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Louis Silvers
Also known as	Lou Silvers
Born	September 6, 1889(1889-09-06) New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	March 26, 1954(1954-03-26) (aged 64) Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations	Film composer

Louis "Lou" Silvers (September 6, 1889 – March 26, 1954) was an American film score composer whose work has been used in more than 250 movies. In 1935, he won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for One Night of Love.

Contents

1 Early life and career
2 Personal life and death
3 Awards and nominations
4 References
5 External links

Early life and career

Born in New York City, Silvers scored a D. W. Griffith film with sound sequences Dream Street (1921) and the part-talking feature film The Jazz Singer (1927). He was also music director for Lux Radio Theater for most of its long run (1934–1955). He is also the composer of "April Showers" (1921).

Personal life and death

Silvers was married to Janet Adair. On March 26, 1954, Silvers died of a heart ailment in Hollywood, California.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Result	Category	Film
1935	Academy Award	Won	Best Music, Score	One Night of Love
1938		Nominated	Best Music, Score	In Old Chicago
1939		Nominated	Best Music, Original Score	Suez
1940		Nominated	Best Music, Scoring	Swanee River

References

Wright, H. Stephen; Limbacher, James L., Keeping Score. Film and Television Music, 1980–1988. With Additional Coverage of 1921–1979, Metuchen, N.J., Scarecrow Press, 1991.

External links

Biography portal

Louis Silvers at the Internet Movie Database
Louis Silvers at Find a Grave

v d e Academy Award for Best Original Score (1934–1940)

Louis Silvers (1934) Max Steiner (1935) Leo F. Forbstein (1936) Charles Previn (1937) Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1938) Herbert Stothart/Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold, Leo Shuken (1939) Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Ned Washington/Alfred Newman (1940)

Complete list (1934–1940) (1941–1960) (1961–1980) (1981–2000) (2001–2020)

Persondata
Name	Silvers, Louis
Alternative names	Silvers, Lou
Short description	Film composer
Date of birth	September 6, 1889
Place of birth	New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of death	March 26, 1954
Place of death	Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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