---
name: "Samuel Kaylin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/samuel-kaylin"
fi1m_id: "samuel-kaylin"
imdb_id: "nm0006152"
tmdb_id: 120469
wikidata_id: "Q7411900"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "18 January 1892"
died: "7 July 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T02:14:27.212085+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."
---

# Samuel Kaylin

## Identity

Samuel Kaylin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/samuel-kaylin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** samuel-kaylin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006152
- **TMDB ID:** 120469
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7411900
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Kaylin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7411900, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006152/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120469

Composer. Born 18 January 1892 in Melitopol, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire. Died 7 July 1983.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 18 January 1892, Melitopol, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire
- **Died:** 7 July 1983
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Kaylin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7411900, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006152/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120469

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Judge Priest*](https://film.one/film/judge-priest.md) (58)

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## Biography

Samuel Kaylin (born Shevach Kalinowski) was a film composer and music director. Born on 18 January 1892 in Melitopol, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine), he emigrated to the United States in 1907 and later worked as a musician at the Chinese Theater in Los Angeles.

Kaylin joined Fox Film in 1930 and composed or directed music for more than 80 films, including scores for the Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto series. His credits include John Ford's *Judge Priest* (1934) and Shirley Temple's *Bright Eyes* (1934). He left 20th Century Fox, the successor to Fox Film, in 1940.

In 1943 he founded the Professional Institute of Music and Drama and scored *The Leather Burners*. Kaylin died on 7 July 1983 in Bakersfield, California.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Judge Priest* (1934), Fi1m 58, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/judge-priest.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

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

- *Leather Burners* (1943), Music
- *The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Sailor's Lady* (1940), Music
- *On Their Own* (1940), Music Director
- *City of Chance* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *The Cisco Kid and the Lady* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *Too Busy to Work* (1939), Music Director
- *Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *20,000 Men a Year* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *Quick Millions* (1939), Music Director
- *Frontier Marshal* (1939), Music Director
- *Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation* (1939), Music Director
- *Everybody's Baby* (1939), Music Director
- *Mr. Moto's Last Warning* (1939), Music Director
- *Up the River* (1938), Music, Music Director
- *Down on the Farm* (1938), Music Director
- *Safety in Numbers* (1938), Music Director
- *Change of Heart* (1938), Original Music Composer
- *Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo* (1937), Music Director
- *Borrowing Trouble* (1937), Music Director
- *Hot Water* (1937), Music
- *Charlie Chan on Broadway* (1937), Original Music Composer
- *The Lady Escapes* (1937), Music Director
- *Charlie Chan at the Olympics* (1937), Original Music Composer, Music Director
- *The Great Hospital Mystery* (1937), Music Director
- *Laughing at Trouble* (1936), Music Director
- *Thank You, Jeeves!* (1936), Original Music Composer
- *Back to Nature* (1936), Music Director
- *Charlie Chan at the Circus* (1936), Music Director
- *Every Saturday Night* (1936), Music Director
- *Charlie Chan's Secret* (1936), Music
- *Piernas de seda* (1935), Music
- *Judge Priest* (1934), Music — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/judge-priest.md)
- *Charlie Chan in London* (1934), Music Director
- *Call It Luck* (1934), Original Music Composer
- *Baby Take a Bow* (1934), Music Director
- *Murder in Trinidad* (1934), Music Director
- *I Believed in You* (1934), Music
- *No dejes la puerta abierta* (1933), Music
- *Doctor Bull* (1933), Original Music Composer
- *Melodía prohibida* (1933), Music
- *Pilgrimage* (1933), Music Director
- *It's Great to Be Alive* (1933), Music Director
- *Sailor's Luck* (1933), Music Director
- *Liliom* (1930), Music
- *The Second Floor Mystery* (1930), Original Music Composer

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