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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Herbert P. Stothart (September 11, 1885 – February 1, 1949) was an American songwriter, arranger, conductor, and composer. He was also nominated for twelve Academy Awards, winning Best Original Score for The Wizard of Oz. Stothart was widely acknowledged as a member of the top tier of Hollywood composers during the 1930s and 1940s. Life and career Herbert Stothart was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He studied music in Europe and at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he later taught. Stothart was first hired by producer Arthur Hammerstein to be a musical director for touring companies of Broadway shows, and was soon writing music for the producer's nephew Oscar Hammerstein II. He composed music for the famous operetta, Rose-Marie. Stothart soon joined with many famous composers including Vincent Youmans, George Gershwin and Franz Lehár. Stothart achieved pop-chart success with standards like “Cute Little Two by Four”, “Wildflower”, “Bambalina”, “The Mounties”, “Totem Tom-Tom”, “Why Shouldn’t We?”, “Fly Away”, “Song of the Flame”, “The Cossack Love Song”, “Dawn”, “I Wanna Be Loved by You”, “Cuban Love Song”, “The Rogue Song” and “The Donkey Serenade.” The year 1929 marked the end of the era of silent films. Shortly after completing his latest musical “Golden Dawn” with Oscar Hammerstein, Stothart received an invitation from Louis B. Mayer to move to Hollywood, which he accepted. In 1929, Stothart was signed to a large MGM contract. The next twenty years of his life were spent at MGM Studios, where he was part of elite group of Hollywood composers. Among the many films that he worked on was the famous 1936 version of Rose-Marie, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. He conducted and wrote songs and scores for the films The Cuban Love Song, The Good Earth, Romeo and Juliet, Mutiny on the Bounty, Mrs. Miniver, The Green Years and The Picture of Dorian Gray. His output included the Marx Brothers' Night at the Opera, the Leo Tolstoy romantic drama Anna Karenina, two Charles Dickens dramas (A Tale of Two Cities and David Copperfield), and Mutiny on the Bounty, which earned him his first Academy Award nomination. He won an Oscar for his musical score for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Herbert Stothart spent his entire Hollywood career at MGM. In 1947, he suffered a heart attack while visiting Scotland, and afterwards, composed an orchestral piece (Heart Attack: A Symphonic Poem), based on his tribulations. He worked on another (Voices of Liberation), commissioned by Roger Wagner Chorale, when he died two years later at the age of 63.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1885-09-11
- event Death Date 1949-02-01
- school Known for: Sound
- star Popularity: 3.2
- info Birth Place Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Herbert Stothart
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We Must Have Music
1942-01-01
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940-07-31
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The Romance of Celluloid
1937-08-27
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Call of the Flesh
1930-08-16
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Pride and Prejudice
1940-07-26
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Mutiny on the Bounty
1935-11-22
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Kismet
1944-10-01
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The Valley of Decision
1945-05-03
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Undercurrent
1946-11-11
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The Human Comedy
1943-03-02
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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944-11-15
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The Unfinished Dance
1947-09-19
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The Green Years
1946-07-04
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Men of Boys Town
1941-04-11
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The Cuban Love Song
1931-11-18
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Ah, Wilderness!
1935-12-25
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Cairo
1942-08-17
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Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941-02-21
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The Lottery Bride
1930-09-29
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Come Live with Me
1941-01-31
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The Sea of Grass
1947-04-25
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The Squaw Man
1931-07-21
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Romeo and Juliet
1936-09-03
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Rasputin and the Empress
1932-12-23
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The White Sister
1933-03-17
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Queen Christina
1933-12-26
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Riptide
1934-03-29
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1934-09-21
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The Devil Is a Sissy
1936-09-18
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The Three Musketeers
1948-10-20
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I Married an Angel
1942-07-09
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Balalaika
1939-12-15
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A Tale of Two Cities
1935-12-25
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945-03-03
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Camille
1936-12-26
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Desire Me
1947-10-31
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Waterloo Bridge
1940-05-17
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After the Thin Man
1936-12-25
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Son of Lassie
1945-04-20
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Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1935-01-04
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A Night at the Opera
1935-11-15
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The Wizard of Oz
1939-08-15
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San Francisco
1936-06-26
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The Gorgeous Hussy
1936-08-28
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Viva Villa!
1934-04-27
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Edison, the Man
1940-05-10
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Rio Rita
1942-03-11
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The Firefly
1937-11-05
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Of Human Hearts
1938-02-11
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A Guy Named Joe
1943-12-24
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Chained
1934-08-31
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Dragon Seed
1944-07-20
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China Seas
1935-08-09
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The Night Is Young
1935-01-11
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Golden Dawn
1930-06-14
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Broadway Serenade
1939-04-07
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Northwest Passage
1940-02-23
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Rose Marie
1936-01-31
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Moonlight Murder
1936-03-27
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Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936-03-17
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Wife vs. Secretary
1936-02-28
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The Song of the Flame
1930-05-24
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Queen Christina
1933-12-26
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Sequoia
1935-01-16
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What Every Woman Knows
1934-10-18
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Treasure Island
1934-08-17
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Laughing Boy
1934-04-13
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Mrs. Miniver
1942-07-03
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Blossoms in the Dust
1941-08-15
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The White Cliffs of Dover
1944-05-11
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National Velvet
1945-01-26
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The Yearling
1946-12-18
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Smilin' Through
1941-10-01
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I Married an Angel
1942-07-09
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The Florodora Girl
1930-05-31
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Maytime
1937-03-26
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Madam Satan
1930-09-20
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Rose Marie
1954-03-03
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David Copperfield
1935-01-18
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Thousands Cheer
1943-09-13
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Big Jack
1949-04-12
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Three Daring Daughters
1948-02-12
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New Moon
1930-12-23
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In Gay Madrid
1930-05-17
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The Good Earth
1937-06-02
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A Lady's Morals
1930-11-08
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The Cuban Love Song
1931-11-18
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The Cuban Love Song
1931-11-18
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The Chocolate Soldier
1941-11-01
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The Florodora Girl
1930-05-31
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The Son-Daughter
1932-12-23
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The Son-Daughter
1932-12-23
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Sweethearts
1938-12-30
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Maytime
1937-03-26
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Madam Satan
1930-09-20
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Marie Antoinette
1938-08-26
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Undercurrent
1946-11-11
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The Painted Veil
1934-11-23
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Night Flight
1933-10-06
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Conquest
1937-10-22
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Mannequin
1938-01-21
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Absolute Quiet
1936-04-24
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They Were Expendable
1945-12-07
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Ziegfeld Girl
1941-04-25
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Susan and God
1940-06-07
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Hills of Home
1948-11-25
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Tennessee Johnson
1942-12-01
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Anna Karenina
1935-08-30
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Madame Curie
1943-12-16
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Random Harvest
1942-12-17
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Idiot's Delight
1939-01-27