Paul Sawtell (3 February 1906 – 1 August 1971) was a
Polish
Polish may refer to:
* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, w ...
-born film score composer in the United States.
Sawtell began his career with
RKO
RKO Radio Pictures Inc., commonly known as RKO Pictures or simply RKO, was an American film production and distribution company, one of the "Big Five" film studios of Hollywood's Golden Age. The business was formed after the Keith-Albee-Orpheu ...
, and eventually joined
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Ameri ...
. Sawtell worked on many western and horror films, and also scored the
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes () is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a " consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and ...
films ''
The Pearl of Death
''The Pearl of Death'' is a 1944 Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson, the ninth of fourteen such films the pair made. The story is loosely based on Conan Doyle's short story "The Adventure of the ...
'' and ''
The Scarlet Claw
''The Scarlet Claw'' is a 1944 American mystery thriller film based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Directed by Roy William Neill and starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, it is the eighth film of the Rathbone/ ...
''. In the late 1940s, Sawtell returned to RKO. He also worked for various independent producers, including
Eagle-Lion Films
Eagle-Lion Films was a British-American film production company owned by J. Arthur Rank intended to distribute British productions in the United States.
In 1947, it acquired Robert R. Young's PRC Pictures, a small American production company, ...
' production of ''
T-Men
''T-Men'' is a 1947 semidocumentary and police procedural style film noir about United States Treasury agents. The film was directed by Anthony Mann and shot by noted noir cameraman John Alton. The production features Dennis O'Keefe, Mary Mea ...
'' (1947). He also composed and arranged the uncredited music for the
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
,
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
sequences in ''
This is Cinerama
''This Is Cinerama'' is a 1952 American documentary film directed by Mike Todd, Michael Todd, Jr., Walter A. Thompson and Fred Rickey and starring Lowell Thomas. It is designed to introduce the widescreen process Cinerama, which broadens the ...
'' (1952).
In the late 1950s, Sawtell struck up an alliance with fellow film composer
Bert Shefter
Bert Shefter (May 15, 1902 – June 29, 1999) was a Russian-born film composer who worked primarily in America.
Biography
He was born in Poltava, Russian Empire (now Ukraine.) After emigrating to the USA he attended the Carnegie Institute ...
and they produced many film scores together, including those of classic science fiction and horror films such as ''
Kronos'', ''
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
''It! The Terror from Beyond Space'' is an independently made 1958 American science fiction horror film, produced by Robert Kent, directed by Edward L. Cahn, that stars Marshall Thompson, Shawn Smith (Shirley Patterson), and Kim Spalding. The ...
'', ''
Return of the Fly
''Return of the Fly'' is a 1959 American horror science-fiction film and sequel to '' The Fly'' (1958). It is the second installment in ''The Fly'' film series. It was released in 1959 as a double feature with '' The Alligator People''. It was ...
'', ''
The Lost World'', ''
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' is a 1961 American science fiction disaster film, produced and directed by Irwin Allen, and starring Walter Pidgeon and Robert Sterling. The supporting cast includes Peter Lorre, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden, M ...
'' (in cooperation with producer
Irwin Allen
Irwin Allen (born Irwin O. Cohen, June 12, 1916 – November 2, 1991) was an American film and television producer and director, known for his work in science fiction, then later as the "Master of Disaster" for his work in the disaster film gen ...
), and ''
Jack the Giant Killer'' in 1962. In 1965 they composed some scores for the director
Russ Meyer
Russell Albion Meyer (March 21, 1922 – September 18, 2004) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor. He is known primarily for writing and directing a series of successful sexploitation films that fea ...
, such as the cult classic ''
Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!'' and ''
Motorpsycho''. The last score they provided was for the Mexican film ''
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata Salazar (; August 8, 1879 – April 10, 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the ins ...
'' in 1970 shortly before Sawtell's death. Perhaps Sawtell's best-known composition is the main theme for the
''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' TV series
A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed betw ...
, adapted from Allen's 1961 feature film, for which Sawtell had written a different theme.
Sawtell had a home near Demuth Park in
Palm Springs, California
Palm Springs (Cahuilla: ''Séc-he'') is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley. The city covers approximately , making it the largest city in Riverside County by land a ...
. He died in 1971 and is buried at
Glendale, California
Glendale is a city in the San Fernando Valley and Verdugo Mountains regions of Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, California, United States. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 U.S. Census the population was 196,543, up from ...
's
Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries is an American corporation that owns and operates a chain of cemeteries and mortuaries in Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside counties in Southern California.
History
The company was founded by a group of ...
.
Partial filmography
* ''
The Pearl of Death
''The Pearl of Death'' is a 1944 Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson, the ninth of fourteen such films the pair made. The story is loosely based on Conan Doyle's short story "The Adventure of the ...
'' (1944)
* ''
The Scarlet Claw
''The Scarlet Claw'' is a 1944 American mystery thriller film based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Directed by Roy William Neill and starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, it is the eighth film of the Rathbone/ ...
'' (1944)
* ''
The Falcon in San Francisco
''The Falcon in San Francisco'' is a 1945 American crime and mystery film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and stars Tom Conway, Rita Corday and Edward Brophy, who played the recurring role of "Goldie" Locke. The film was the 11th in The Falcon serie ...
'' (1945)
* ''
Snafu
SNAFU is an acronym that is widely used to stand for the sarcastic expression Situation normal: all fucked up. It is a well-known example of military acronym slang. It is sometimes bowdlerized to "all fouled up" or similar. It means that the ...
'' (1945)
* ''
The Fighting Guardsman
''The Fighting Guardsman'' is a 1946 American adventure film directed by Henry Levin.
It was a swashbuckler starring Willard Parker based on a novel by Alexander Dumas.
Plot
A French baron (Willard Parker) leads rebels like a Robin Hood, steal ...
'' (1946)
* ''
Tarzan and the Leopard Woman'' (1946)
* ''
Perilous Holiday
''Perilous Holiday'' is a 1946 American film noir crime film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Pat O'Brien and Ruth Warrick.Stephens p.276 The screenplay concerns a woman newspaper reporter who is on the trail of a smuggling ring ope ...
'' (1946)
* ''
Renegades'' (1946)
* ''
Sunset Pass'' (1946)
* ''
Step by Step'' (1946)
* ''
Criminal Court'' (1946)
* ''
Trail Street'' (1947)
* ''
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
''The Devil Thumbs a Ride'' is a 1947 film noir directed by Felix E. Feist and featuring Lawrence Tierney and Ted North.
Plot
Steve Morgan (Tierney) is a charming sociopath who has just robbed and killed a cinema cashier. Seeking to escape, he ...
'' (1947)
* ''
Tarzan and the Huntress
''Tarzan and the Huntress'' is a 1947 American adventure film starring Johnny Weissmuller in his eleventh outing as Tarzan. Brenda Joyce makes the third of five appearances as Jane and Johnny Sheffield marks his eighth and final appearance as B ...
'' (1947)
* ''
Born to Kill Born to Kill may refer to:
Film
* ''Born to Kill'' (1947 film), a film noir directed by Robert Wise
* ''Born to Kill'' (1967 film), a Spaghetti Western directed by Antonio Mollica
* ''Born to Kill'' (1974 film) or ''Cockfighter'', a film direct ...
'' (1947)
* ''
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
''Dick Tracy's Dilemma'', released in the United Kingdom as ''Mark of the Claw'', is a 1947 American action film based on the Dick Tracy, 1930s comic-strip character of the same name created by Chester Gould. Ralph Byrd stars as Dick Tracy, repr ...
'' (1947)
* ''
Desperate'' (1947)
* ''
Keeper of the Bees'' (1947)
* ''
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
''Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome'' (also known as ''Dick Tracy Meets Karloff'' and ''Dick Tracy's Amazing Adventure'' (UK) ) is a 1947 thriller film starring Boris Karloff, Ralph Byrd, and Anne Gwynne. The film is the fourth and final installment of ...
'' (1947)
* ''
For You I Die
''For You I Die'' is a 1947 American film noir directed by John Reinhardt and starring Cathy Downs, Paul Langton, Mischa Auer and Roman Bohnen..
Plot
Forced to participate in a prison break, a convict on the run holes up at a roadside diner ...
'' (1947)
* ''
T-Men
''T-Men'' is a 1947 semidocumentary and police procedural style film noir about United States Treasury agents. The film was directed by Anthony Mann and shot by noted noir cameraman John Alton. The production features Dennis O'Keefe, Mary Mea ...
'' (1947)
* ''
The Black Arrow
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...
'' (1948)
* ''
River Lady'' (1948)
* ''
Raw Deal'' (1948)
* ''
Return of the Bad Men
''Return of the Bad Men'', also known as ''Return of the Badmen'', is a 1948 American Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan and Anne Jeffreys.Jarlett p.192-93 A loose sequel to the 1946 film ''Badman's T ...
'' (1948)
* ''
Northwest Stampede
''Northwest Stampede'' is a 1948 American contemporary Northwestern film produced and directed by Albert S. Rogell. It stars Joan Leslie and James Craig. The film was shot in Cinecolor in Alberta and features the Calgary Stampede. Joan Leslie ...
'' (1948)
* ''
Four Faces West
''Four Faces West'' is a 1948 American Western film starring Joel McCrea, his real-life wife Frances Dee, and Charles Bickford. It is based on the novel ''Pasó por aquí'' by Eugene Manlove Rhodes. Its plot concerns a down-on-his-luck cow ...
'' (1948)
* ''
Mystery in Mexico
''Mystery in Mexico'' is a 1948 American crime thriller film directed by Robert Wise. It stars William Lundigan, Jacqueline White and Ricardo Cortez. The film centers around the search for an insurance investigator who went to Mexico to check on ...
'' (1948)
* ''
Walk a Crooked Mile
''Walk a Crooked Mile'' is a 1948 America anti-communist, Cold War film noir crime film, directed by Gordon Douglas, starring Dennis O'Keefe and Louis Hayward.
Plot
Soon after solid leads come to light about a Communist spy ring infiltrating t ...
'' (1948)
* ''
Bodyguard
A bodyguard (or close protection officer/operative) is a type of security guard, government law enforcement officer, or servicemember who protects a person or a group of people — usually witnesses, high-ranking public officials or officers, w ...
'' (1948)
* ''
Bad Boy'' (1949)
* ''
The Clay Pigeon
''The Clay Pigeon'' is a 1949 American film noir directed by Richard Fleischer and written by Carl Foreman, based on a true story. The drama features Bill Williams and Barbara Hale, a real-life husband and wife.
Plot
Jim Fletcher (Williams), ...
'' (1949)
* ''
The Big Cat'' (1949)
* ''
The Doolins of Oklahoma
''The Doolins of Oklahoma'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Randolph Scott, George Macready and Louise Allbritton. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures.
Plot
When the Daltons are killed at Coffeyvill ...
'' (1949)
* ''
Black Magic
Black magic, also known as dark magic, has traditionally referred to the use of supernatural powers or magic for evil and selfish purposes, specifically the seven magical arts prohibited by canon law, as expounded by Johannes Hartlieb in 145 ...
'' (1949)
* ''
Fighting Man of the Plains
''Fighting Man of the Plains'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by Edwin L. Marin. It stars Randolph Scott, Bill Williams, Victor Jory and Jane Nigh. Dale Robertson had his first credited role, playing Jesse James.
Plot
Jim Dancer ...
'' (1949)
* ''
The Threat'' (1949)
* ''
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
''Davy Crockett, Indian Scout'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Lew Landers and starring George Montgomery and Ellen Drew. Wartime hero Johnny McKee had a small role in the film, as did Jim Thorpe. The film was shot at the Motion ...
'' (1950)
* ''
Fortunes of Captain Blood'' (1950)
* ''
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
''Tarzan and the Slave Girl'' is a 1950 American adventure film directed by Lee Sholem and starring Lex Barker as Tarzan, Vanessa Brown as Jane, and Robert Alda as big game hunter Neil. The plot involves a lost civilization in Africa, a strange ...
'' (1950)
* ''
The Cariboo Trail
''The Cariboo Trail'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Randolph Scott.
It was the final film appearance of George "Gabby" Hayes.
Plot
Montanans Jim Redfern and Mike Evans head into Canada's British Colum ...
'' (1950)
* ''
Bunco Squad
''Bunco Squad'' is a 1950 American crime film directed by Herbert I. Leeds and written by George Callahan. The film stars Robert Sterling, Joan Dixon, Ricardo Cortez, Douglas Fowley and Elisabeth Risdon. The film was released on September 1, ...
'' (1950)
* ''
Outrage
Outrage may refer to:
* Outrage (emotion), an emotion
* Tort of outrage, in law, an alternative term for ''intentional infliction of emotional distress''
Books
* ''Outrage'', a novel by Henry Denker 1982
* ''Outrage'', a play by Itamar Moses 2 ...
'' (1950)
* ''
Southside 1-1000
''Southside 1-1000'' is a 1950 semidocumentary-style film noir directed by Boris Ingster featuring Don DeFore, Andrea King, George Tobias and Gerald Mohr as the off-screen narrator. It is about a Secret Service agent (Don DeFore) who goes undercov ...
'' (1950)
* ''
Hunt the Man Down
''Hunt the Man Down'' is a 1951 American crime film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Gig Young.
Plot
Public defender Paul Bennett dedicates himself to defending a destitute man accused of murder. Piano player Richard Kincaid was broug ...
'' (1950)
* ''
Stage to Tucson
''Stage to Tucson'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by Robert Creighton Williams, Frank Burt and Robert Libott. It is based on the 1948 novel ''Lost Stage Valley'' by Frank Bonham. The film stars Rod Came ...
'' (1950)
* ''
Rogue River'' (1951)
* ''
The Great Missouri Raid
''The Great Missouri Raid'' is a 1951 American Western film directed by Gordon Douglas and written by Frank Gruber. The film stars Wendell Corey, Macdonald Carey, Ellen Drew, Ward Bond, Bruce Bennett, Bill Williams and Anne Revere. The film w ...
'' (1951)
* ''
Santa Fe'' (1951)
* ''
Best of the Badmen'' (1951)
* ''
Warpath
Warpath may refer to:
*Great Indian Warpath, a network of trails in eastern North America used by Native Americans
Games
* ''Warpath'' (video game), a 2006 FPS video game by Digital Extremes for the PC and Xbox
*'' Warpath: Jurassic Park'', a 199 ...
'' (1951)
* ''
Roadblock
A roadblock is a temporary installation set up to control or block traffic along a road. The reasons for one could be:
*Roadworks
*Temporary road closure during special events
*Police chase
*Robbery
* Sobriety checkpoint
In peaceful circumstances ...
'' (1951)
* ''
The Whip Hand
''The Whip Hand'' is a 1951 American film directed by William Cameron Menzies and starring Carla Balenda and Elliott Reid.
Plot
Journalist Matt Corbin (Elliott Reid) is traveling through Wisconsin on a fishing trip and comes across a nearly d ...
'' (1951)
* ''
Fort Defiance'' (1951)
* ''
The Son of Dr. Jekyll
''The Son of Dr. Jekyll'' is a 1951 American horror film directed by Seymour Friedman and starring Louis Hayward, Jody Lawrance and Alexander Knox. The film is a continuation of Robert Louis Stevenson's original classic 1886 novella ''Strange ...
'' (1951)
* ''
Silver City'' (1951)
* ''
Flaming Feather
''Flaming Feather'' is a 1952 Technicolor Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Sterling Hayden. The film was shot on location around Oak Creek Canyon near Sedona, Arizona, and at the Montezuma Castle National Monument near Sedona. T ...
'' (1952)
* ''
Tarzan's Savage Fury
''Tarzan's Savage Fury'' is a 1952 film directed by Cy Endfield and starring Lex Barker as Tarzan, Dorothy Hart as Jane, and Patric Knowles. While most Tarzan films of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s presented Tarzan as a very different character from ...
'' (1952)
* ''
The Half-Breed
''The Half-Breed'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Stuart Gilmore and written by Harold Shumate, Richard Wormser and Charles Hoffman. The film stars Robert Young, Janis Carter, Jack Buetel, Barton MacLane, Reed Hadley and Porter ...
'' (1952)
* ''
Denver and Rio Grande
The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad , often shortened to ''Rio Grande'', D&RG or D&RGW, formerly the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, was an American Class I railroad company. The railroad started as a narrow-gauge line running south from De ...
'' (1952)
* ''
The Savage'' (1952)
* ''
Hurricane Smith'' (1952)
* ''
Kansas City Confidential
''Kansas City Confidential'' is a 1952 American film noir and crime film directed by Phil Karlson starring John Payne and Coleen Gray. The film was released in the United Kingdom as ''The Secret Four''. Karlson and Payne teamed a year later fo ...
'' (1952)
* ''
Sky Full of Moon
''Sky Full of Moon'' is a 1952 American western film directed by Norman Foster and starring Carleton Carpenter, Keenan Wynn, and Jan Sterling. It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Plot
Easy-going cowpoke Harley "Tumbleweed" W ...
'' (1952)
* ''
Raiders of the Seven Seas
''Raiders of the Seven Seas'' is a 1953 American swashbuckler film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring John Payne and Donna Reed. The supporting cast features Gerald Mohr, Lon Chaney Jr. and Anthony Caruso.
Plot
The pirate Barbarossa raids ...
'' (1953)
* ''
Pony Express
The Pony Express was an American express mail service that used relays of horse-mounted riders. It operated from April 3, 1860, to October 26, 1861, between Missouri and California. It was operated by the Central Overland California and Pik ...
'' (1953)
* ''
Tarzan and the She-Devil'' (1953)
* ''
Arrowhead
An arrowhead or point is the usually sharpened and hardened tip of an arrow, which contributes a majority of the projectile mass and is responsible for impacting and penetrating a target, as well as to fulfill some special purposes such as sign ...
'' (1953)
* ''
Inferno
Inferno may refer to:
* Hell, an afterlife place of suffering
* Conflagration, a large uncontrolled fire
Film
* ''L'Inferno'', a 1911 Italian film
* Inferno (1953 film), ''Inferno'' (1953 film), a film noir by Roy Ward Baker
* Inferno (1973 fi ...
'' (1953)
* ''
Half a Hero
''Half a Hero'' is a 1953 American comedy film starring Red Skelton and Jean Hagen. Directed by Don Weis, the film was written by Max Shulman and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Plot
Freelance writer Ben Dobson (Skelton) lands his first full-ti ...
'' (1953)
* ''
Flight to Tangier
''Flight to Tangier'' is a 1953 American action film directed by Charles Marquis Warren and starring Joan Fontaine, Jack Palance, and Corinne Calvet. It was released by Paramount Pictures in Technicolor and 3-D.
This film also appeared in ''No ...
'' (1953)
* ''
The Diamond Queen'' (1953)
* ''
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
''Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl'' is a 1954 American adventure film directed by Lew Landers and starring Anthony Dexter, Eva Gabor, and Alan Hale Jr. It was distributed by United Artists. A woman who disguises herself as a slave girl in order ...
'' (1954)
* ''
Return to Treasure Island'' (1954)
* ''
Down Three Dark Streets
''Down Three Dark Streets'' is a 1954 American film noir crime film directed by Arnold Laven and starring Broderick Crawford and Ruth Roman. The screenplay was written by Gordon Gordon and Mildred Gordon, based on their novel ''Case File FBI'' ...
'' (1954)
* ''
Three Hours to Kill
''Three Hours to Kill'' is a 1954 American Western film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Dana Andrews, Donna Reed and Dianne Foster. '' (1954)
* ''
They Rode West
''They Rode West'' is a 1954 American Western film directed by Phil Karlson. It reunites the stars of '' The Caine Mutiny'', Robert Francis, Donna Reed, May Wynn and Philip Carey. Based on the story ''Wood Hawk'' by Leo Katcher, it was filmed ...
'' (1954)
* ''
Ten Wanted Men'' (1955)
* ''
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
''Tarzan's Hidden Jungle'' is a 1955 black-and-white film from RKO Pictures directed by Harold D. Schuster and starring Gordon Scott in his first film as Tarzan, taking over the role from Lex Barker, who had in turn followed Johnny Weissmuller ...
'' (1955)
* ''
Rage at Dawn
''Rage at Dawn'' is a 1955 American Technicolor Western film directed by Tim Whelan, and starring Randolph Scott, Forrest Tucker, Mala Powers, and J. Carrol Naish. It purports to tell the true story of the Reno Brothers, an outlaw gang which ...
'' (1955)
* ''
The Marauders'' (1955)
* ''
Tall Man Riding
''Tall Man Riding'' is a 1955 American Western (genre), Western Warnercolor film directed by Lesley Selander and starring Randolph Scott, Dorothy Malone, and Peggie Castle. Based on the novel ''Tall Man Riding'', by Norman A. Fox, the film is ab ...
'' (1955)
* ''
A Lawless Street
''A Lawless Street'' is a 1955 American Western film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Randolph Scott and Angela Lansbury. The film is also known as ''The Marshal of Medicine Bend'' in the United States.
Plot
The marshal of Medicine Ben ...
'' (1955)
* ''
Texas Lady
''Texas Lady'' is a 1955 color American Western film directed by Tim Whelan in his final film before his death in 1957, and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. It stars Claudette Colbert, Barry Sullivan and Ray Collins. The film tells the story ...
'' (1955)
* ''
Last of the Badmen'' (1957)
* ''
Pawnee Pawnee initially refers to a Native American people and its language:
* Pawnee people
* Pawnee language
Pawnee is also the name of several places in the United States:
* Pawnee, Illinois
* Pawnee, Kansas
* Pawnee, Missouri
* Pawnee City, Nebraska ...
'' (1957)
* ''
Hell Ship Mutiny
''Hell Ship Mutiny'' is a 1957 American South Seas (genre), South Seas adventure film directed by Lee Sholem and Elmo Williams starring Jon Hall (actor), Jon Hall who also produced and narrated the film. It is a compilation of a 1955 unsold tel ...
'' (1957)
* ''
The Black Scorpion'' (1957)
* ''
The Story of Mankind
''The Story of Mankind'' is a book written and illustrated by Dutch-American journalist, professor, and author Hendrik Willem van Loon. It was published in 1921. In 1922, it was awarded the Newbery Medal for an outstanding contribution to children ...
'' (1957)
* ''
Kronos'' (1957)
* ''
Stopover Tokyo'' (1957)
* ''
Ambush at Cimarron Pass
''Ambush at Cimarron Pass'' is a 1958 American Western film directed by Jodie Copelan and starring Scott Brady and Clint Eastwood (third billed, later first billed upon reissue). The film also features Margia Dean, Irving Bacon, Frank Gerstle, B ...
'' (1958)
* ''
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
''It! The Terror from Beyond Space'' is an independently made 1958 American science fiction horror film, produced by Robert Kent, directed by Edward L. Cahn, that stars Marshall Thompson, Shawn Smith (Shirley Patterson), and Kim Spalding. The ...
'' (1958)
* ''
The Fly'' (1958)
* ''
Return of the Fly
''Return of the Fly'' is a 1959 American horror science-fiction film and sequel to '' The Fly'' (1958). It is the second installment in ''The Fly'' film series. It was released in 1959 as a double feature with '' The Alligator People''. It was ...
'' (1959)
* ''
The Cosmic Man'' (1959)
* ''
The Big Circus
''The Big Circus'' is a 1959 film starring Victor Mature as a circus owner struggling with financial trouble and a murderous unknown saboteur. It was produced and cowritten by Irwin Allen, later known for a series of big-budget disaster films.
Pl ...
'' (1959)
* ''
The Lost World'' (1960)
* ''
The Big Show'' (1961)
* ''
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'' is a 1961 American science fiction disaster film, produced and directed by Irwin Allen, and starring Walter Pidgeon and Robert Sterling. The supporting cast includes Peter Lorre, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden, M ...
'' (1961)
* ''
Pirates of Tortuga
''Pirates of Tortuga'' is a 1961 DeLuxe Color American swashbuckler film which invented an alternate history for the actual Welsh privateer Henry Morgan. It was released in October 1961 in the United States in CinemaScope.
Plot
In the 17th centu ...
'' (1961)
* ''
Jack the Giant Killer'' (1962)
* ''
Five Weeks in a Balloon
''Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, A Journey of Discovery by Three Englishmen in Africa'' (french: Cinq semaines en ballon) is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1863. It is the first novel in which he perfected the "ingredients" of hi ...
'' (1962)
* ''
The Last Man on Earth'' (1964)
* ''
Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!'' (1965)
* ''
''Motorpsycho'''' (1965)
* ''
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata Salazar (; August 8, 1879 – April 10, 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the ins ...
'' (1970)
* ''
The Gatling Gun'' (1971)
References
External links
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American film score composers
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1906 births
1971 deaths
20th-century classical musicians
20th-century American composers
20th-century American male musicians
Musicians from Palm Springs, California
Polish emigrants to the United States