- Willy Schmidt-Gentner remained a busy film composer after the war and his scores accompanied a lot of feature movies till to the middle of the 50s.
- The film composer Willy Schmidt-Gentner belonged to the most busy composer of the German and Austrian film, especially during the 20s and 30s.
- He made a smooth transition to the sound film of the 30s.
- Beside his activity as a film composer Willy Schmidt-Gentner also directed two movies - "Die Pompadour" (1935) and "Prater" (1935).
- As a child he already got lessons in violin and composition.
- He wrote the music for numerous well-known silent movies, among them "Nathan der Weise" (1922), "I.N.R.I." (1923) Mata Hari, die rote Tänzerin" (1927) and "Frau im Mond" (1929).
- In the movie "Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler" (22) he impersonated a small role as an actor.
- Movies excited him, so wrote his own film compositions and soon he became a very demanded film composer.
- His career progression in the film business was coming into being on a very unusual way. He made his first contact with the film business as a taux auditor of cinema operators. Because music played an important role in his life since his childhood he took over the function of bandmaster and he accompanied silent movies with a live orchestra.
- He went to Austria in 1933 where he again was engaged for many productions.
- Dated Zsa Zsa Gabor in 1934.
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