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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Louis Levy (20 November 1894 – 18 August 1957) was an English film composer and music director, who worked in particular on Alfred Hitchcock and Will Hay films. He was born in London and died in Slough, Berkshire. As a child Louis Levy played the violin, beginning with a toy violin that his father bought him at the age of seven. He later became the pupil of Guido Papini but due to his parents' limited means, ended his studies with Papini and began a period of self-study. This led to him gaining a scholarship at the London College of Music. Papini refused to allow Levy to study under anyone else, so resumed his tuition, this time free of charge. He started his career in 1910 arranging and performing music for silent films. In 1916 he became musical director for the New Gallery Cinema in London. In 1921, he went to the Shepherd’s Bush Pavilion as Music Chief and is credited with being the first to develop the theme song in movies. At the beginning of talkies, he joined the Gaumont British studios at Shepherd’s Bush, where he became the head of the music department for all Gainsborough Pictures productions from 1933 onwards. The rich sounds emanating from his large orchestra are all the more impressive when one realises that electrical sound industry was barely ten years old. He worked in particular on Alfred Hitchcock and Will Hay films. He later had a long running BBC radio series Music From the Movies, which started in 1936 and went on until the 1950s. At this time, through the sheer necessity of having to produce so much music he employed several talented arrangers, among them Peter Yorke ) and Bretton Byrd, who was his chief music editor at Gaumont British.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1894-11-20
- event Death Date 1957-08-18
- school Known for: Sound
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- info Birth Place London, England, UK
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Louis Levy
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The 39 Steps
1935-06-06
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The Lady Vanishes
1938-10-07
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My Heart Is Calling
1935-01-01
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Back-Room Boy
1942-04-15
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For Freedom
1940-05-04
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Caravan
1946-06-03
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The Dark Avenger
1955-04-15
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Crackerjack
1938-10-01
6.2
Ask a Policeman
1939-04-29
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Gasbags
1941-02-01
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Boys Will Be Boys
1935-07-01
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Busman's Honeymoon
1940-07-22
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Sailing Along
1938-04-15
6.2
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
1952-09-10
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Cottage to Let
1941-09-06
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Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
1941-05-17
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Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
1939-12-01
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Isn't Life Wonderful!
1954-11-10
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Everything Is Thunder
1936-09-30
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Waltz Time
1933-06-03
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Brown on Resolution
1935-05-15
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Young Wives' Tale
1951-11-01
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Alf's Button Afloat
1938-06-30
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Dirty Work
1934-12-07
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Oh, Daddy!
1935-02-08
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
1934-12-01
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Little Friend
1934-11-18
6.2
A Cup of Kindness
1934-05-07
6.2
My Old Dutch
1934-10-01
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The Man from Toronto
1933-01-01
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Where's Charley?
1952-05-20
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Moby Dick
1956-06-27
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The Queen of Spades
1949-03-16
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The Gap
1937-09-01
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Secret Agent
1936-05-31
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Young and Innocent
1937-11-01
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No Time for Tears
1957-10-04
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Stage Fright
1950-02-23
6.2
Balaclava
1928-06-06
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Gangway
1937-08-19
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Road House
1934-11-29
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Baroud
1932-11-18
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Forbidden Territory
1934-10-19
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Foreign Affaires
1935-11-21
6.2
A Girl Must Live
1939-09-24
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South of Algiers
1953-03-17
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Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1951-04-10
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Car of Dreams
1935-01-09
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Duel in the Jungle
1954-06-30
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Madame de Thèbes
1915-08-06
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Bulldog Jack
1935-09-01
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Happy Ever After
1954-06-29
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The Citadel
1938-10-29
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The Lady Vanishes
1938-10-07
6.2
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942-09-21
6.2
The Adventures of Tartu
1943-10-01
6.2
Take My Tip
1937-01-01
6.2
She
1925-06-20
6.2
An Englishman's Home
1940-01-27
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Girl in the News
1940-08-28
6.2
Dear Octopus
1943-09-20
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Neutral Port
1940-12-06
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Fanny by Gaslight
1944-05-08
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Bed and Breakfast
1930-12-22
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Symphony in Two Flats
1930-07-16
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Just for a Song
1930-03-11
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Michael and Mary
1931-10-29
6.2
Lord Babs
1932-02-01
6.2
Love on Wheels
1932-07-26
6.2
The Faithful Heart
1932-05-01
6.2
The Midshipmaid
1932-12-08
6.2
The Stronger Sex
1931-02-26
6.2
Jack's the Boy
1932-06-11
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After the Ball
1932-11-23
6.2
White Face
1932-05-01
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All In!
1936-10-29
6.2
East Meets West
1936-08-26
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Night Train to Munich
1940-08-31
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No Lady
1931-05-05
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First Offence
1936-02-21
6.2
Laughter in Paradise
1951-06-01
6.2
Sabotage
1937-01-08
6.2
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939-07-28
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Uncensored
1942-08-24
6.2
Two Thousand Women
1944-11-06
6.2
The Lambeth Walk
1939-04-03
6.2
Evergreen
1934-04-01
6.2
The Arcadians
1927-10-01
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It's Love Again
1936-05-06
6.2
Obsession
1949-08-03
6.2
Seven Sinners
1936-06-01
6.2
The 39 Steps
1935-06-06
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The 39 Steps
1935-06-06
6.2
The Dam Busters
1955-05-16
6.2
The Passing of the Third Floor Back
1935-09-01
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The Passing of the Third Floor Back
1935-09-01
6.2
It's Great to be Young!
1956-12-26
6.2
Young and Innocent
1937-11-01
6.2
Murder Without Crime
1950-10-01
6.2
Rome Express
1932-10-31
6.2
Man of Aran
1934-05-06
6.2
Will Any Gentleman...?
1953-08-25
6.2
Sabotage
1937-01-08
6.2
Now and Forever
1956-09-10
6.2
Bank Holiday
1938-01-27
6.2
I'll Be Your Sweetheart
1945-07-30
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Command Performance
1937-01-01
6.2
Love Story
1944-11-20
6.2
Portrait of Clare
1950-11-13
6.2
Woman in a Dressing Gown
1957-07-03
6.2
The Man in Grey
1943-08-06
6.2
Night Train to Munich
1940-08-31
6.2
Time Flies
1944-05-08
6.2
Give Us the Moon
1944-07-31
6.2
Non-Stop New York
1937-09-13
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Non-Stop New York
1937-09-13
6.2
Tudor Rose
1936-09-01
6.2
Man on the Run
1949-05-20
6.2
So Little Time
1952-04-18
6.2
Let's Be Happy
1957-05-07
6.2
The Ghoul
1933-08-01
6.2
Girl in the News
1940-08-28
6.2
Seven Sinners
1936-06-01
6.2
The Franchise Affair
1951-02-19
6.2
Doctor Syn
1937-08-25
6.2
The Weak and the Wicked
1954-02-02
6.2
Everything Happens to Me
1938-12-01
6.2
Yield to the Night
1956-06-19
6.2
Heat Wave
1935-05-30
6.2
It's a Boy
1934-06-07