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Constantin Romanovich Bakaleinikov, Константин Романович Бакалейников, Constantin Bakaleinikoff, Constantine Bakaleinikoff, Bakaleinikoff, Constantin Bakaleynikov
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Constantin Romanovich Bakaleinikov (also spelled “Bakaleynikov” and “Bakaleinikoff”) was a Russian-born composer. Bakaleinikoff was from a large musical family. His brothers were Nikolai Bakaleinikov (flautist, composer and conductor), Vladimir Bakaleinikov (violist, composer and conductor), and Mikhail (Mischa) Bakaleinikoff (composer). He studied at the Moscow Conservatory. Following the Russian revolution he migrated to the United States with his brother Mischa. He worked as a conductor for the Los Angeles Philharmonic before beginning his Hollywood career as a freelance composer. At the 1927 premiere of director Cecil B. DeMille's The King of Kings at Hollywood's famed Grauman's Chinese Theater, the audience was treated to a concert of film music classics conducted by him. With the arrival of sound, the Bakaleinikoff brothers became studio maestros. Mischa joined Columbia Pictures, while Constantin became a musical director at Paramount Pictures, followed by MGM. Constantin also worked briefly at Columbia, and later for independent Grand National Pictures. In 1935, Bakaleinikoff participated in making the earliest dance film, Spring Night. He conducted Joseph Achron's score for this first experimental ballet film, which featured the choreography and dancing of David Lichine, who had danced with Colonel de Basil's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Nana Gollner, the Texas-born ballerina, was his partner. This pioneering film, which emerged from the Diaghilev sphere of influence, was produced by Adolf Zuckor. Bakaleinikoff received his first Academy Award nomination for scoring the James Cagney feature Something to Sing About (1937). Later, he became the senior music director at RKO Radio Pictures, where he spent most of his motion picture career. He earned Academy Award nominations for his work on The Fallen Sparrow (1943), Higher and Higher (1943), and None But the Lonely Heart (1944). For Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious (1946), starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, he conducted the original score by composer Roy Webb, one that complements the director's elements of suspense and danger throughout the film. Bakaleinikoff, who was always billed as “C. Bakaleinikoff”, appeared on camera as himself in RKO's backstage musical Ding Dong Williams (filmed 1945, released in April 1946). He remained at RKO until the studio folded in 1956. He donated his time and talent in the late 1950s in mentoring and conducting the Burbank Youth Symphony. Constantin Bakaleinikoff was married to silent film actress Fritzi Ridgeway. He died in 1966 and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1896-04-25
- event Death Date 1966-09-03
- school Known for: Sound
- star Popularity: 2
- info Birth Place Moscow, Russia
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by C. Bakaleinikoff
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Law of the Badlands
1951-02-24
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Border Treasure
1950-08-05
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Stage Door Canteen
1943-06-24
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Criminal Court
1946-11-15
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Look Who's Laughing
1941-11-21
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The Falcon's Brother
1942-10-02
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The Velvet Touch
1948-07-13
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They Won't Believe Me
1947-07-16
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A Likely Story
1947-04-18
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The Falcon Strikes Back
1943-04-01
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The Falcon in Danger
1943-07-17
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The Boy with Green Hair
1948-11-26
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Man Alive
1945-11-16
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Double Dynamite
1951-12-25
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The Clay Pigeon
1949-03-03
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The Falcon and the Co-Eds
1943-11-10
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Youth Runs Wild
1944-09-01
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Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
1943-07-14
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Having Wonderful Crime
1945-04-12
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Trail Guide
1952-02-15
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Indian Agent
1948-12-11
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Desperate
1947-06-20
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Petticoat Larceny
1943-07-17
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The Falcon Out West
1944-03-17
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The Arizona Ranger
1948-05-14
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Rain or Shine
1930-08-15
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Saddle Legion
1951-04-07
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The Falcon's Adventure
1946-12-13
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His Kind of Woman
1951-08-15
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Riders of the Range
1950-02-11
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The Spiral Staircase
1946-02-06
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None But the Lonely Heart
1944-10-17
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Rachel and the Stranger
1948-09-18
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Badman's Territory
1946-05-04
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Underwater!
1955-02-09
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The Farmer's Daughter
1947-03-26
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Bride of Frankenstein
1935-04-20
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Tarzan Triumphs
1943-01-20
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Tarzan's Desert Mystery
1943-12-26
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A Date with the Falcon
1942-01-16
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Night Descends on Treasure Island
1940-01-20
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Blood on the Moon
1948-11-11
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The Big Steal
1949-07-01
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Crossfire
1947-08-15
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Banjo
1947-05-15
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Dynamite Pass
1950-03-23
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The Window
1949-05-10
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My Pal, Wolf
1944-09-25
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Flying Leathernecks
1951-08-28
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Susan Slept Here
1954-07-28
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Holiday Affair
1949-12-12
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Target
1952-04-20
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Gun Smugglers
1948-12-28
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Rustlers
1949-03-03
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Every Girl Should Be Married
1948-12-25
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948-03-25
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Storm Over Wyoming
1950-04-22
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Jet Pilot
1957-10-11
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Rider from Tucson
1950-06-07
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Tender Comrade
1944-05-30
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Notorious
1946-08-21
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Pistol Harvest
1951-08-30
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Out of the Past
1947-11-25
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Gangway for Tomorrow
1943-11-03
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Best of the Badmen
1951-08-09
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Caught
1949-02-17
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Rio Grande Patrol
1950-10-20
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Let's Talk Turkey
1939-10-28
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Heartbeat
1946-05-01
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A Night of Adventure
1944-06-02
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The Conqueror
1956-03-28
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The Falcon's Alibi
1946-04-12
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Stagecoach Kid
1949-06-02
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This Land Is Mine
1943-05-07
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Overland Telegraph
1951-12-15
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Mademoiselle Fifi
1944-07-28
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Follow Me Quietly
1949-07-07
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San Quentin
1946-12-16
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Mr. Lucky
1943-07-01
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I Walked with a Zombie
1943-04-21
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The Forgotten Step
1938-05-20
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The Falcon in Hollywood
1944-12-08
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Vendetta
1950-12-25
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The Woman on the Beach
1947-06-07
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The Bachelor Party
1957-04-09
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The Lusty Men
1952-10-24
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The Truth About Murder
1946-04-01
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Savage Splendor
1949-11-02
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Man's Castle
1933-11-20
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The Capital City: Washington, D.C.
1940-09-07
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Mourning Becomes Electra
1947-11-19
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Vacation in Reno
1946-12-10
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The Falcon in Mexico
1944-08-04
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947-09-01
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China Sky
1945-05-16
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The Threat
1949-12-01
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Roadblock
1951-09-17
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The Body Snatcher
1945-05-25
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Bride for Sale
1949-11-12
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Higher and Higher
1943-12-31
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The Big Street
1942-08-13
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Armored Car Robbery
1950-06-08
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Macao
1952-04-11
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Days of Glory
1944-06-16
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Strange Bargain
1949-11-05
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Experiment Perilous
1944-12-18
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Murder, My Sweet
1944-12-14
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The Curse of the Cat People
1944-04-01
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The Fallen Sparrow
1943-08-19
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Roughshod
1949-05-11
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Welcome Danger
1929-10-12
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A Woman's Secret
1949-01-13
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More About Nostradamus
1941-01-18
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A Failure at Fifty
1940-07-01
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Cat People
1942-12-05
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Weekend for Three
1941-12-12
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Born to Be Bad
1950-09-28
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The Spanish Main
1945-10-01
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The Secret Fury
1950-02-21
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Mystery in Mexico
1948-08-21
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The Miracle of the Bells
1948-03-27
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The Falcon in San Francisco
1945-07-20
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Bride by Mistake
1944-07-26
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Bunco Squad
1950-09-01
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On Dangerous Ground
1951-12-13
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Easy Living
1949-10-08
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The Hitch-Hiker
1953-03-30
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From This Day Forward
1946-03-02
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East of Java
1935-12-01
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George White's Scandals
1945-10-09
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Ladies of Leisure
1930-04-05
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Bedlam
1946-05-10
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My Woman
1933-10-04
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Deadline at Dawn
1946-03-18
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Beware, My Lovely
1952-08-29
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Mendelssohn's Wedding March
1939-11-04
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The Brighton Strangler
1945-05-10
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The Blue Veil
1951-10-26
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Haiti: 'Land of Dark Majesty'
1941-07-05
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Modern New Orleans
1940-05-11
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The Seventh Victim
1943-08-21
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Glimpses of Florida
1941-09-06
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One Against the World
1939-08-19
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Land of Alaska Nellie
1939-12-23
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Sitka and Juneau: 'A Tale of Two Cities'
1940-04-13
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Cavalcade of San Francisco
1940-09-28
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Rural Hungary
1939-04-29
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The Falcon Takes Over
1942-05-29
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Mighty Joe Young
1949-07-27
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The Ghost Ship
1943-12-16
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Suva: 'Pride of Fiji'
1940-05-23
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Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952-12-24
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Never a Dull Moment
1950-08-19
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Trail Street
1947-02-19
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What a Blonde
1945-02-03
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Station West
1948-09-01
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Return of the Bad Men
1948-07-17
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Adam Had Four Sons
1941-03-27