Saul Chaplin

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-02-19 (85 years old)

Deathday

1997-11-15

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Saul Chaplin

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Saul Chaplin (born Saul Kaplan; February 19, 1912 – November 15, 1997) was an American composer and musical director. Chaplin worked on stage, screen and television since the days of Tin Pan Alley. In film, he won three Oscars for collaborating on the scores and orchestrations of An American in Paris (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) and West Side Story (1961).

Acting

Production

1945

Leave It to Blondie

as Original Music Composer

1960

Can-Can

as Associate Producer

1955

Jupiter's Darling

as Music Supervisor

1963

1958

Merry Andrew

as Associate Producer

1958

Merry Andrew

as Music

1968

Star!

as Producer

1937

1941

1954

The Last Time I Saw Paris

as Music Supervisor

1965

The Sound of Music

as Associate Producer

1961

West Side Story

as Associate Producer

1961

West Side Story

as Music Supervisor

1945

1950

Summer Stock

as Songs

1941

1950

Summer Stock

as Music Director

1937

Ups and Downs

as Lyricist

1937

Ups and Downs

as Original Music Composer

1952

1954

1953

Give a Girl a Break

as Musical Casting

1940

Double or Nothing

as Original Music Composer

1972

Man of La Mancha

as Associate Producer

1957

Les Girls

as Music

1938

The Knight Is Young

as Original Music Composer

1951

An American in Paris

as Music Director

1949

On the Town

as Music Arranger

1956

High Society

as Music Supervisor

1956

High Society

as Music Arranger

1953

Kiss Me Kate

as Music Director

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