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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David L. Snell (10 September 1897, Milwaukee, Wisconsin – 27 March 1967, Glendale, California) was a pianist, conductor, composer and music director. He composed the music for over 170 shorts, series or feature films. Snell studied at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Wisconsin College and the Meyer Conservatory of Music. He formed his own orchestra, and was the musical director for several stage productions. He joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's music department in 1937, turning out music for a range of films from low-cost "B" movies to expensive features. He would spend his entire film career with MGM. He was conductor, composer, and music director for MGM for twenty-one years. The work could be high pressure. In November 1938 Franz Waxman had just five days to put together the fifty-minute score for A Christmas Carol so it could be released in time for the holiday season. Snell helped out, writing the opening and closing credit cues and half a dozen other cues based on themes provided by Waxman. Snell wrote music for many full-length films, shorts and B-movie series such as Dr. Kildare, Maisie and The Thin Man. His songs include Under The Stars, Downstream Drifter, Come Back Little Girl Of Mine and Once Over Lightly. His scores often showed first-rate craftsmanship, but his work has generally been ignored, perhaps because in most cases he chose to simply underscore the dialog as opposed to contributing complementary musical ideas. However, for the 1947 Lady in the Lake, based on the Raymond Chandler novel and set around Christmas time, Snell chose to use a choir singing a cappella, providing an austere and effective "black and white" score to accompany the stark black and white cinematography. The moody music echoed Christmas carols. David L. Snell died in 1967.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1897-09-10
- event Death Date 1967-03-27
- school Known for: Sound
- star Popularity: 1.8
- info Birth Place Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by David Snell
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5.2
Lady in the Lake
1946-12-19
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Gallant Sons
1940-11-15
5.2
Life Is Sweet
1990-11-15
5.2
Grand Central Murder
1942-05-01
5.2
Kid Glove Killer
1942-04-17
5.2
Thunder Afloat
1939-09-15
5.2
Married Before Breakfast
1937-06-18
5.2
A Way in the Wilderness
1940-06-22
5.2
Out West with the Hardys
1938-11-25
5.2
Mad Love
1935-07-12
5.2
The Hardys Ride High
1939-04-21
5.2
Killer McCoy
1947-12-01
5.2
Judge Hardy and Son
1939-12-22
5.2
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939-07-21
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Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940-11-29
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Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940-07-05
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Where Angels Fear to Tread
1991-06-21
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Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944-05-04
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The Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942-03-03
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The Golden Fleecing
1940-08-16
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Calling Dr. Kildare
1939-04-28
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These Glamour Girls
1939-08-18
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Henry Goes Arizona
1939-12-08
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Alias a Gentleman
1948-02-03
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My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937-09-17
5.2
What Do You Think? Tupapaoo
1938-06-11
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What Do You Think? (Number Three)
1938-01-15
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See Here, Private Hargrove
1944-03-18
5.2
The Emperor's New Clothes
2001-08-11
5.2
Missing Persons
1990-05-30
5.2
Twice Blessed
1945-05-31
5.2
Tarzan's Secret Treasure
1941-12-01
5.2
Washington Melodrama
1941-04-17
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Dangerous Partners
1945-06-07
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Wyoming
1940-09-13
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The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
1941-05-02
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Phantom Raiders
1940-06-07
5.2
20 Mule Team
1940-05-03
5.2
Blackmail
1939-09-08
5.2
Third Dimensional Murder
1941-03-01
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Sirens
1994-03-04
5.2
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942-08-07
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The Thin Man
1934-05-25
5.2
Nazi Agent
1942-03-01
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Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue
1938-04-26
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The Women
1939-09-01
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Third Finger, Left Hand
1940-10-11
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Angel of Mercy
1939-05-20
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Sunday Punch
1942-05-08
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Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940-09-06
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Jackass Mail
1942-07-01
5.2
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939-11-24
5.2
Young Dr. Kildare
1938-10-14
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Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940-04-12
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We Must Have Music
1942-01-01
5.2
Twenty Years After
1944-01-01
5.2
Ringside Maisie
1941-08-01
5.2
Up Goes Maisie
1946-02-01
5.2
The Forgotten Step
1938-05-20
5.2
Love Crazy
1941-05-23
5.2
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940-05-29
5.2
Love with a Perfect Stranger
1986-10-12
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Another Romance of Celluloid: Electrical Power
1938-12-31
5.2
Dreams Lost, Dreams Found
1987-09-13
5.2
Billy the Kid
1941-05-30
5.2
The Ghost Comes Home
1940-03-08
5.2
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939-12-01
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My Old Town
1948-02-07
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My Old Town
1948-02-07
5.2
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938-07-07
5.2
The Magician's Daughter
1938-07-16
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Acro-Batty
1942-03-28
5.2
You're Only Young Once
1937-12-10
5.2
A Family Affair
1937-03-12
5.2
Radio Hams
1939-05-19
5.2
Tarzan's New York Adventure
1942-05-01
5.2
The Story of Alfred Nobel
1939-02-18
5.2
The Man from Down Under
1943-08-04
5.2
The Vanishing Virginian
1942-02-01
5.2
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946-12-25
5.2
Liberace Live
1985-01-01
5.2
Stronger Than Desire
1939-06-30
5.2
Swing Fever
1943-11-01
5.2
The Hidden Eye
1945-08-31
5.2
Carnival in Paris
1937-05-29
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Somewhat Secret
1939-03-29
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Nostradamus
1938-09-24
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The Man on the Rock
1938-09-03
5.2
The Great Heart
1938-12-31
5.2
That Mothers Might Live
1938-04-30
5.2
Prophet Without Honor
1939-05-20
5.2
Faithless
1932-10-15
5.2
Accident
1967-02-09
5.2
The Giant of Norway
1939-06-24
5.2
Madame X
1937-10-01
5.2
Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
1939-06-17
5.2
Cliffhanger
1993-05-28
5.2
It's in the Stars
1938-08-15
5.2
Flag of Mercy
1942-01-31
5.2
Once Over Lightly
1938-12-17
5.2
Dark Delusion
1947-06-24
5.2
Football Thrills of 1940
1941-09-20
5.2
Bravest of the Brave
1938-08-06
5.2
Party Fever
1938-08-27
5.2
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994-11-04
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Joaquin Murrieta
1938-06-11
5.2
Heroes at Leisure
1939-02-02
5.2
Song of Revolt
1937-05-29
5.2
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
1938-05-14
5.2
Ponette
1996-09-25
5.2
The Story of Dr. Jenner
1939-03-18
5.2
Between Two Women
1945-03-28
5.2
Sky Murder
1940-09-27
5.2
Anaesthesia
1938-07-09
5.2
Football Thrills of 1937
1938-09-10
5.2
Grid Rules
1938-10-15
5.2
The Canary Comes Across
1938-01-26
5.2
Love Finds Andy Hardy
1938-07-22
5.2
Judge Hardy's Children
1938-03-26
5.2
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941-11-21
5.2
Song of the Thin Man
1947-08-28
5.2
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944-12-24
5.2
Gold Rush Maisie
1940-07-26
5.2
Maisie Was a Lady
1941-01-10
5.2
Maisie Goes to Reno
1944-08-15
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Gentle Annie
1944-12-05
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Rationing
1944-03-24
5.2
Bad Bascomb
1946-05-26
5.2
Undercover Maisie
1947-03-01
5.2
Captain Spanky's Show Boat
1939-09-08
5.2
Emma
1996-08-02
5.2
Hold Your Man
1933-06-30
5.2
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996-01-03