)
In the Aleutians (1945)
It's Murder She Says (1945)
No Buddy Atoll (1945)
Operation Snafu (1945)
Secrets of the Caribbean (1945)
Nasty Quacks (1945)
Hare Tonic (1945)
Peck Up Your Troubles (1945)
Bashful Buzzard, The (1945)
Fresh Airedale (1945)
Wagon Heels (1945)

Hare Conditioned (1945)
Tale of Two Mice, A (1945)
Gruesome Twosome, A (1945)
Ain't That Ducky (1945 Stalling is uncredited)
Hare Trigger (1945)
Behind the Meat Ball (1945)
Life with Feathers (1945 Stalling is uncredited)
Trap Happy Porky (1945)
Unruly Hare, The (1945
Draftee Daffy (1945)
Herr Meets Hare (1945)
Odor-Able Kitty (1945)
Booby Traps (1944)
Censored (1944)
Chow Hound, The (1944)
Gas (1944)
Lecture on Camouflage, A (1944)
Outpost (1944)
Payday (1944)
Private Snafu Vs. Malaria Mike (1944)
Snafuperman (1944
Target Snafu (1944
Three Brothers, The (1944)
Stage Door Cartoon (1944)
Stupid Cupid, The (1944)
Old Grey Hare, The (1944)
Booby Hatched (1944
Lost and Foundling (1944)
Plane Daffy (1944
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears (1944)
Buckaroo Bugs (1944
Birdy and the Beast (1944)

From Hand to Mouse (1944)
Brother Brat (1944)
Hare Ribbin' (1944)
Slightly Daffy (1944 Stalling is uncredited)
Angel Puss (1944)
Duck Soup to Nuts (1944)
Russian Rhapsody (1944)
Swooner Crooner (1944)
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips (1944)
Tick Tock Tuckered (1944)
Weakly Reporter, The (1944)
I Got Plenty of Mutton (1944)
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears (1944)
Hare Force (1944)
Tom Turk and Daffy (1944
Meatless Flyday (1944)
What's Cookin' Doc? (1944
Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944)
Coming Snafu (1943)
Fighting Tools (1943)
Goldbrick, The (1943)
Greetings Bait (1943)
Gripes (1943)
Home Front, The (1943)
Infantry Blues, The (1943
Private Snafu: Spies (1943)
Rumors (1943)

Puss n' Booty (1943)
Itch in Time, An (1943)
Daffy the Commando (1943
Inki and the Minah Bird (1943)
Falling Hare (1943
Fin n' Catty (1943
Corny Concerto, A (1943)
Hiss and Make Up (1943)
Scrap Happy Daffy (1943)
Porky Pig's Feat (1943)
Tin Pan Alley Cats (1943)
Wackiki Wabbit (1943
Yankee Doodle Daffy (1943)
Aristo-Cat, The (1943)
Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk (1943)
Tokio Jokio (1943)
Wise Quacking Duck, The (1943)
Unbearable Bear, The (1943
Super-Rabbit (1943)
Flop Goes the Weasel (1943
Fifth-Column Mouse, The (1943)
To Duck....or Not to Duck (1943)
Tortoise Wins by a Hare (1943)
Pigs in a Polka (1943)
Confusions of a Nutzy Spy (1943)
Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943. aka: So White and de Sebben Dwarfs)
Case of the Missing Hare (1942)
Ding Dong Daddy (1942)
My Favorite Duck (1942)
Tale of Two Kitties, A (1942
Hare-Brained Hypnotist, The (1942)
Daffy Duckaroo, The (1942

Hep Cat, The (1942)
Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall, The)
Fox Pop (1942)
Impatient Patient, The (1942)
Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner (1942)
Fresh Hare (1942)
Squawkin' Hawk, The (1942)
Ducktators, The (1942)
Foney Fables (1942)
Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942) br>Wacky Blackout (1942)
Double Chaser (1942)
Gopher Goofy (1942)
Hold the Lion, Please (1942)
Hobby Horse Laffs (1942)
Lights Fantastic (1942)
Nutty News (1942)
Draft Horse, The (1942)
Daffy's Southern Exposure (1942)
Wacky Wabbit, The (1942)
Dog Tired (1942)
Horton Hatches the Egg (1942)
Saps in Chaps (1942)
Wabbit Who Came to Supper, The (1942)
Crazy Cruise (1942)
Conrad the Sailor (1942)
Porky's Cafe (1942)
Who's Who in the Zoo (1942
Porky's Pastry Pirates (1942)
Bird Came C.O.D., The (1942)

Aloha Hooey (1942)
Hop, Skip and a Chump (1942)
Porky's Pooch (1941)
Cagey Canary, The (1941)
Wabbit Twouble (1941)
Rhapsody in Rivets (1941
Porky's Midnight Matinee (1941)
Saddle Silly (1941)
Robinson Crusoe, Jr. (1941
Rookie Revue (1941)
Brave Little Bat, The (1941)
All This and Rabbit Stew (1941)
Notes to You (1941)
Henpecked Duck, The (1941)
Snow Time for Comedy (1941. aka re-issue title: 'Snowtime for Comedy')
Sport Chumpions (1941)
Aviation Vacation (1941)
We, the Animals - Squeak!(1941)
Inki and the Lion (1941)
Heckling Hare, The (1941
Meet John Doughboy (1941
Porky's Prize Pony (1941
Wacky Worm, The (1941)
Coy Decoy, A (1941)
Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt (1941)
Hollywood Steps Out (1941
Farm Frolics (1941)
Trial of Mr. Wolf, The (1941)
Porky's Preview (1941)
Toy Trouble (1941)
Porky's Ant (1941)
Goofy Groceries (1941)

Porky's Bear Facts (1941
Tortoise Beats Hare (1941
Joe Glow the Firefly (1941
Cat's Tale, The (1941)
Crackpot Quail, The (1941
Haunted Mouse, The (1941
Sniffles Bells the Cat (1941)
Fighting 69½th, The (1941)
Porky's Snooze Reel (1941
Elmer's Pet Rabbit (1941
Hardship of Miles Standish, The (1940)
Holiday Highlights (1940
Shop, Look, and Listen (1940)
Timid Toreador, The (1940)
Of Fox and Hounds (1940)
Porky's Hired Hand (1940
Bedtime for Sniffles (1940)
Wacky Wildlife (1940)
Sour Puss, The (1940)
Good Night Elmer (1940)
Prehistoric Porky (1940)
Stage Fright (1940)
Calling Dr. Porky (1940)
Malibu Beach Party (1940
Patient Porky (1940)
Ceiling Hero (1940)
Ghost Wanted (1940)
Wild Hare, A (1940. aka re-issue title: 'The Wild Hare)
Egg Collector, The (1940
Little Blabbermouse (1940
Porky's Baseball Broadcast (1940)
Circus Today (1940)
Chewin' Bruin, The (1940

Tom Thumb in Trouble (1940
Gander at Mother Goose, A (1940)
Sniffles Takes a Trip (1940
Porky's Poor Fish (1940)
You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940)
Bear's Tale, The (1940)
Slap Happy Pappy (1940)
Confederate Honey (1940)
Cross Country Detours (1940
Pilgrim Porky (1940)
Elmer's Candid Camera (1940
Ali-Baba Bound (1940)
Busy Bakers (1940)
Africa Squeaks (1940)
Mighty Hunters (1940)
Early Worm Gets the Bird, The (1940)
Porky's Last Stand (1940)
Curious Puppy, The (1939)
Film Fan, The (1939
Screwball Football (1939)
Sniffles and the Bookworm (1939)
Fagin's Freshmen (1939)
Porky the Giant Killer (1939)
Fresh Fish (1939
Pied Piper Porky (1939)
Good Egg, The (1939
Little Lion Hunter (1939)
Naughty Neighbors (1939)
Land of the Midnight Fun (1939)
Jeepers Creepers (1939)

Sioux Me (1939)
Little Brother Rat (1939)
Porky's Hotel (1939
Detouring America (1939)
Hare-um Scare-um (1939)
Wise Quacks (1939
Snow Man's Land (1939)
Dangerous Dan McFoo(1939)
Porky's Picnic (1939
Old Glory (1939)
Scalp Trouble (1939
Hobo Gadget Band (1939)
Believe It or Else (1939)
Polar Pals (1939
Naughty But Mice (1939)
Kristopher Kolumbus Jr. (1939)
Thugs with Dirty Mugs (1939)
Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur (1939)
Porky and Teabiscuit (1939)
Bars and Stripes Forever (1939)
Chicken Jitters (1939)
Prest-O Change-O (1939)
Day at the Zoo, A (1939)
Porky's Movie Mystery (1939)
Gold Rush Daze (1939)
Porky's Tire Trouble (1939)
Robin Hood Makes Good (1939)
Hamateur Night (1939)
It's an Ill Wind (1939)
Dog Gone Modern (1939)
Lone Stranger and Porky, The (1939)
Mice Will Play, The (1938)
Count Me Out (1938)
Porky the Gob (1938)
Cinderella Meets Fella (1938)
Daffy Duck in Hollywood (1938)
Daffy Doc, The (1938)
Night Watchman, The (1938)
Porky in Egypt (1938)
You're an Education (1938)
Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas (1938)
Porky's Naughty Nephew (1938)
Little Pancho Vanilla (1938)
Feud There Was, A (1938)
Porky in Wackyland (1938)
Isle of Pingo Pongo, The (1938)
Cracked Ice (1938)
A-Lad-In Bagdad (1938)
Wholly Smoke (1938)
Major Lied Till Dawn, The (1938)
Penguin Parade, The (1938)
Porky & Daffy (1938)
Porky's Spring Planting (1938)
Love and Curses (1938)
Have You Got Any Castles? (1938)
Porky's Party (1938)
Katnip Kollege (1938)
Porky the Fireman (1938)
Injun Trouble (1938)
Now That Summer Is Gone (1938)

Porky's Hare Hunt (1938)
Porky's Five & Ten (1938)
Star Is Hatched, A (1938)
Porky's Phony Express (1938)
What Price Porky (1938)
Jungle Jitters (1938)
Porky at the Crocadero (1938)
My Little Buckeroo (1938)
Porky's Poppa (1938)
Daffy Duck and Egghead (1938)
Little Red Walking Hood (1937)
September in the Rain (1937)
Porky's Hero Agency (1937)
Woods Are Full of Cuckoos, The (1937)
Sunbonnet Blue, A (1937)
Egghead Rides Again (1937)
Porky's Double Trouble (1937)
Case of the Stuttering Pig, The(1937)
Lyin' Mouse, The (1937)
Rover's Rival (1937)
I Wanna Be a Sailor (1937
Dog Daze (1937)
Porky's Garden (1937)
Speaking of the Weather (1937)
Get Rich Quick Porky (1937)
Porky's Railroad (1937)
Ain't We Got Fun (1937)
Plenty of Money and You (1937)
Porky's Badtime Story (1937)

Uncle Tom's Bungalow (1937)
Porky's Duck Hunt (1937)
Porky's Super Service (1937)
Sweet Sioux (1937)
Porky's Building (1937)
Streamlined Greta Green (1937)
Clean Pastures (1937)
Porky and Gabby (1937)
Picador Porky (1937)
She Was an Acrobat's Daughter (1937)
Porky's Romance (1937)
Fella with the Fiddle, The (1937)
Porky's Road Race (1937)
Pigs Is Pigs (1937
Porky the Wrestler (1937)
He Was Her Man (1937
Big Bad Wolfe (1936
Don't Look Now (1936
Milk and Money (1936
Porky in the North Woods (1936)
Village Smithy, The (1936
CooCoo Nut Grove, The (1936
Little Beau Porky (1936)
Boulevardier from the Bronx (1936)
Happy Days (1936)
Toy Town Hall (1936)
Porky's Moving Day (1936
Porky's Poultry Plant (1936
Little Boy Blue (1936)
Dick Whittington's Cat (1936
Tom Thumb (1936)
Ali Baba (1936)
Humpty Dumpty (1935)
Simple Simon (1935)
Balloonland (1935. aka The Pincushion Man)
Three Bears, The (1935)
Sinbad the Sailor (1935)
Summertime (1935. aka In the Good Ol' Summertime)
Mary's Little Lamb (1935

Old Mother Hubbard (1935
Brementown Musicians, The (1935)
Little Black Sambo (1935
Jack Frost (1934)
Don Quixote (1934)
Valiant Tailor, The (1934
Headless Horseman, The (1934)
Viva Willie (1934)
Good Scout (1934)
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1934)
Jungle Jitters (1934)
Cave Man (1934)
Queen of Hearts, The (1934)
Rasslin' Round (1934)
Reducing Creme (1934)
Puss 'n' Boots (1934)
Insultin' the Sultan (1934)
Brave Tin Soldier, The (1934)
Little Red Hen, The (1934)
Robin Hood, Jr. (1934)
Hell's Fire (1934. aka Masquerade Holiday)
Wizard of Oz, The (1933)
Davy Jones (1933)ear
Jack and the Beanstalk (1933)
Stratos-Fear (1933)
Spite Fright (1933)
Soda Squirt (1933)
Play Ball (1933)
Pale-Face (1933)
Chinaman's Chance (1933)
Bulloney (1933)

Techno-Cracked (1933)
Flip's Lunch Room (1933)
Cuckoo the Magician (1933. aka 'Coo Coo the Magician')
Funny Face (1932)
Nursemaid (1932)
Music Lesson, The (1932)
Phoney Express (1932)
Goal Rush, The (1932)
Circus (1932)
Stormy Seas (1932)
Room Runners (1932)
Office Boy, The (1932)
Bully (1932)
School Days (1932)
Puppy Love (1932
What a Life (1932)
Fire! Fire! (1932)
Milkman, The (1932)
Spooks (1931)
Africa Squeaks (1931)
Jail Bird (1931
Village Specialist, The (1931)
Movie Mad (1931)
New Car, The (1931)
Ragtime Romeo (1931)
Laughing Gas (1931)
Soup Song, The (1931)
Village Smithie, The (1931)
Puddle Pranks (1930)
Cuckoo Murder Case (1930)
Village Barber, The (1930)
Merry Dwarfs, The (1929)
Jungle Rhythm (1929)

Hell's Bells (1929)
Springtime (1929)
El Terrible Toreador (1929)
Skeleton Dance, The (1929)
Wild Waves (1929
Haunted House (1929)
Jazz Fool, The (1929)
Mickey's Follies (1929)
Mickey's Choo-Choo (1929)
Karnival Kid, The (1929)
Plow Boy, The (1929)
Barnyard Battle, The (1929)
When the Cat's Away (1929)
Opry House (1929)
Barn Dance, The (1929)
Gallopin' Gaucho (1928)
Plane Crazy (1928)
Steamboat Willie (1928)

   Dave Stamper
b.Nov. 10, 1883, New York, NY, USA.d.
While attending the New York school system, Dave taught himself to play the piano.In 1900, at age 17, he became a working pianist in a Coney Island dance hall, following which, he became a demonstration pianist and song plugger in New York's Tin Pan Alley. From 1903 to 1907, he toured vaudeville circuits as accompanist for the famous star Nora Bayes. All during this time, Dave was writing songs.

Success came to him in 1912, when he started writing songs for the Ziegfeld Follies. Some of his Follies hits, were:
1913
       "Just You and I and The Moon"
       "Without You"
       "Everybody Sometime Must Love Somebody
1914 He worked with Raymond Hubbell on the Follies score.
1915 He worked with Louis Hirsch on the Follies score.
1919 His Follies successes were:
       "Tulip Time"
       "Sweet Sixteen"
1921
       "Sally, Won't You Come Back?"
       "Raggedy Ann"
       "Plymouth Rock"
1922
       "My Rambler Rose", in collaboration with Louis Hirsch
       "'Neath the South Sea Moon", collaborated with L. Hirsch
1923
       "Some Sweet Day", with Louis Hirsch
1931
       "Broadway Reverie"
       "Bring on the Follies Girl"

The 1931 edition of the Ziegfeld Follies was Stamper's last significant association with Broadway. The 1931 Follies was also the last Follies that Florenz Ziegfeld produced himself.

In addition to his work for Ziegfeld, Stamper also wrote some complete Broadway musical scores. Among these are 1927's 'Take The Air', that starred Will Mahoney singing, "We'll Have a New Home in the Morning", and "All I Want Is A Lullaby", both with lyrics by Buck.The show 'The Lovely Lady', had his songs, "Make Believe You're Happy", and "Ain't Love Grand", both with lyrics by Cyrus Wood. Dave Stamper went into retirement in the mid-thirties.

   Herman Stein
b. Aug. 19, 1915, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Stein started playing piano at the age of three-and-a-half; gave his first public recital at six, and later performed both solo and in groups in restaurants and bars.

He taught himself orchestration by studying scores at the library, and was arranging professionally by the age of 15, including work for radio station KYW in Philadelphia.During the 1930s and '40s, he wrote and arranged for radio programs and jazz orchestras, including works for Fred Waring, Rubinoff "and his Magic Violin," Bob Crosby, Blanche Calloway, Gus Haenschen (which included background vocal arrangements for a young singer,- Vic Damone), Tony Pastor, Mal Hallet, Red Norvo, and other orchestras.For example, one of his arrangements was Count Basie's "Pennies From Heaven."

Herman moved to Los Angeles in 1948 and studied composition with famed composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.In 1950, he was hired by Universal Pictures, and after arranging music for Universal for almost a year, he became a staff composer in 1951.Curiously, although he was equally adept at scoring all forms of comedy and drama, he was involved mostly with Universal's science-fiction films of the 1950s. His exceptional contributions to that genre can be heard in such films as 'Abbott And Costello Go To Mars', 'Creature From The Black Lagoon', 'The Creature Walks Among Us', 'The Incredible Shrinking Man', 'It Came From Outer Space', 'The Land Unknown', 'The Mole People', 'The Monolith Monsters', 'Monster On The Campus', 'The Revenge Of The Creature', 'Tarantula', and 'This Island Earth'.

Overall, Stein's writing graced close to 200 films, among them:All I Desire, Backlash, The Black Shield Of Falworth, Border River, Captain Lightfoot, City Beneath The Sea, A Day Of Fury, Female On The Beach, Four Girls In Town, Francis Goes To West Point, The Glass Web, Girls In The Night, The Great Man, I've Lived Before, Ma and Pa Kettle At Home, Man In The Shadow, Man Without A Star, Meet Me At The Fair, No Name On The Bullet, The Purple Mask, Quantez, Ride Clear Of Diablo, Sign Of The Pagan, Six Bridges To Cross, Slim Carter, Take Me To Town, Toy Tiger, The Unguarded Moment, Walk The Proud Land, Yellow Mountain, and the composer's personal favorite, The Intruder, a superb Roger Corman film about racism.He also wrote music for commercials, and some of his work in television was for Daniel Boone, Gunsmoke, The Legend Of Jesse James, Lost In Space, M-Squad, Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea, and Wagon Train.

It is an interesting historical note that Herman Stein started work at Universal Pictures before Henry Mancini did, and it was Herman who helped show the young composer 'the ropes' when Mancini was first hired by that studio.
The BigBands Database thanks David Stein for graciously supplying this information on Herman Stein.

   Lew Spence
b: June 29, 1920, Cedarhurst, Long Island, NY, USA. d. Jan. 9, 1008, Los Angeles (Hollywood), CA, USA. Age: 87.
This West Coast Songwriter/Composer wrote for some of the greatest voices of the 1950's and '60's. For Frank Sinatra, one of Spence's biggest fans, he wrote the standard "Nice "N Easy" as well as "Half As Lonely", "If I Had Three Wishes", "Love Looks So Well On You" and the classics "Sleep Warm" and "So Long My Love". For Dean Martin, he penned the hits "On Again Off Again" and "Outta My Mind". While for Johnny Mathis, he wrote the beautiful "Magic Garden" and "Live It Up". Great female vocalists have also covered Spence songs, including Barbra Streisand (and host of others over the years) who cut the standard "That Face" and Peggy Lee's "That's Him Over There" and "I've Never Been So Happy In Love". Lew was age 87 when he passed away. (Thanks to music director and composer Mr. Tom Griep for this information on his good friend Lew Spence.)