Milton Schwarzwald

American film director

Milton Edward Schwarzwald[1] (16 September 1891, Detroit – 2 March 1950, Hollywood[2]) was a film director and musical theater composer and producer. In the 1930s, he directed numerous Mentone Productions comedy musical variety films before departing to produce musical theater in 1939.

Leo Feist published sheet music for his operetta Flora Bella in 1916.[3] He and Arthur Francis (early pen name of Ira Gershwin) collaborated on a song for the 1922 musical Molly Darling.[4]

Playbill and IBDB list him as the musical director of four theatrical productions in the 1920s and as a musical contributor to a couple more.[5][6]

BFI credits him with the music for five films in 1949 and 1950.[7]

His son Arnold Schwarzwald was a composer and soundman.

## Filmography

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* Revue à la Carte (1935)
* Gus Van's Music Shoppe (1935), director
* Gus Van's Garden Party (1936), director[8]
* Musical Airwaves (1936), director of the 10-minute short for Universal Pictures
* Carnival Time (1936), two-reel film[9] with singing, music, dance, and acrobatics[10]
* Maids and Music (1938), producer
* Rumba Rhythms (1942), musical director[8]
* Top Man (film) (1943), producer
* Girl on the Spot (1945), executive producer
* Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949), composer
* Illegal Entry (1949), music
* The Pecos Pistol (1949), composer
* The Story of Molly X (1949), composer
* Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950), composer[11]
* The Kid from Texas (1950), musical director[12]
* I Was a Shoplifter (1950), music director
* Outside the Wall (1950), music director
* Woman in Hiding (1950), music director[13]

## Discography

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* Baby Vampire, sheet music, composer[14]

## References

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1. ^ "The Los Angeles Times > March 05, 1950 > Obituary". Newspapers.com. "Funeral services for Milton Edward Schwarzwald...."
2. ^ The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary of Composers, Authors and Publishers. New York City: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. 1952. p. 444-445.
3. ^ "Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute (TRI) > Sheet Music Collections (TRI) > Sheet Music Collections (TRI) > Waltzes from the Melodies of Milton E. Schwarzwald". Ohio State University. 1916.
4. ^ Schwarzwald, Milton E.; Francis, Arthur (September 8, 1922). Castles : Come Tumbling Down. Harms Incorporated – via digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu.
5. ^ "Milton Schwarzwald". Playbill.
6. ^ "Milton Schwarzwald – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
7. ^ "Milton Schwarzwald". BFI. Archived from the original on April 7, 2018.
8. ^ a b Webb, Graham (July 10, 2020). Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926-1959. McFarland. ISBN 9781476639260 – via Google Books.
9. ^ "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures. New Series". 1937.
10. ^ Webb, Graham (27 July 2020). Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926-1959. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-8118-4.
11. ^ "MA AND PA KETTLE GO TO TOWN". Library of Congress.
12. ^ "THE KID FROM TEXAS". Library of Congress.
13. ^ schwarzwald, milton. "Search results from Film, Video, 1950, Milton Schwarzwald". Library of Congress.
14. ^ "Baby Vampire". Library of Congress.

## External links

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* Discogs catalog
* Free scores by Milton Schwarzwald at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)