Mikhail Romanovich "Mischa" Bakaleinikov (also spelled Bakaleynikov and Bakaleinikoff; ; November 10, 1890,
Moscow
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– August 10, 1960,
Los Angeles
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) was a noted
musical director
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, film
composer
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and
conductor
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.
Personal life
Brother to
Constantin
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, Nikolay and
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, Bakaleinikov was born in Moscow in 1890. He left the Soviet Union for the
United States
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, travelling via Shanghai, China, to Los Angeles, in 1926, and joined Columbia Studios's music department in
Hollywood
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in 1931.
Death
Bakaleinikoff was a member of a
Masonic Lodge
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It is also a commonly used term for a building where Freemasons meet and hold their meetings. Every new l ...
. At his funeral service in 1960, the music was played by a
string
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Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
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Career
Bakaleinikoff played the
double bass
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viol
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in Columbia Studios'
orchestra
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for films such as '' Lost Horizon'' before becoming the studio's music director in the early 1940s.
Selected filmography
He scored the music to the following films:
*'' Ladies of Leisure'' (1930)
* ''
Forbidden Trail
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'' (1932)
*''
Jane Eyre
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'' (1934)
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Behind the Green Lights
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Partial cast
* Norman Foster as Detective Lt. Dave Britten
* Judith Allen as Mary K ...
Sergeant Mike
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Plot
Cast
* Larry Parks as Pvt. Tom Allen
* Jeanne Bates as Terry Arno
* Loren Tindall as Simms
* Jim Bannon a ...
'' (1944)
* ''
Prison Ship
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The Son of Rusty
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The Woman from Tangier
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My Dog Rusty
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'' (1948)
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Rusty Leads the Way
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Kazan
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Pecos River
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'' (1951)
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The Old West
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Cell 2455, Death Row
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'' (1955)
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It Came from Beneath the Sea
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20 Million Miles to Earth
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Have Rocket, Will Travel
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