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name: "John Stepan Zamecnik"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/j-s-zamecnik"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "14 May 1872"
died: "13 July 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T22:02:19.381597+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# John Stepan Zamecnik

Composer. Born 14 May 1872 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Died 13 July 1953.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 14 May 1872, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 13 July 1953
- **Also known as:** J.S. Zamecnik, J.S. Kamecnik, J. S. Zamecnik
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stepan_Zamecnik, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2270307, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0952615/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1192628

## Biography

John Stepan Zamecnik was an American composer and conductor. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he studied at the Prague Conservatory of Music under Antonín Dvořák before returning to the United States, where he played violin in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under Victor Herbert.

He became musical director at the Hippodrome Theater in Cleveland and later moved to Hollywood. Zamecnik composed extensively for silent films, producing photoplay music published by Sam Fox and contributing scores to films including *The Wedding March* (1928), *Wings* (1927) and *Cavalcade* (1933). He continued to supply music for sound films into the 1930s.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Cavalcade* (1933), Fi1m 57, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/cavalcade.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *The Power and the Glory* (1933), Original Music Composer
- *Berkeley Square* (1933), Original Music Composer
- *Shanghai Madness* (1933), Original Music Composer
- *Zoo in Budapest* (1933), Original Music Composer
- *The Warrior's Husband* (1933), Music
- *Cavalcade* (1933), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/cavalcade.md)
- *Wild Girl* (1932), Original Music Composer
- *Scram!* (1932), Music
- *Pardon Us* (1931), Music
- *When the Wind Blows* (1930), Music
- *Redskin* (1929), Original Music Composer
- *The Wedding March* (1928), Original Music Composer
- *Abie's Irish Rose* (1928), as Songs
- *The Rough Riders* (1927), Music

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