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Maurice De Packh(1896-1960)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Composer, arranger and conductor, educated in public schools and a music student of Maurice Gold, Frank Saddler and Jeanne Franco. He conducted the DePackh Ensemble from 1928 to 1931, and arranged the Broadway musicals "The Girl Friend" and "Manhattan Mary". He came to Hollywood in 1933 where he scored a number of films. Joining ASCAP in 1946, his popular-song compositions included "Just For You", Evening Song", and "Glory".
BornNovember 21, 1896
DiedMay 24, 1960(63)
BornNovember 21, 1896
DiedMay 24, 1960(63)
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Known for

Ethel Barrymore, Victor Mature, and Peggy Cummins in Moss Rose (1947)
Moss Rose
6.6
  • Music Department
  • 1947
Henry Jones, Nancy Kelly, and Patty McCormack in The Bad Seed (1956)
The Bad Seed
7.4
  • Music Department(as Maurice de Packh)
  • 1956
Joan Crawford and David Brian in The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
The Damned Don't Cry
7.1
  • Music Department(as Maurice de Packh)
  • 1950
Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, and Helen Walker in Nightmare Alley (1947)
Nightmare Alley
7.7
  • Music Department(as Maurice de Packh)
  • 1947

Credits

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  • Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Tony Curtis, John Gavin, Charles Laughton, Jean Simmons, and Peter Ustinov in Spartacus (1960)
    Spartacus
    7.9
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1960
  • The Crowded Sky (1960)
    The Crowded Sky
    5.7
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1960
  • Doris Day, David Niven, Baby Gellert, Charles Herbert, Stanley Livingston, Flip Mark, Janis Paige, and Hobo in Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
    Please Don't Eat the Daisies
    6.4
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1960
  • Alan Ladd, Frankie Avalon, Jeanne Crain, and Gilbert Roland in Guns of the Timberland (1960)
    Guns of the Timberland
    5.5
    • orchestrator (as Maurice de Packh)
    • 1960
  • Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, and Thelma Ritter in Pillow Talk (1959)
    Pillow Talk
    7.4
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • Robert Mitchum in The Wonderful Country (1959)
    The Wonderful Country
    6.1
    • music arranger
    • 1959
  • Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Earl Holliman, and Ziva Rodann in Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
    Last Train from Gun Hill
    7.3
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • Sophia Loren, George Sanders, and Tab Hunter in That Kind of Woman (1959)
    That Kind of Woman
    6.1
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • John Wayne, Ward Bond, Walter Brennan, Angie Dickinson, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, and John Russell in Rio Bravo (1959)
    Rio Bravo
    8.0
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • Leslie Caron in Gigi (1958)
    Gigi
    6.6
    • additional orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1958
  • The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
    The Long, Hot Summer
    7.3
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1958
  • Tab Hunter and Etchika Choureau in Lafayette Escadrille (1958)
    Lafayette Escadrille
    5.5
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1958
  • The Deep Six (1958)
    The Deep Six
    6.1
    • orchestrator
    • 1958
  • Robert Mitchum and Curd Jürgens in The Enemy Below (1957)
    The Enemy Below
    7.4
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1957
  • Anthony Quinn, Anthony Franciosa, and Anna Magnani in Wild Is the Wind (1957)
    Wild Is the Wind
    6.6
    • orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1957

Composer



  • Wildcatters
    TV Short
    • music
    • 1959
  • Two Gun Rusty (1944)
    Two Gun Rusty
    7.7
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1944
  • Jasper in a Jam (1946)
    Jasper's Paradise
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1944
  • Gary Gray in And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1944)
    And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
    6.8
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1944
  • Mel Blanc in Jasper Goes Hunting (1944)
    Jasper Goes Hunting
    5.5
    Short
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • The Fly in the Ointment (1943)
    The Fly in the Ointment
    6.4
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1943
  • Goofy Movies Number One
    5.5
    Short
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1933
  • Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Jean Alden, Gail Arnold, Lee Bailey, Lynn Bari, Bonita Barker, Kathryn Barnes, Esther Brodelet, Edna Callahan, Lorena Carr, Shirley Chambers, Dalie Dean, Shirley Deane, Dorothy Dearing, Dale Dee, Florine Baile, Elizabeth Cooke, Alan DeAstray, Francis Belmont, and Louis Delgardo in Dancing Lady (1933)
    Dancing Lady
    6.8
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1933
  • Maureen O'Sullivan and Alice Brady in Stage Mother (1933)
    Stage Mother
    6.1
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1933

Soundtrack



  • Dick Beals, Art Clokey, Dal McKennon, and Paul Frees in The Puppetoon Movie (1987)
    The Puppetoon Movie
    7.1
    • writer: "Puppetoon Signature"
    • 1987
  • Anastasia (1956)
    Anastasia
    7.0
    • arranger: "Wildfeuer Polka" (uncredited)
    • 1956
  • Two Gun Rusty (1944)
    Two Gun Rusty
    7.7
    Short
    • music: "Down in Santa Fe"
    • 1944
  • Erich von Stroheim, Richard Arlen, and Vera Ralston in Storm Over Lisbon (1944)
    Storm Over Lisbon
    5.6
    • arranger: "Polovtsian Dances" (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Walt Disney, Oliver Hardy, Ruth Channing, Irene Hervey, Stan Laurel, Marion O'Connell, Lupe Velez, and Beatrice Hagen in Hollywood Party (1934)
    Hollywood Party
    5.9
    • writer: "Schnarzan" (uncredited)
    • 1934

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Maurice DePachk
  • Born
    • November 21, 1896
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • May 24, 1960
    • Beverly Hills, California, USA
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:

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