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Arthur Lange

Biography

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In the 1910s, Lange was active as a songwriter, collaborating frequently with lyricist Andrew B. Sterling and publishing with the Joe Morris Music Company. During the first half of the 1920s Lange recorded abundantly for Cameo Records. His 1923 orchestra, which also played the Cinderella Ballroom on Broadway and which included "hot" trumpeters Earl Oliver and Tommy Gott, was at the end of that year bought by young well-to-do bandleader Roger Wolfe Kahn, and it is not known whether the recordings Lange made after this point and up to 1926 were still made by these musicians (Kahn himself did not start recording under his own name for Victor Records until March 1925) or by another group. His 1928 recordings for Pathé Records were, however, almost certainly made by other unknown personnel. Though Lange himself played both piano and banjo he seems (with the exception of a recording by his "Lange trio" in 1922) to have acted only as conductor and arranger on his band recording dates.

Census records show that Lange shared a residence in the Hollywood Hills in 1930 with Ray Heindorf, who would go on to win three Academy Awards.

Lange was a prolific arranger of dance band orchestrations during the 1920s. His "stock" orchestrations were in use by many bands of the day. Lange wrote "Arranging for the Modern Dance Orchestra" which was the definitive work of its day (published Robbins Music, 1926).

Actor

The Americans Come

1930

as Vocalist

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

1929

as Self - Orchestra Leader

Sound

Ring of Fear

1954

Original Music Composer

The Mad Magician

1954

Original Music Composer

Southwest Passage

1954

Original Music Composer

Beachhead

1954

Music

The Steel Lady

1953

Original Music Composer

99 River Street

1953

Original Music Composer

Lost in Alaska

1952

Music

Japanese War Bride

1952

Original Music Composer

The Lady Says No

1952

Music

Cry Danger

1951

Music

Woman on the Run

1950

Music

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

1948

Music

Along Came Jones

1945

Original Music Composer

Belle of the Yukon

1944

Original Music Composer

Belle of the Yukon

1944

Music Director

The Woman in the Window

1944

Original Music Composer

Casanova Brown

1944

Original Music Composer

Bermuda Mystery

1944

Music

The Gang's All Here

1943

Music

They Came to Blow Up America

1943

Original Music Composer

Lady of Burlesque

1943

Original Music Composer

It's Everybody's War

1942

Original Music Composer

The Maltese Falcon

1941

Orchestrator

They Drive by Night

1940

Orchestrator

The Great Victor Herbert

1939

Music

Let Freedom Ring

1939

Music

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

1938

Original Music Composer

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

1937

Music

This Is My Affair

1937

Original Music Composer

On the Avenue

1937

Music Director

The Magnificent Brute

1936

Music

The Great Ziegfeld

1936

Original Music Composer

It's A Small World

1935

Music Director

The Lottery Lover

1935

Original Music Composer

Marie Galante

1934

Original Music Composer

Now I'll Tell

1934

Music Director

Stand Up and Cheer!

1934

Original Music Composer

My Weakness

1933

Music

The Warrior's Husband

1933

Music

Hello, Sister!

1933

Original Music Composer

Broadway Bad

1933

Original Music Composer

State Fair

1933

Orchestrator

Cavalcade

1933

Original Music Composer

The Death Kiss

1932

Original Music Composer

Call Her Savage

1932

Original Music Composer

The Golden West

1932

Original Music Composer

Rackety Rax

1932

Music

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

1932

Music

Lady with a Past

1932

Original Music Composer

A Woman Commands

1932

Music Director

Suicide Fleet

1931

Music Director

Freighters of Destiny

1931

Music Director

The Tip-Off

1931

Music Director

The Big Gamble

1931

Music Director

A Woman of Experience

1931

Music Director

Millie

1931

Music Director

Manhattan Serenade

1929

Music Arranger

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

1929

Music

The Mysterious Island

1929

Music

Our Modern Maidens

1929

Music

Arthur Lange

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Sound

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