Howard Jackson (born Howard Manucey Jackson 8 February 1900 in
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine ( ; es, San Agustín ) is a city in the Southeastern United States and the county seat of St. Johns County on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida. Founded in 1565 by Spanish explorers, it is the oldest continuously inhabit ...
– 4 August 1966 in Florida) was an American film composer of feature movies and industry documentaries. He was often uncredited.
Biography
Jackson began scoring films and writing cues for
Universal Pictures from 1929, with his first total film score being ''
Broadway'' (1929). He later moved to
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...
and scored several early films for
Frank Capra
Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-born American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s ...
, ''
The Three Stooges'' and other works for
Columbia Pictures often without credit. He scored 150
feature films and 250
short subject
A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...
s. He finished his career at
Warner Bros.[ pp. 356-361 Hischak, Thomas S. ''The Encyclopedia of Film Composers'' Rowman & Littlefield, 16 Apr 2015]
Partial filmography
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Broadway'' (1929)
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Young Eagles'' (1930)
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Playboy of Paris
''Playboy of Paris'' is a 1930 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Ludwig Berger and starring Maurice Chevalier, Frances Dee (in her film debut), and O.P. Heggie. It was based on a 1911 play '' The Little Cafe'' by Tristan Bernard ...
'' (1930)
* ''
I'm No Angel
''I'm No Angel'' is a 1933 pre-Code film directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Mae West and Cary Grant. West received sole story and screenplay credit. It is one of her films that was not subjected to heavy censorship.
Plot
Tira (Mae West ...
'' (1933)
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Goldie Gets Along'' (1933)
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Lady for a day'' (1933)
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It Happened One Night'' (1934)
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Thirty-Day Princess'' (1934)
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Bottoms Up'' (1934)
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One Night of Love'' (1934)
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Twentieth Century'' (1934)
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She Couldn't Take It'' (1935)
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The Best Man Wins'' (1935)
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The Lone Wolf Returns'' (1935)
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The Music Goes 'Round
''The Music Goes 'Round'' is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Harry Richman, Rochelle Hudson and Walter Connolly
Walter Connolly (April 8, 1887 – May 28, 1940) was an American character acto ...
'' (1936)
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Devil's Squadron'' (1936)
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Meet Nero Wolfe'' (1936)
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Counterfeit
To counterfeit means to imitate something authentic, with the intent to steal, destroy, or replace the original, for use in illegal transactions, or otherwise to deceive individuals into believing that the fake is of equal or greater value tha ...
'' (1936)
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Bengal Tiger'' (1936)
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Isle of Fury
''Isle of Fury'' is a 1936 American adventure film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Humphrey Bogart, Margaret Lindsay, and Donald Woods. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros.
The film was adapted by Robert Hardy Andrews and ...
'' (1936)
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Love Is on the Air
''Love is on the Air'' is a 1937 American film directed by Nick Grinde, and starring Ronald Reagan (in his film debut), June Travis, Eddie Acuff, Robert Barrat, Raymond Hatton and Willard Parker. It was the first of three remakes of the 1933 P ...
'' (1937)
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Talent Scout'' (1937)
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Kid Nightingale
''Kid Nightingale'' is a 1939 American musical comedy film directed by George Amy and written by Charles Belden and Raymond L. Schrock. The film stars John Payne, Jane Wyman, Walter Catlett, Edward Brophy, Charles D. Brown, Max Hoffman Jr., ...
'' (1938)
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On Dress Parade'' (1939)
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Law of the Tropics'' (1941)
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You're in the Army Now'' (1941)
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Wild Bill Hickok Rides'' (1942)
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The Commies Are Coming, the Commies Are Coming'' (1957)
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Yellowstone Kelly
''Yellowstone Kelly'' is a 1959 American Western film based upon a novel by Heck Allen (using his pen name Clay Fisher, which shows in the film credits) with a screenplay by Burt Kennedy starring Clint Walker as Luther Sage "Yellowstone" Kelly, ...
'' (1959)
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Bourbon Street Beat
''Bourbon Street Beat'' is a private detective television series that aired on the ABC network from October 5, 1959, to July 4, 1960, starring Richard Long as Rex Randolph and Andrew Duggan as Cal Calhoun, with Arlene Howell as detective agency s ...
'' (TV - 1959/60)
* ''
Sergeant Rutledge
''Sergeant Rutledge'' is a 1960 American Technicolor Western film directed by John Ford and starring Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Woody Strode and Billie Burke. Six decades later, the film continues to attract attention because it was one o ...
'' (1960)
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Gold of the Seven Saints
''Gold of the Seven Saints'' is a 1961 American Western film adaptation of a 1957 Steve Frazee novel titled ''Desert Guns''. Released by Warner Brothers, the 88-minute film starred Clint Walker, Roger Moore, Letícia Román, Robert Middleton, an ...
'' (1961)
* ''
Claudelle Inglish
''Claudelle Inglish'' is a 1961 American film directed by Gordon Douglas and based on the 1958 novel by Erskine Caldwell. It stars Diane McBain and Arthur Kennedy. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1962 for Best Costume Design ( Howard S ...
'' (1961)
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House of Women'' (1962)
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Merrill's Marauders'' (1962)
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The Gallant Men'' (TV - 1962/63)
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FBI Code 98'' (1962)
References
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1900 births
1966 deaths
20th-century American composers
20th-century classical musicians
American film score composers
People from St. Augustine, Florida
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