Leo F. Forbstein (1892–1948)

Music Department | Soundtrack | Composer

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Leo Forbstein began as a violin player at the age of 4. While conducting at the Royal Theater in St...

Born: October 16, 1892
Died: February 12, 1948 (age 55)

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Filmography

• Known For
  
  The Adventures of Robin Hood Music Department (1938)
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  To Have and Have Not Music Department (1944)
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  The Big Sleep Music Department (1946)
• Known For
  
  Rope Music Department (1948)
• Soundtrack
  
  Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
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  Taking the Count (1937)
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  Bengal Tiger (1936)
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  Here's Howe (1936)
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  Shop Talk (1936)
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  P's and Cues (1935)
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  A Dream Comes True (1935)
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  Traveling Saleslady (1935)
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  Show Kids (1935)
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  Kansas City Princess (1934)
• He Was Her Man (1934)
• Big City Blues (1932)
• Soundtrack
  Beauty and the Boss (1932)
• Actor
  Broadway Gondolier Rehearsal Orchestra Leader (1935)
• Actor
  Twenty Million Sweethearts Conductor Brusiloff (1934)
• Music Department
  One Last Fling (1949)
• Night Unto Night (1949)
• Whiplash (1948)
• The Decision of Christopher Blake (1948)
• Johnny Belinda (1948)
• Two Guys from Texas (1948)
• Rope (1948)
• The Big Punch (1948)
• Romance on the High Seas (1948)
• Wallflower (1948)
• Silver River (1948)
• The Woman in White (1948)
• Winter Meeting (1948)
• To the Victor (1948)
• April Showers (1948)
• My Girl Tisa (1948)
• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
• The Voice of the Turtle (1947)
• My Wild Irish Rose (1947)
• Always Together (1947)
• Escape Me Never (1947)
• That Hagen Girl (1947)
• The Unsuspected (1947)
• Dark Passage (1947)
• Life with Father (1947)
• Deep Valley (1947)
• Cry Wolf (1947)
• Cheyenne (1947)
• Possessed (1947)
• Love and Learn (1947)
• Stallion Road (1947)
• Pursued (1947)
• The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
• That Way with Women (1947)
• Nora Prentiss (1947)
• The Unfaithful (1947)
• The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946)
• The Man I Love (1946)
• Humoresque (1946)
• The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
• Never Say Goodbye (1946)
• The Verdict (1946)
• Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
• Deception (1946)
• Shadow of a Woman (1946)
• Cloak and Dagger (1946)
• The Big Sleep (1946)
• Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946)
• Of Human Bondage (1946)
• Night and Day (1946)
• Janie Gets Married (1946)
• One More Tomorrow (1946)
• Her Kind of Man (1946)
• A Stolen Life (1946)
• Devotion (1946)
• Cinderella Jones (1946)
• Three Strangers (1946)
• My Reputation (1946)
• San Antonio (1945)
• Frontier Days (1945)
• Too Young to Know (1945)
• Saratoga Trunk (1945)
• Danger Signal (1945)
• Confidential Agent (1945)
• Mildred Pierce (1945)
• Pride of the Marines (1945)
• Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
• Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
• Conflict (1945)
• Pillow to Post (1945)
• Escape in the Desert (1945)
• The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
• Law of the Badlands (1945)
• The Corn Is Green (1945)
• God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)
• Hotel Berlin (1945)
• Roughly Speaking (1945)
• Objective, Burma! (1945)
• Hollywood Canteen (1944)
• The Very Thought of You (1944)
• To Have and Have Not (1944)
• The Conspirators (1944)
• The Doughgirls (1944)
• Janie (1944)
• The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
• Trial by Trigger (1944)
• Make Your Own Bed (1944)
• Mr. Skeffington (1944)
• Between Two Worlds (1944)
• The Road to Victory (1944)
• The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
• Uncertain Glory (1944)
• Wells Fargo Days (1944)
• Shine on Harvest Moon (1944)
• Roaring Guns (1944)
• Passage to Marseille (1944)
• In Our Time (1944)
• Gun to Gun (1944)
• The Desert Song (1943)
• Destination Tokyo (1943)
• Old Acquaintance (1943)
• Northern Pursuit (1943)
• Wagon Wheels West (1943)
• Princess O'Rourke (1943)
• Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
• Oklahoma Outlaws (1943)
• Watch on the Rhine (1943)
• This Is the Army (1943)
• Background to Danger (1943)
• The Constant Nymph (1943)
• Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
• Mission to Moscow (1943)
• Edge of Darkness (1943)
• Air Force (1943)
• The Hard Way (1943)
• Casablanca (1942)
• Gentleman Jim (1942)
• The Hidden Hand (1942)
• George Washington Slept Here (1942)
• Now, Voyager (1942)
• You Can't Escape Forever (1942)
• Desperate Journey (1942)
• Across the Pacific (1942)
• Secret Enemies (1942)
• The Gay Sisters (1942)
• Wings for the Eagle (1942)
• The Big Shot (1942)
• Spy Ship (1942)
• Juke Girl (1942)
• Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
• In This Our Life (1942)
• A Night Before Christmas (1942)
• Always in My Heart (1942)
• The Male Animal (1942)
• Captains of the Clouds (1942)
• Kings Row (1942)
• Arsenic and Old Lace (1942)
• All Through the Night (1942)
• The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
• Steel Against the Sky (1941)
• They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
• Blues in the Night (1941)
• The Maltese Falcon (1941)
• One Foot in Heaven (1941)
• Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
• Navy Blues (1941)
• Dive Bomber (1941)
• Manpower (1941)
• The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)
• Kisses for Breakfast (1941)
• Sergeant York (1941)
• Underground (1941)
• Out of the Fog (1941)
• Million Dollar Baby (1941)
• Shining Victory (1941)
• Singapore Woman (1941)
• Affectionately Yours (1941)
• Thieves Fall Out (1941)
• The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)
• The Great Lie (1941)
• Knockout (1941)
• The Sea Wolf (1941)
• Meet John Doe (1941)
• Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
• The Great Mr. Nobody (1941)
• The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
• Flight from Destiny (1941)
• High Sierra (1941)
• Honeymoon for Three (1941)
• Four Mothers (1941)
• Santa Fe Trail (1940)
• She Couldn't Say No (1940)
• Lady with Red Hair (1940)
• Father Is a Prince (1940)
• South of Suez (1940)
• The Letter (1940)
• East of the River (1940)
• A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
• Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940)
• Knute Rockne All American (1940)
• City for Conquest (1940)
• No Time for Comedy (1940)
• Flowing Gold (1940)
• The Sea Hawk (1940)
• They Drive by Night (1940)
• My Love Came Back (1940)
• All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
• The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)
• A Fugitive from Justice (1940)
• Brother Orchid (1940)
• Torrid Zone (1940)
• Saturday's Children (1940)
• 'Til We Meet Again (1940)
• It All Came True (1940)
• Virginia City (1940)
• 3 Cheers for the Irish (1940)
• Castle on the Hudson (1940)
• Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
• British Intelligence (1940)
• The Fighting 69th (1940)
• Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)
• Invisible Stripes (1939)
• Four Wives (1939)
• A Child Is Born (1939)
• We Are Not Alone (1939)
• The Roaring Twenties (1939)
• Pride of the Blue Grass (1939)
• On Your Toes (1939)
• The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
• Espionage Agent (1939)
• Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
• Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
• The Old Maid (1939)
• Each Dawn I Die (1939)
• Indianapolis Speedway (1939)
• Naughty But Nice (1939)
• Daughters Courageous (1939)
• Sons of Liberty (1939)
• The Kid from Kokomo (1939)
• Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
• Juarez (1939)
• Dark Victory (1939)
• Women in the Wind (1939)
• Dodge City (1939)
• You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939)
• Secret Service of the Air (1939)
• The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
• Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939)
• Wings of the Navy (1939)
• Blackwell's Island (1939)
• They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
• Off the Record (1939)
• King of the Underworld (1939)
• Going Places (1938)
• The Dawn Patrol (1938)
• Heart of the North (1938)
• Comet Over Broadway (1938)
• Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
• Torchy Gets Her Man (1938)
• Hard to Get (1938)
• Brother Rat (1938)
• The Sisters (1938)
• Garden of the Moon (1938)
• Secrets of an Actress (1938)
• Valley of the Giants (1938)
• Boy Meets Girl (1938)
• Four Daughters (1938)
• Four's a Crowd (1938)
• Sons of the Plains (1938)
• The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
• Racket Busters (1938)
• Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938)
• My Bill (1938)
• Men Are Such Fools (1938)
• Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)
• The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
• Crime School (1938)
• Women Are Like That (1938)
• Fools for Scandal (1938)
• Love, Honor and Behave (1938)
• Jezebel (1938)
• A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
• Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)
• White Banners (1938)
• Swing Your Lady (1938)
• Tovarich (1937)
• Hollywood Hotel (1937)
• First Lady (1937)
• Submarine D-1 (1937)
• The Great Garrick (1937)
• The Perfect Specimen (1937)
• Over the Goal (1937)
• It's Love I'm After (1937)
• Back in Circulation (1937)
• That Certain Woman (1937)
• Confession (1937)
• Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937)
• The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
• They Won't Forget (1937)
• Dance Charlie Dance (1937)
• The Singing Marine (1937)
• Ever Since Eve (1937)
• Slim (1937)
• Another Dawn (1937)
• Kid Galahad (1937)
• San Quentin (1937)
• The Go Getter (1937)
• The Cherokee Strip (1937)
• Melody for Two (1937)
• The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
• Mountain Justice (1937)
• Call It a Day (1937)
• The Romance of Robert Burns (1937)
• Marked Woman (1937)
• Men in Exile (1937)
• The King and the Chorus Girl (1937)
• Land Beyond the Law (1937)
• Ready, Willing and Able (1937)
• The Great O'Malley (1937)
• Green Light (1937)
• Stolen Holiday (1937)
• God's Country and the Woman (1937)
• Guns of the Pecos (1937)
• Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)
• Sing Me a Love Song (1936)
• Three Men on a Horse (1936)
• Polo Joe (1936)
• The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
• Cain and Mabel (1936)
• Give Me Your Heart (1936)
• Stage Struck (1936)
• China Clipper (1936)
• Bengal Tiger (1936)
• Anthony Adverse (1936)
• Earthworm Tractors (1936)
• Satan Met a Lady (1936)
• The Green Pastures (1936)
• The White Angel (1936)
• Hearts Divided (1936)
• Changing of the Guard (1936)
• Bullets or Ballots (1936)
• The Golden Arrow (1936)
• Sons o' Guns (1936)
• Treachery Rides the Range (1936)
• Times Square Playboy (1936)
• I Married a Doctor (1936)
• The Singing Kid (1936)
• Snowed Under (1936)
• Colleen (1936)
• Boulder Dam (1936)
• The Walking Dead (1936)
• Song of the Saddle (1936)
• Road Gang (1936)
• King of the Islands (1936)
• The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
• The Petrified Forest (1936)
• Man Hunt (1936)
• Freshman Love (1936)
• Ceiling Zero (1936)
• Carnival Day (1936)
• The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936)
• Dangerous (1935)
• Man of Iron (1935)
• The Widow from Monte Carlo (1935)
• Captain Blood (1935)
• Okay, José (1935)
• Miss Pacific Fleet (1935)
• Broadway Hostess (1935)
• Frisco Kid (1935)
• Stars Over Broadway (1935)
• I Found Stella Parish (1935)
• Moonlight on the Prairie (1935)
• The Payoff (1935)
• Personal Maid's Secret (1935)
• Dr. Socrates (1935)
• Shipmates Forever (1935)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
• The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)
• I Live for Love (1935)
• Keystone Hotel (1935)
• The Goose and the Gander (1935)
• Special Agent (1935)
• Little Big Shot (1935)
• Page Miss Glory (1935)
• We're in the Money (1935)
• The Irish in Us (1935)
• Broadway Gondolier (1935)
• Bright Lights (1935)
• Don't Bet on Blondes (1935)
• Front Page Woman (1935)
• Going Highbrow (1935)
• Stranded (1935)
• Alibi Ike (1935)
• Oil for the Lamps of China (1935)
• The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935)
• In Caliente (1935)
• Dinky (1935)
• Mary Jane's Pa (1935)
• Go Into Your Dance (1935)
• 'G' Men (1935)
• The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)
• Black Fury (1935)
• Gypsy Sweetheart (1935)
• The Florentine Dagger (1935)
• Traveling Saleslady (1935)
• Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
• While the Patient Slept (1935)
• Living on Velvet (1935)
• A Night at the Ritz (1935)
• El cantante de Napoles (1935)
• Sweet Music (1935)
• The Woman in Red (1935)
• Devil Dogs of the Air (1935)
• Red Hot Tires (1935)
• The Right to Live (1935)
• The White Cockatoo (1935)
• Maybe It's Love (1935)
• Bordertown (1935)
• Show Kids (1935)
• What, No Men? (1935)
• Sweet Adeline (1934)
• The Secret Bride (1934)
• Murder in the Clouds (1934)
• Babbitt (1934)
• Flirtation Walk (1934)
• I Am a Thief (1934)
• Gentlemen Are Born (1934)
• The Firebird (1934)
• The St. Louis Kid (1934)
• I Sell Anything (1934)
• 6 Day Bike Rider (1934)
• Happiness Ahead (1934)
• Big Hearted Herbert (1934)
• A Lost Lady (1934)
• The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)
• British Agent (1934)
• Kansas City Princess (1934)
• Desirable (1934)
• Radio Scout (1934)
• The Dragon Murder Case (1934)
• Dames (1934)
• Housewife (1934)
• Good Morning, Eve! (1934)
• The Man with Two Faces (1934)
• Service with a Smile (1934)
• Friends of Mr. Sweeney (1934)
• Here Comes the Navy (1934)
• Midnight Alibi (1934)
• Side Streets (1934)
• King for a Day (1934)
• The Circus Clown (1934)
• Dr. Monica (1934)
• Madame Du Barry (1934)
• The Personality Kid (1934)
• Fog Over Frisco (1934)
• The Key (1934)
• The Merry Frinks (1934)
• Smarty (1934)
• He Was Her Man (1934)
• La buenaventura (1934)
• Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934)
• Upperworld (1934)
• A Very Honorable Guy (1934)
• Merry Wives of Reno (1934)
• Registered Nurse (1934)
• Harold Teen (1934)
• A Modern Hero (1934)
• Journal of a Crime (1934)
• Jimmy the Gent (1934)
• Gambling Lady (1934)
• Heat Lightning (1934)
• Wonder Bar (1934)
• Fashions of 1934 (1934)
• As the Earth Turns (1934)
• Mandalay (1934)
• I've Got Your Number (1934)
• Dark Hazard (1934)
• Bedside (1934)
• Hi, Nellie (1934)
• Easy to Love (1934)
• The Big Shakedown (1934)
• Lady Killer (1933)
• The House on 56th Street (1933)
• Son of a Sailor (1933)
• The World Changes (1933)
• Havana Widows (1933)
• From Headquarters (1933)
• Female (1933)
• College Coach (1933)
• The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
• Ever in My Heart (1933)
• Footlight Parade (1933)
• Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
• I Loved a Woman (1933)
• Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)
• Goodbye Again (1933)
• Captured! (1933)
• Voltaire (1933)
• Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933)
• She Had to Say Yes (1933)
• The Man from Monterey (1933)
• Baby Face (1933)
• The Narrow Corner (1933)
• The Mayor of Hell (1933)
• Heroes for Sale (1933)
• The Silk Express (1933)
• Private Detective 62 (1933)
• The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)
• Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
• Ex-Lady (1933)
• Lilly Turner </