Saul Chaplin

 

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Saul Chaplin was an American composer and musical director. He was born Saul Kaplan in Brooklyn, New York. He had 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, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and West Side Story. Following education at New York University's School of Commerce, where he studied accounting, Chaplin joined the ASCAP and started out penning tunes for the theatre, vaudeville and for New York's famous songwriting district, Tin Pan Alley. While in New York, Chaplin teamed with Sammy Cahn to compose original songs for Vitaphone movie shorts, filmed in Brooklyn by Warner Brothers. During this period the team was sometimes billed only by surname, in the manner of Rodgers and Hart or Gilbert and Sullivan. Cahn and Chaplin relocated to Hollywood and scored two films for Universal Pictures

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Saul Chaplin

Born 1912-02-19 (114 years ago) in Brooklyn.

Awards
Award Ceremony Year Awarded for
Grammy Award for Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television (Bernstein's West Side Story (1957 original Broadway cast)) 4th Annual Grammy Awards 1961 Bernstein's West Side Story (1957 original Broadway cast)
Academy Award for Best Original Musical (West Side Story) 34th Academy Awards 1961 West Side Story
Obie Award for Best Musical (A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green) 4th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards 1959 A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Academy Award for Best Original Musical (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers) 27th Academy Awards 1954 Sju brudar - Sju bröder
Academy Award for Best Original Musical (An American in Paris) 24th Academy Awards 1951 An American in Paris
Nominated for awards
Award Ceremony Year Nominated for
Academy Award for Best Original Musical (West Side Story) 34th Academy Awards 1961 West Side Story
Grammy Award for Best Sound Track Album or Recording of Original Cast From a Motion Picture or Television (Bernstein's West Side Story (1957 original Broadway cast)) 4th Annual Grammy Awards 1961 Bernstein's West Side Story (1957 original Broadway cast)
Academy Award for Best Original Musical (High Society) 29th Academy Awards 1956 High Society
Academy Award for Best Original Musical (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers) 27th Academy Awards 1954 Sju brudar - Sju bröder
Academy Award for Best Original Musical (Kiss Me Kate) 26th Academy Awards 1953 Kiss Me Kate
Academy Award for Best Original Musical (An American in Paris) 24th Academy Awards 1951 An American in Paris
Relationships
Name From To Relationship type
Betty Levin-Chaplin(Gifta: 1968-05-24–1997-11-15) 1968-05-24 1997-11-15 Gifta
Child

Judy Prince

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Saul Chaplin was an American composer and musical director.

He was born Saul Kaplan in Brooklyn, New York. He had 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, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and West Side Story.

Following education at New York University's School of Commerce, where he studied accounting, Chaplin joined the ASCAP and started out penning tunes for the theatre, vaudeville and for New York's famous songwriting district, Tin Pan Alley. While in New York, Chaplin teamed with Sammy Cahn to compose original songs for Vitaphone movie shorts, filmed in Brooklyn by Warner Brothers. During this period the team was sometimes billed only by surname, in the manner of Rodgers and Hart or Gilbert and Sullivan.

Cahn and Chaplin relocated to Hollywood and scored two films for Universal Pictures. Chaplin then moved to Columbia Pictures to score Cover Girl and The Jolson Story. While on the latter film, Chaplin and Al Jolson penned the million-selling hit tune The Anniversary Song.

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