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Benjamin Frankel (1906-1973)

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Alias:
Ben Frankel

Birthplace:
London, England, UK

Born:
January 31, 1906

Died:
February 12, 1973

Additional information:

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Film Production

Compositor:
1959  Libel

Conductor:
1952  The Importance of Being Earnest
1952  The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
1954  The Young Lovers
1955  Footsteps in the Fog
1955  Storm Over the Nile
1956  Lost
1959  Libel
1963  The Old Dark House

Music:
1947  Nightbeat
1948  Bond Street
1948  Daybreak
1948  Sleeping Car to Trieste
1949  Trottie True
1950  Double Confession
1950  So Long at the Fair
1952  The Importance of Being Earnest
1952  The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
1953  The Moving Spirit
1954  Power to Fly
1954  The Young Lovers
1955  Footsteps in the Fog
1955  Storm Over the Nile
1955  The End of the Affair
1955  The Prisoner
1956  Lost
1956  The Iron Petticoat
1957  Brothers in Law
1958  Orders to Kill
1959  Libel
1963  The Old Dark House
1964  The Night of the Iguana

Music Director:
1934  Radio Parade of 1935
1938  The Singing Cop
1947  Nightbeat
1948  Bond Street
1948  Daybreak
1948  Sleeping Car to Trieste
1949  Trottie True
1950  Double Confession
1950  So Long at the Fair
1952  The Importance of Being Earnest
1952  The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
1953  Always a Bride
1953  The Moving Spirit
1954  Power to Fly
1954  The Young Lovers
1955  Footsteps in the Fog
1955  Storm Over the Nile
1955  The End of the Affair
1955  The Prisoner
1956  Lost
1956  The Iron Petticoat
1957  Brothers in Law
1958  Orders to Kill
1959  Libel
1963  The Old Dark House
1964  The Night of the Iguana

Original Music Composer:
1934  Radio Parade of 1935
1938  The Singing Cop
1944  Bon Voyage
1944  Madagascar Landing
1945  The Seventh Veil
1946  The Years Between
1947  Dancing with Crime
1947  Dear Murderer
1947  Mine Own Executioner
1947  Nightbeat
1948  Bond Street
1948  Daybreak
1948  London Belongs to Me
1948  Portrait from Life
1948  Sleeping Car to Trieste
1949  The Chiltern Hundreds
1949  Trottie True
1950  Double Confession
1950  Night and the City
1950  So Long at the Fair
1950  The Clouded Yellow
1951  Appointment with Venus
1951  The Long Dark Hall
1951  The Man in the White Suit
1952  The Importance of Being Earnest
1952  The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
1953  Always a Bride
1953  The Moving Spirit
1953  The Net
1954  Mad About Men
1954  Malaga
1954  Power to Fly
1954  The Love Lottery
1954  The Young Lovers
1955  A Kid for Two Farthings
1955  Footsteps in the Fog
1955  Simon and Laura
1955  Storm Over the Nile
1955  The End of the Affair
1955  The Man Who Loved Redheads
1955  The Prisoner
1956  Lost
1956  The Iron Petticoat
1957  Brothers in Law
1958  Happy Is the Bride
1958  Orders to Kill
1959  Libel
1960  Surprise Package
1961  The Curse of the Werewolf
1962  Guns of Darkness
1963  The Old Dark House
1964  The Night of the Iguana
1965  Battle of the Bulge
1965  The Siege of Manchester

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