Frank Sanucci (1901–1991) was an Argentine-born American

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who scored numerous films.Pitts p.255 Born in

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he emigrated to the United States as a child. He worked in

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on generally low-budget productions, many of them for

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where he was employed for several years. He was also employed at

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Grand National Pictures Grand National Films, Inc (or Grand National Pictures, Grand National Productions and Grand National Film Distributing Co.) was an American independent motion picture production-distribution company in operation from 1936 to 1939. The company ha ...

and

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Selected filmography

* ''

Song of the Gringo ''Song of the Gringo'' is a 1936 American Western (genre), Western film directed by John P. McCarthy. The film is also known as ''The Old Corral'' in the United Kingdom. The film was the debut of singing cowboy Tex Ritter. It was co-written by f ...

'' (1936) * '' Headin' for the Rio Grande'' (1936) * '' Riders of the Rockies'' (1937) * '' Riders of the Dawn'' (1937) * '' God's Country and the Man'' (1937) * '' Stars Over Arizona'' (1937) * '' Hittin' the Trail'' (1937) * ''

Trouble in Texas ''Trouble in Texas'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury (as R.N. Bradbury) and starring Tex Ritter, his horse White Flash, Rita Hayworth (billed as "Rita Cansino") and Yakima Canutt. The supporting cast features Earl ...

'' (1937) * '' Where Trails Divide'' (1937) * '' Romance of the Rockies'' (1937) * ''

The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen ''The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen'' is a 1937 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Ray Taylor (director), Ray Taylor. It was singing cowboy Tex Ritter's eighth film for Grand National Pictures. While the film had an original copy ...

'' (1937) * ''

Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts ''Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and starring singing cowboy Tex Ritter and Troop 13 Los Angeles District Boy Scouts of America. The film was shot in Old Kernville, California and premier ...

'' (1937) * '' Arizona Days'' (1937) * ''

Where the Buffalo Roam ''Where the Buffalo Roam'' is a 1980 American semi-biographical comedy film which loosely depicts author Hunter S. Thompson's rise to fame in the 1970s and his relationship with Chicano attorney and activist Oscar "Zeta" Acosta. The film was ...

'' (1938) * '' The Singing Outlaw'' (1938) * '' Border Wolves'' (1938) * ''

Two Gun Justice ''Two Gun Justice'' is a 1938 American Western film directed by Alan James from a screenplay by Fred Myton. The film stars Tim McCoy and Betty Compson. Plot Cast *Tim McCoy as Tim Carson *Betty Compson as Kate * Joan Barclay as Nancy Brown ...

'' (1938) * ''

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'' (1938) * '' The Last Stand'' (1938) * ''

Prison Break ''Prison Break'' is an American Crime film#Crime drama, crime Drama (film and television), drama television series created by Paul Scheuring for Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox. The series revolves around two brothers: Lincoln Burrows (Dominic P ...

'' (1938) * ''

Prairie Justice ''Prairie Justice'' is a 1938 American Western "B" movie directed by George Waggner and starring Bob Baker as a singing cowboy. Plot Baker plays an undercover marshall investigating a series of stage coach robberies. After his father is kille ...

'' (1938) * '' Feud of the Range'' (1938) * ''

Gunsmoke Trail ''Gunsmoke Trail'' is a 1938 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Fred Myton. The film stars Jack Randall, Louise Stanley, Al St. John, Henry Roquemore, Ted Adams and John Merton. The film was released on May 27, 193 ...

'' (1938) * '' Outlaw Express'' (1938) * '' Starlight Over Texas'' (1938) * '' Mystery Plane'' (1939) * '' Westbound Stage'' (1939) * ''

Ghost Town Riders ''Ghost Town Riders'' is a 1938 American Western film written and directed by George Waggner. The film stars Bob Baker, Fay McKenzie, Hank Worden, George Cleveland, Forrest Taylor and Glenn Strange. The film was released on December 16, 19 ...

'' (1939) * '' Lure of the Wasteland'' (1939) * '' Rollin' Westward'' (1939) * '' Riders of the Sage'' (1939) * ''

Guilty Trails ''Guilty Trails'' is a 1938 American Western film written and directed by George Waggner. The film stars Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds, Wally Wales, Georgia O'Dell, Jack Rockwell and Carleton Young. The film was released on October 21, 1938 ...

'' (1939) * '' Down the Wyoming Trail'' (1939) * '' Mesquite Buckaroo'' (1939) * '' The Phantom Stage'' (1939) * ''

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'' (1939) * ''

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'' (1939) * '' Man from Texas'' (1939) * '' Riders of the Frontier'' (1939) * ''

El Diablo Rides ''El Diablo Rides'' is a 1939 American Western film directed by Ira S. Webb and written by Carl Krusada. The film stars Bob Steele, Claire Rochelle, Kit Guard, Carleton Young, Ted Adams and Robert Walker. The film was released on December 12 ...

'' (1939) * '' The Cowboy from Sundown'' (1940) * '' The Golden Trail'' (1940) * '' Roll Wagons Roll'' (1940) * '' Rhythm of the Rio Grande'' (1940) * '' Covered Wagon Trails'' (1940) * '' Rollin' Home to Texas'' (1940) * '' Wild Horse Valley'' (1940) * '' Pinto Canyon'' (1940) * '' Riot Squad'' (1941) * ''

Tonto Basin Outlaws ''Tonto Basin Outlaws'' is a 1941 American western film directed by S. Roy Luby. The film is the tenth in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, John "Dusty" King as Dusty and Max "Alibi" Terhu ...

'' (1941) * '' Ridin' the Cherokee Trail'' (1941) * '' Riding the Sunset Trail'' (1941) * '' The Gang's All Here'' (1941) * ''

Fugitive Valley ''Fugitive Valley'' is a 1941 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby. The film is the eighth in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, John "Dusty" King as Dusty and Max "Alibi" Terhune ...

'' (1941) * '' Silver Stallion'' (1941) * '' The Pioneers'' (1941) * '' Gentleman from Dixie'' (1941) * '' The Living Ghost'' (1942) * ''

Rock River Renegades ''Rock River Renegades'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby. The film is the thirteenth in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, John "Dusty" King as Dusty and Max "Alibi ...

'' (1942) * '' King of the Stallions'' (1942) * ''

Thunder River Feud ''Thunder River Feud'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby and written by John Vlahos and Earle Snell. The film is the twelfth in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, John ...

'' (1942) * '' Western Mail'' (1942) * '' Arizona Roundup'' (1942) * ''

The Man with Two Lives ''Man with Two Lives'' is a 1942 American film directed by Phil Rosen and written by Joseph Hoffman. Plot The story is of a man who is brought back from the dead and whose body is hijacked by the soul of an executed gangster, consequently mak ...

'' (1942) * ''

Boot Hill Bandits ''Boot Hill Bandits'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby. The film is the fourteenth in the Monogram Pictures produced " Range Busters" series. It stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, John "Dusty" King as Dusty and Ma ...

'' (1942) * '' Where Trails End'' (1942) * '' Down Texas Way'' (1942) *'' War Dogs'' (1942) * ''

Trail Riders ''Trail Riders'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey. The film is the eighteenth in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars John "Dusty" King as Dusty, "Davy" Sharpe and Max "Alibi" Terhune, wi ...

'' (1942) * '' One Thrilling Night'' (1942) * ''

Texas Trouble Shooters ''Texas Trouble Shooters'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby and written by Arthur Hoerl. The film is the fifteenth in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, John "Dusty" ...

'' (1942) * ''

Arizona Stage Coach ''Arizona Stage Coach'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby. The film is the sixteenth in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Crash, John "Dusty" King as Dusty and Max "Alibi" ...

'' (1942) * ''

Phantom Killer The Texarkana Moonlight Murders, a term coined by the contemporary press, was a series of four unsolved serial murders and related violent crimes committed in the Texarkana region of the United States in early 1946. They were attributed to a ...

'' (1942) * ''

Texas to Bataan ''Texas to Bataan'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey. The film is the seventeenth in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars John "Dusty" King as Dusty, "Davy" Sharpe and Max "Alibi" Terhune, ...

'' (1942) * ''

Haunted Ranch ''Haunted Ranch'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey. The film is the twentieth in Monogram Pictures' "Range Busters" series, and it stars John "Dusty" King as Dusty, "Davy" Sharpe and Max "Alibi" Terhune, with ...

'' (1943) * '' Wild Horse Stampede'' (1943) * '' The Texas Kid'' (1943) * '' Two Fisted Justice'' (1943) * '' Death Valley Rangers'' (1943) * ''

Cowboy Commandos ''Cowboy Commandos'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by S. Roy Luby and written by Elizabeth Beecher. The film is the twenty-second in Monogram Pictures' " Range Busters" series, and it stars Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Dusty, Dennis Mo ...

'' (1943) * ''

The Law Rides Again ''The Law Rides Again'' is a 1943 American Western (genre), Western film, directed by Alan James and starring Ken Maynard and Hoot Gibson. Plot Cast *Ken Maynard as U.S. Marshal Ken Maynard *Hoot Gibson as U.S. Marshal Hoot Gibson *Jack L ...

'' (1943) * ''

Song of the Range ''Song of the Range'' is a 1944 American musical Western film directed by Wallace Fox Wallace Fox (March 9, 1895 – June 30, 1958) was an American film director. He directed more than 80 films between 1927 and 1953. He was born in Pur ...

'' (1944) * '' Arizona Whirlwind'' (1944) * '' Harmony Trail'' (1944) * '' Trigger Law'' (1944) * '' Marked Trails'' (1944) * '' Youth Aflame'' (1944) * '' A Fig Leaf for Eve'' (1944) * '' Sonora Stagecoach'' (1944) * '' Fighting Bill Carson'' (1945) * ''

Stranger from Santa Fe ''Stranger from Santa Fe'' is a 1945 American Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Adele Buffington. This is the sixteenth film in the "Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie" series, and stars Johnny Mack Brown as Jack McKenzie an ...

'' (1945) * '' Saddle Serenade'' (1945) * '' Springtime in Texas'' (1945) * '' Flame of the West'' (1945) * '' The Lonesome Trail'' (1945) * '' Northwest Trail'' (1945) * '' His Brother's Ghost'' (1945) * '' Riders of the Dawn'' (1945) * '' Border Bandits'' (1946) * '' Song of the Sierras'' (1946) * '' Trail to Mexico'' (1946) * '' West of the Alamo'' (1946) * '' Swing, Cowboy, Swing'' (1946) * '' Moon Over Montana'' (1946) * '' Rainbow Over the Rockies'' (1947) * '' Six-Gun Serenade'' (1947) * ''

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'' (1948) * '' Fighting Mustang'' (1948) * ''

Sunset Carson Rides Again ''Sunset Carson Rides Again'' is a 1948 American Western (genre), Western film produced and directed by Oliver Drake (filmmaker), Oliver Drake and shot on his own ranch. Filmed in 1947 in Kodachrome on 16mm film, the film was the first of Drake' ...

'' (1948) * ''

Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory ''Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory'' is a 1952 Western starring Clayton Moore as Buffalo Bill when he had been temporarily replaced on ''The Lone Ranger'' TV series by John Hart. Directed by Bernard B. Ray and produced by Edward Finney as h ...

'' (1952)

References

Bibliography

* Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005.

External links

* 1901 births 1991 deaths Composers from Buenos Aires Argentine film score composers American film score composers Argentine emigrants to the United States {{Argentina-film-bio-stub