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Alexander Laszlo is a Sound American born on 22 november 1895 at Budapest (Hongrie)
Alexander Laszlo (November 22, 1895 Budapest (Hungary) - November 17, 1970 Los Angeles, California) was an Hungarian-American pianist, musical composer, arranger and inventor. He was born Sandor ("San") Totis, but used the professional name of Alexander Laszlo as a composer and music publisher.
Lazlo studied piano at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, and started as a pianist at the Blüthner Orchestra in Berlin in 1915. He gave piano recitals in Germany and Europe in the 1920s, and was a music director and professor of film music in Berlin. In 1925 Laszlo wrote a text called Color-Light-Music, and toured Europe with a color organ. He also participated in many Jewish lead charities.
In the late 1930s he came to the United States, starting in Chicago as music professor at the IIT Institute of Design. In the 1940s he was music director at NBC Radio.
In the late 1940s and the 1950s he wrote the music for several movies and television series, among them Rocky Jones, Space Ranger,The Amazing Mr. X, The Great Flamarion, My Little Margie and The Atomic Submarine. He established a publishing company to collect ASCAP royalties under the name "Alexander Publications."
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Birth name Sandor ("San") Totis
Nationality USA
Birth 22 november 1895 at Budapest (Hongrie)
Death 17 november 1970 (at 74 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 22 november 1895 at Budapest (Hongrie)
Death 17 november 1970 (at 74 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Lazlo studied piano at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, and started as a pianist at the Blüthner Orchestra in Berlin in 1915. He gave piano recitals in Germany and Europe in the 1920s, and was a music director and professor of film music in Berlin. In 1925 Laszlo wrote a text called Color-Light-Music, and toured Europe with a color organ. He also participated in many Jewish lead charities.
In the late 1930s he came to the United States, starting in Chicago as music professor at the IIT Institute of Design. In the 1940s he was music director at NBC Radio.
In the late 1940s and the 1950s he wrote the music for several movies and television series, among them Rocky Jones, Space Ranger,The Amazing Mr. X, The Great Flamarion, My Little Margie and The Atomic Submarine. He established a publishing company to collect ASCAP royalties under the name "Alexander Publications."
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The Atomic Submarine (1959)
, 1h12Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Submarine films
Actors Dick Foran, Arthur Franz, Brett Halsey, Tom Conway, Bob Steele, Victor Varconi
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating51%
A brief opening prologue describes how in 1909 Robert Peary had trouble reaching the North Pole, while postulating that Peary would have been amazed to see how in just a few decades the very same pole had become a major thoroughfare for civilian and military shipping; a futuristic prediction of cargo-carrying atomic submarines then follows. One of those submarines is destroyed by a mysterious undersea light. The loss of this and several other cargo ships alarms the world. Governments temporarily close the polar route and convene an emergency meeting at The Pentagon.
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
, 1h2Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Giant monster films, Musical films, Disaster films
Actors Ken Clark, Tyler McVey, Susan Cabot, Gene Roth, Dan White, George Cisar
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating37%
In the Florida Everglades, a pair of larger-than-human, intelligent leeches are living in an underwater cave. They begin dragging local people down to their cave where they hold them prisoner and slowly drain them of blood.
Beast from Haunted Cave (1959)
, 1h15Directed by Monte Hellman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Michael Forest, Frank Wolff, Chris Robinson
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating43%
A group of criminals, led by the ruthless Alexander Ward (Wolff), hatch a plan to steal gold bars from a bank vault in Deadwood, South Dakota. Ward sends one of his henchmen, Marty (Sinatra), to set an explosive in a nearby gold mine; the detonation will act as a diversion for their heist. Although Marty, accompanied by a local barmaid (Linné Ahlstrand), succeeds in setting the explosive, he encounters a beast (Chris Robinson) in the mine. The beast kills the barmaid, but Marty escapes with his life.
Forbidden Island (1959)
, 1h6Directed by Charles B. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films
Actors Jon Hall, Jonathan Haze, John Farrow
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating66%
A freelance frogman (Jon Hall) is hired by a psychotic treasure hunter to recover an emerald that went down in a shipwreck.
Last Clear Chance (1959)
, 25minutesOrigin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors William Boyett
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating29%
Idaho police officer Hal Jackson (William Boyett) arrives at the funeral for young Frank Dixon, Jr. (Bill Agee), who has died in a car accident. Hal, a friend of the Dixon family, does not go inside, feeling it would be too difficult to take. Hal finds it hard to believe that, only a few days ago, the Dixons were a relatively regular family. In flashback, he recounts what led to Frank Jr.'s death. Frank Jr. has returned home for the summer to aid his father, Frank Sr. (Harold Agee), on the family farm. He also visits his girlfriend Betty Hutchins (Christine Lynch). When Frank Sr.'s new tractor arrives at the local train station, Frank Jr.'s brother Alan (Tim Bosworth) wishes to drive it, having recently taken a driver's test. His father disallows it, so Frank Jr. drives it home.
The Narcotics Story (1958)
, 1h15Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Art Gilmore
Rating52%
This police training film uses dramatizations of real life events to demonstrate the battle law enforcement faces with narcotics, most specifically barbiturates - also known as "goof balls" - and marijuana - also known as "tea". It shows how to identify certain narcotics, identify the signs that someone is using, identify the signs of where drug deals take place, identify the signs of use in a secluded public place, and apprehend the users in these public settings. As it follows one young woman neglected by her parents, the film also shows the underlying causes of narcotics use, with these underlying causes often the forgotten issue as everyone tends to deal with the symptoms.
Submarine Seahawk (1958)
, 1h23Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Submarine films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors John Bentley, Brett Halsey, Paul Maxwell, Nicky Blair, Edmund F. Cobb
Roles Music
Rating49%
Captain Turner (John Bentley) and his crew patrol the Pacific for enemy ships. An expert on Japanese naval ships, Turner is assigned to gather reconnaissance information. As his crew grows restless for battle, the captain must convince the men their mission will ultimately lead to defeating the enemy.
Night of the Blood Beast (1958)
, 1h2Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Ed Nelson, Tyler McVey
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating35%
A rocket-ship carrying astronaut John Corcoran (Michael Emmet) launches and orbits the Earth, marking the United States' first manned space launch. Shortly after taking off, the ship is struck by an unknown object, forcing Corcoran to abort the mission and land. However, the equipment cannot handle the fast descent back into the atmosphere and the ship crash lands in the woods, killing Corcoran. Dave Randall (Ed Nelson) and Donna Bixby (Georgianna Carter), two technicians from a nearby space agency tracking station, locate the crashed ship and recover Corcoran's body. They are baffled, however, by what appears to be a giant tear in the side of the destroyed spacecraft and a mud-like substance covering some of the wreckage. Randall and Bixby are joined by lead scientist Dr. Alex Wyman (Tyler McVey), technician Steve Dunlap (John Baer) and physician Julie Benson (Angela Greene), who was also Corcoran's fiancee. Wyman observes that Corcoran's body exhibits no signs of rigor mortis, and that the blood pooling beside him is not livid as it should be. The team brings the corpse back to their lab to run tests and find further irregularities. Although the body lacks a heartbeat or pulse, it maintains the blood pressure of a living human being. After looking at his blood in a microscope, they find unusual, unidentifiable cells that seem resistant to destruction from human white blood cells.
Ghost of the China Sea (1958)
, 1h13Origin USA
Genres War
Actors David Brian, Jonathan Haze, Kam Fong Chun
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating51%
During World War II, Japanese troops over-run a sugar cane plantation in the Philippines. Some survivors take over a small boat called the USS Frankenstein and attempt to sail to safety.
Menace from Outer Space (1956)
, 1h18Directed by John Hollingsworth Morse
Genres Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Space opera
Actors Richard Crane, Scotty Beckett, Maurice Cass, Charles Meredith, Patsy Parsons, Walter Coy
Rating38%
Manhunt in Space (1954)
, 1h18Directed by John Hollingsworth Morse
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Space opera
Actors Richard Crane, Scotty Beckett, Maurice Cass, Charles Meredith, Patsy Parsons, Henry Brandon
Rating25%
Rocky Jones attempts to solve the mystery of space ships that have disappeared.
Crash of Moons (1954)
, 1h18Directed by John Hollingsworth Morse
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Space opera
Actors Richard Crane, Scotty Beckett, Charles Meredith, Maurice Cass, John Banner, Patsy Parsons
Rating32%
Rocky Jones attempts to save the inhabitants of a planet about to collide with a moon. The empress of the planet, however, is suspicious. While Rocky and his crew finally succeed in evacuating the planet in time, Cleolanthe's pride and vanity are a major hindrance. Finally, however, as the last of the planet's population leaves, Cleolanthe arrogantly declares that she will stay behind. Her assistant, however, refuses to allow this, and literally picks her up and carries her on board Rocky's own ship. She watches in despair as the moon crashes into her planet, the two bodies destroying one another instantly. As the ship heads for the new home that has been chosen for her people, Cleolanthe finally realizes that she had been wrong, and that, as one of her underlings has stated, it is the people that make a nation, not the land itself. She finally reconciles with Rocky and his crew, and sincerely thanks them for their efforts in her behalf and that of her people. This marks the end of the character Cleolanthe in the Rocky Jones series. Succeeding episodes contain a new villain.
Alimony (1949)
, 1h10Directed by Alfred Zeisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Martha Vickers, John Beal, Hillary Brooke, Douglass Dumbrille, Blossom Rock, Leonid Kinskey
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating53%
Paul Klinger is on a desperate search for his lost daughter, Kate. He goes to see a man in New York, Dan Barker, a songwriter who knew Kate in the past when she lived in the city. Dan tells Paul that Kate changed her name to Kitty Travers, and then continues to tell the story of what he knows about "Kitty":
Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949)
, 1h13Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about children, Transport films, Aviation films, Tarzan films
Actors Lex Barker, Brenda Joyce, Albert Dekker, Evelyn Ankers, Charles Drake, Alan Napier
Roles Music
Rating59%
Ankers portrays an aviatrix who walks out of the jungle looking decades younger than her chronological age due to a secret fountain of youth but gradually begins a terrifying accelerated aging process. Against Tarzan's wishes, she and Jane begin a desperate search for the fountain.
The Amazing Mr. X (1948)
, 1h18Directed by Bernard Vorhaus
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Noir
Actors Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell, Richard Carlson, Donald Curtis, Virginia Gregg
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating63%
Two years after her husband's death, Christine Faber (Lynn Bari) thinks she hears her late husband (Donald Curtis) calling out of the surf on the beach one night. She meets a tall dark man named Alexis (Turhan Bey) who seems to know all about her.