Saul Chaplin

Personal Info

Known For Sound

Gender Male

Birthday 1912-02-19

Deathday 1997-11-15 (85 years old)

Place of Birth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As Saul Elias Kaplan, Saul Kaplan, Cahn and Chaplin, Cahn & Chaplin, Chaplin

Saul Chaplin

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Saul Chaplin (born Saul Kaplan; February 19, 1912 – November 15, 1997) was an American composer and musical director. Chaplin worked on stage, screen and television since the days of Tin Pan Alley. In film, he won three Oscars for collaborating on the scores and orchestrations of An American in Paris (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) and West Side Story (1961).

Known For

Sound

1961
West Side Story

as Music Supervisor

1958
Merry Andrew

as Music

1957
Les Girls

as Music

1956
High Society

as Music Supervisor

1956
High Society

as Music Arranger

1955
Jupiter's Darling

as Music Supervisor

1954
The Last Time I Saw Paris

as Music Supervisor

1954
1953
Kiss Me Kate

as Music Director

1952
1951
An American in Paris

as Music Director

1950
Summer Stock

as Songs

1950
Summer Stock

as Music Director

1949
On the Town

as Music Arranger

1945
Leave It to Blondie

as Original Music Composer

1945
1941
1941
1941
1940
Double or Nothing

as Original Music Composer

1938
The Knight Is Young

as Original Music Composer

1937
1937
Ups and Downs

as Original Music Composer

Producer

1972
Man of La Mancha

as Associate Producer

1968
Star!

as Producer

1965
The Sound of Music

as Associate Producer

1963
1961
West Side Story

as Associate Producer

1960
Can-Can

as Associate Producer

1958
Merry Andrew

as Associate Producer

1953
Give a Girl a Break

as Musical Casting

Actor

2008
2006
Summer Stock: Get Happy!

as Self (Archive Footage)

2003
Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love

as Self (Archive Footage)

2003
West Side Memories

as Self (archive footage)

1953
The Oscars

as Self

Writer

1941
1937
Ups and Downs

as Lyricist