Louis Silvers
American film composer (1889-1954) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 64
Louis "Lou" Silvers was an American film score composer whose work has been used in more than 250 movies. In 1935, he won the first Academy Award for Best Original Score for One Night of Love.
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1954Died26 March 19541935Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or TreatmentAward1927In historyThe Jazz Singer premieresWith 
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J. Edward Bromberg Louis wrote Jesse James and Suez
Loretta Young Louis wrote Suez and Kentucky
Myrna Loy Louis wrote The Jazz Singer and Noah's Ark
John Carradine Louis wrote Jesse James (1939)
Carol Dempster Louis wrote Way Down East (1922)
Claudette Colbert Louis produced She Married Her Boss (1935)
Richard Barthelmess Louis wrote Way Down East and Weary River
Betty Compson Louis wrote The Barker and Weary River
Dolores Costello Louis wrote Noah's Ark and Madonna of Avenue A
Edward Everett Horton Louis wrote The Terror, Sonny Boy and Wide Open
Moe Howard Louis wrote Dancing Lady and Woman Haters
Louise Fazenda Louis wrote Noah's Ark and The Terror
Patsy Ruth Miller Louis wrote So Long Letty and Wide Open
Robert Lowery Louis wrote Kentucky and Four Men and a Prayer
Richard Greene Louis wrote Kentucky and Four Men and a Prayer
Frank Reicher Louis wrote Under Two Flags and No Greater Glory
Douglass Dumbrille Louis wrote Kentucky and Crime and Punishment
Grant Withers Louis wrote Madonna of Avenue A (1929)
Claude Gillingwater Louis wrote So Long Letty and Illicit
Robert Emmett O'Connor Louis wrote The Big House and The Singing Fool
Raymond Walburn Louis produced She Married Her Boss (1935)
Tyrone Power Louis wrote Jesse James and Suez
Nancy Kelly Louis wrote Jesse James and Tail Spin
Herbert Mundin Louis wrote Under Two Flags (1936)
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Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1889 to 1954 · aged 64
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The same award as Louis
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Richard HagemanBoth received Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment
Charles PrevinBoth received Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment