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Louis Levy(1894-1957)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Production Department
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Louis Levy was born on 20 November 1894 in London, England, UK. He was a composer, known for The Lady Vanishes (1938), The 39 Steps (1935) and Young and Innocent (1937). He died on 18 August 1957 in Slough, Berkshire, England, UK.
BornNovember 20, 1894
DiedAugust 18, 1957(62)
BornNovember 20, 1894
DiedAugust 18, 1957(62)
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Known for

Margaret Lockwood in The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Lady Vanishes
7.7
  • Music Department
  • 1938
1 sheet 27 x 41
The 39 Steps
7.6
  • Music Department
  • 1935
Mary Clare, Derrick De Marney, Pat Fitzpatrick, John Longden, George Merritt, Nova Pilbeam, and Edward Rigby in Young and Innocent (1937)
Young and Innocent
6.8
  • Music Department
  • 1937
Chu Chin Chow (1934)
Chu Chin Chow
6.2
  • Music Department
  • 1934

Credits

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Music Department

  • Edward Chapman, Janet Munro, and Andrew Ray in The Young and the Guilty (1959)
    The Young and the Guilty
    6.1
    • musical director
    • 1959
  • Ivanhoe (1958)
    Ivanhoe
    7.1
    TV Series
    • composer: end titles theme
    • 1958–1959
  • Phyllis Calvert and Alan White in A Lady Mislaid (1958)
    A Lady Mislaid
    6.2
    • musical director
    • 1958
  • Sidney Poitier, Patrick Allen, Helen Horton, Eartha Kitt, and Marne Maitland in The Mark of the Hawk (1957)
    The Mark of the Hawk
    5.3
    • director: The Associated British Studio Orchestra
    • 1957
  • Small Hotel (1957)
    Small Hotel
    7.1
    • music arranger
    • 1957
  • Anna Neagle in No Time for Tears (1957)
    No Time for Tears
    6.2
    • musical director
    • 1957
  • Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957)
    Woman in a Dressing Gown
    7.3
    • conductor
    • music arranger
    • 1957
  • Robert Flemyng, Zena Marshall, Tony Martin, and Vera-Ellen in Let's Be Happy (1957)
    Let's Be Happy
    5.6
    • musical director
    • 1957
  • Gordon Scott in Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957)
    Tarzan and the Lost Safari
    5.7
    • musical director
    • 1957
  • The Good Companions (1957)
    The Good Companions
    5.7
    • musical director
    • 1957
  • Ted Ray and Ronald Shiner in My Wife's Family (1956)
    My Wife's Family
    • musical director
    • 1956
  • John Mills in It's Great to Be Young! (1956)
    It's Great to Be Young!
    6.4
    • musical director
    • 1956
  • Gregory Peck, Orson Welles, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, and Friedrich von Ledebur in Moby Dick (1956)
    Moby Dick
    7.3
    • conductor
    • 1956
  • It's Never Too Late (1956)
    It's Never Too Late
    5.9
    • musical director
    • 1956
  • Diana Dors in Yield to the Night (1956)
    Yield to the Night
    7.1
    • musical director
    • 1956

Composer

  • Will Hay and the Stars
    Short
    • archival music
    • 2016
  • Robert Donat and Valerie Hobson in The Adventures of Tartu (1943)
    The Adventures of Tartu
    7.0
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Leslie Banks in Bombsight Stolen (1941)
    Bombsight Stolen
    6.7
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Phyllis Calvert and Gordon Harker in Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (1941)
    Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
    6.7
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Gasbags (1941)
    Gasbags
    5.4
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Neutral Port (1940)
    Neutral Port
    5.3
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Spare a Copper (1940)
    Spare a Copper
    6.1
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Rex Harrison and Margaret Lockwood in Night Train to Munich (1940)
    Night Train to Munich
    7.2
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Haunted Honeymoon (1940)
    Haunted Honeymoon
    6.3
    • music score
    • 1940
  • The Girl in the News (1940)
    The Girl in the News
    6.8
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch in Band Waggon (1940)
    Band Waggon
    5.4
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Will Fyffe in They Came by Night (1940)
    They Came by Night
    6.1
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • The Frozen Limits (1939)
    The Frozen Limits
    5.7
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Where's That Fire? (1939)
    Where's That Fire?
    7.0
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Gordon Harker and Alastair Sim in Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939)
    Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
    6.9
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1939

Production Department

  • A Cuckoo in the Nest (1933)
    A Cuckoo in the Nest
    5.7
    • production personnel
    • 1933
  • Jessie Matthews in Friday the Thirteenth (1933)
    Friday the Thirteenth
    6.6
    • production personnel
    • 1933
  • Constance Cummings and Edmund Gwenn in Channel Crossing (1933)
    Channel Crossing
    5.7
    • production personnel
    • 1933
  • Leave It to Smith
    5.8
    • production personnel
    • 1933
  • Madeleine Carroll and Conrad Veidt in I Was a Spy (1933)
    I Was a Spy
    6.7
    • production personnel
    • 1933
  • Drusilla Wills in Britannia of Billingsgate (1933)
    Britannia of Billingsgate
    5.8
    • production personnel
    • 1933
  • Charlotte Greenwood in Orders Is Orders (1933)
    Orders Is Orders
    5.4
    • production personnel
    • 1933
  • Jack Hulbert in Falling for You (1933)
    Falling for You
    5.6
    • production personnel (as L. Levy)
    • 1933
  • It's a Boy (1933)
    It's a Boy
    6.1
    • production personnel
    • 1933
  • Jessie Matthews in The Good Companions (1933)
    The Good Companions
    6.8
    • production personnel
    • 1933
  • Gordon Harker and Clifford Mollison in The Lucky Number (1932)
    The Lucky Number
    5.4
    • production personnel
    • 1932

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • L. Levy
  • Born
    • November 20, 1894
    • London, England, UK
  • Died
    • August 18, 1957
    • Slough, Berkshire, England, UK
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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  • Trivia
    British composer, conductor, arranger and violinist. Levy studied at the London College of Music on a scholarship. He entered the film industry in 1916 and eventually became musical director at Gaumont British and Gainsborough (from 1928 to 1947), supervising all musical output. Leader of the Gaumont British Symphony Orchestra.

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