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name: "Sidney Cutner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sidney-cutner"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "16 April 1903"
died: "20 September 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T11:50:52.862686+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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# Sidney Cutner

Composer. Born 16 April 1903 in Mariupol. Died 20 September 1971.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 16 April 1903, Mariupol
- **Died:** 20 September 1971

## Biography

Sidney Cutner was a composer and orchestrator. He was born on 16 April 1903 in Mariupol, then part of the Russian Empire, and died on 20 September 1971 in Los Angeles, California.

Cutner worked extensively in Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1970s, providing orchestrations and additional music for nearly 400 productions. He received original music credits on films including *Holiday* (1938), *His Girl Friday* (1940), *The Face Behind the Mask* (1941), *Texas* (1941) and *My Sister Eileen* (1942). His orchestration work includes *Sunset Boulevard* (1950), *Ace in the Hole* (1951), *Shane* (1953), *Rio Bravo* (1959) and *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956). He also composed for television series such as *The F.B.I.* and *The Invaders*.

*Sources: imdb.com, grokipedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *His Girl Friday* (1940), Fi1m 90, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/his-girl-friday.md)

## Also known for

- *Sunset Boulevard* (1950), Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/sunset-boulevard.md)
- *Rio Bravo* (1959), Orchestrator
- *Ace in the Hole* (1951), Orchestrator — [page](https://film.one/film/ace-in-the-hole.md)
- *Shane* (1953), Orchestrator
- *The Lost Weekend* (1945), Orchestrator
- *The Stranger* (1946), Orchestrator
- *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956), Orchestrator
- *Gaslight* (1944), Orchestrator

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