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name: "Arthur Lange"
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born: "16 April 1889"
died: "7 December 1956"
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average_fi1m_score: 68
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# Arthur Lange

Composer. Born 16 April 1889 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 7 December 1956.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 16 April 1889, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 7 December 1956
- **Active:** 1929–1941
- **Academy Awards:** 5 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 62 (1), 1930s 60 (2), 1940s 87 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 78 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Music 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $14m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Lange, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q383858, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0486075/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/100579

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Hollywood Revue of 1929*](https://film.one/film/the-hollywood-revue-of-1929.md) (62)

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## Biography

Arthur Lange (1889–1956) was an American composer, arranger and bandleader. Born in Philadelphia, he worked in the 1910s as a songwriter, often with lyricist Andrew B. Sterling, and recorded extensively for Cameo Records in the 1920s. He published the textbook *Arranging for the Modern Dance Orchestra* in 1926 and served as musical director for several dance orchestras.

From 1929 he headed the music department at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and later worked at other studios. He composed or arranged music for more than 120 films, including *Cavalcade* (1933), *The Great Ziegfeld* (1936), *The Maltese Falcon* (1941), *The Woman in the Window* (1944) and *Woman on the Run* (1950). Lange received five Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Maltese Falcon* (1941), Fi1m 87, Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-maltese-falcon.md)
- *The Great Ziegfeld* (1936), Fi1m 64, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-ziegfeld.md)
- *Cavalcade* (1933), Fi1m 57, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/cavalcade.md)
- *The Hollywood Revue of 1929* (1929), Fi1m 62, as Self - Orchestra Leader — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hollywood-revue-of-1929.md)

## Complete filmography (67)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Prima Donna* (1956), Orchestrator
- *Ring of Fear* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *The Mad Magician* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Southwest Passage* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Beachhead* (1954), Music
- *The Steel Lady* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *99 River Street* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Lost in Alaska* (1952), Music
- *Japanese War Bride* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *The Lady Says No* (1952), Music
- *The Groom Wore Spurs* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Cry Danger* (1951), Music
- *Woman on the Run* (1950), Music
- *Dynamite* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven* (1948), Music
- *Along Came Jones* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *Belle of the Yukon* (1944), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *The Woman in the Window* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *Casanova Brown* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *Bermuda Mystery* (1944), Music
- *The Gang's All Here* (1943), Music
- *They Came to Blow Up America* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *Lady of Burlesque* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *Quiet Please, Murder* (1943), Additional Music
- *It's Everybody's War* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *The Maltese Falcon* (1941), Orchestrator — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-maltese-falcon.md)
- *They Drive by Night* (1940), Orchestrator
- *Married and in Love* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *The Great Victor Herbert* (1939), Music
- *Let Freedom Ring* (1939), Music
- *Submarine Patrol* (1938), Original Music Composer
- *Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm* (1938), Original Music Composer
- *Wife, Doctor and Nurse* (1937), Music
- *This Is My Affair* (1937), Original Music Composer
- *On the Avenue* (1937), Music Director
- *The Magnificent Brute* (1936), Music
- *The Great Ziegfeld* (1936), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-ziegfeld.md)
- *It's A Small World* (1935), Music Director
- *The Lottery Lover* (1935), Original Music Composer
- *Marie Galante* (1934), Original Music Composer
- *Now I'll Tell* (1934), Music Director
- *Stand Up and Cheer!* (1934), Original Music Composer
- *My Weakness* (1933), Music
- *Adorable* (1933), Original Music Composer
- *The Warrior's Husband* (1933), Music
- *Hello, Sister!* (1933), Original Music Composer
- *Broadway Bad* (1933), Music Director
- *State Fair* (1933), Orchestrator
- *Cavalcade* (1933), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/cavalcade.md)
- *The Death Kiss* (1932), Original Music Composer
- *Call Her Savage* (1932), Original Music Composer
- *The Golden West* (1932), Original Music Composer
- *Rackety Rax* (1932), Music
- *This Is the Night* (1932), Additional Music
- *Lady with a Past* (1932), Original Music Composer
- *A Woman Commands* (1932), Music Director
- *Suicide Fleet* (1931), Music Director
- *Freighters of Destiny* (1931), Music Director
- *The Tip-Off* (1931), Music Director
- *The Big Gamble* (1931), Music Director
- *A Woman of Experience* (1931), Music Director
- *Millie* (1931), Music Director
- *The Americans Come* (1930), as Vocalist
- *Manhattan Serenade* (1929), Music Arranger
- *The Hollywood Revue of 1929* (1929), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hollywood-revue-of-1929.md)
- *The Mysterious Island* (1929), Music
- *Our Modern Maidens* (1929), Music

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 5 nominated

- 1946: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *Belle of the Yukon*
- 1946: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (nominated), for *The Woman in the Window*
- 1945: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (nominated), for *Casanova Brown*
- 1944: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (nominated), for *Lady of Burlesque*
- 1940: Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment (nominated), for *The Great Victor Herbert*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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