Milton Schwarzwald
{{short description|American film director}}
Milton Edward Schwarzwald{{cite web |url= https://www.newspapers.com/search/?iid=3825&_gl=1%2ayz2nvj%2a_ga%2aNTM4MzYzMjY5LjE3MDE0MzkxMzE.%2a_ga_4QT8FMEX30%2aMTcwMTY1NzA1Mi4yLjAuMTcwMTY1NzA1Mi42MC4wLjA.%2a_ga_7T5H12SHSY%2aMTcwMTY1NzA1Mi4yLjAuMTcwMTY1NzA2MS41MS4wLjA.&query=Milton%20Edward%20Schwarzwald&t=4312&ymd=1950-03-05 |title= The Los Angeles Times > March 05, 1950 > Obituary |author= |website= Newspapers.com |quote= Funeral services for Milton Edward Schwarzwald....}} (16 September 1891, Detroit – 2 March 1950, Hollywood{{cite book |author= |date= 1952 |title= The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary of Composers, Authors and Publishers |url= https://archive.org/details/ascapbiographica00amer_1/page/444/mode/2up |location= New York City |publisher= Thomas Y. Crowell Company |page= 444-445}}) 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.{{cite web |url= https://kb.osu.edu/items/8e060e78-1e98-5214-b69d-c16412f6c052 |title= 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 |author= |website= Ohio State University|date= 1916 }} He and Arthur Francis (early pen name of Ira Gershwin) collaborated on a song for the 1922 musical Molly Darling.{{Cite book|url=https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mmb-vp/4679|title=Castles : Come Tumbling Down|first1=Milton E.|last1=Schwarzwald|first2=Arthur|last2=Francis|date=September 8, 1922|publisher=Harms Incorporated|via=digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu}}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/person/milton-schwarzwald-vault-0000008915|title=Milton Schwarzwald|website=Playbill}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/milton-schwarzwald-12376|title=Milton Schwarzwald – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB|website=www.ibdb.com}}
BFI credits him with the music for five films in 1949 and 1950.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9eeb4d12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407113255/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9eeb4d12|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 7, 2018|title=Milton Schwarzwald|website=BFI}}
His son Arnold Schwarzwald was a composer and soundman.
Filmography
- Revue à la Carte (1935)
- Gus Van's Music Shoppe (1935), director
- Gus Van's Garden Party (1936), director{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZGDwDwAAQBAJ&dq=milton++schwarzwald&pg=PA225|title=Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926-1959|first=Graham|last=Webb|date=July 10, 2020|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476639260|via=Google Books}}
- Musical Airwaves (1936), director of the 10-minute short for Universal Pictures
- Carnival Time (1936), two-reel film{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AlVhAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22carnival+time%22+1936+film%C2%A0Schwarzwald&pg=PA32 | title=Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures. New Series | date=1937 }} with singing, music, dance, and acrobatics{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cmDwDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22carnival+time%22+1936+film%C2%A0Schwarzwald&pg=PA99 | title=Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926-1959 | isbn=978-1-4766-8118-4 | last1=Webb | first1=Graham | date=27 July 2020 | publisher=McFarland }}
- Maids and Music (1938), producer
- Rumba Rhythms (1942), musical director
- 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{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/jots.200165265/|title=MA AND PA KETTLE GO TO TOWN|website=Library of Congress}}
- The Kid from Texas (1950), musical director{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/jots.200165267/|title=THE KID FROM TEXAS|website=Library of Congress}}
- I Was a Shoplifter (1950), music director
- Outside the Wall (1950), music director
- Woman in Hiding (1950), music director{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/film-and-videos/?all=true&c=25&dates=1950&fa=contributor:milton+schwarzwald&st=list|title=Search results from Film, Video, 1950, Milton Schwarzwald|first=milton|last=schwarzwald|website=Library of Congress}}
Discography
- Baby Vampire, sheet music, composer{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/ihas.200186220.0/?st=gallery|title=Baby Vampire|website=Library of Congress}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.discogs.com/artist/2886648-Milton-E-Schwarzwald Discogs catalog]
- {{IMSLP|id=Schwarzwald, Milton E.}}
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Category:Film directors from Michigan