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Ray Heindorf

Conductor

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Also Known As

Raymond John Heindorf

Birth Place

Haverstraw, New York, USA

Born

August 25, 1908

Died

February 03, 1980

Biography

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Ray Heindorf worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. Heindorf worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "It's a Great Feeling" (1949) starring Dennis Morgan. In the fifties, Heindorf also worked on "About Face" (1952). Heindorf was nominated for a Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) Academy Award for "Hollywood Canteen" in ...

Filmography

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It's a Great Feeling (1949)

Music Supervisor and Conductor

O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra (1971)

O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra (1971)

Finian's Rainbow (1968)

Music Supervisor & Conductor

The Music Man (1962)

Music Supervisor & Conductor

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Music Man, The (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Till There Was You

Music Man, The (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Trouble

Biography

Ray Heindorf worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. Heindorf worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "It's a Great Feeling" (1949) starring Dennis Morgan. In the fifties, Heindorf also worked on "About Face" (1952). Heindorf was nominated for a Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) Academy Award for "Hollywood Canteen" in 1944 as well as for a Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) Academy Award for "Up in Arms" in 1944. Heindorf won a Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) Academy Award for "Yankee Doodle Dandy" in 1942 as well as a Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) Academy Award for "This Is the Army" in 1943. Heindorf had a number of different projects under his belt in the fifties, including "Auntie Mame" (1958) starring Rosalind Russell, "Home Before Dark" (1958) and "Marjorie Morningstar" with Gene Kelly (1958). His credits also expanded to "No Time For Sergeants" (1958) starring Andy Griffith and "Onionhead" (1958). Heindorf more recently worked on the John Cullum comedy adaptation "1776" (1972). Heindorf passed away in February 1980 at the age of 72.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

It's a Great Feeling (1949)

Music (Feature Film)

Music Supervisor and Conductor

O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra (1971)

O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra (1971)

Finian's Rainbow (1968)

Music Supervisor & Conductor

The Music Man (1962)

Music Supervisor & Conductor

The Music Man (1962)

Up Periscope (1959)

Music Supervisor

The Miracle (1959)

Music Supervisor

The Young Philadelphians (1959)

Music Supervisor

Marjorie Morningstar (1958)

Music Supervisor

Home Before Dark (1958)

Music Supervisor

No Time for Sergeants (1958)

Music Composition and Conducting

Onionhead (1958)

Music Supervisor

Auntie Mame (1958)

Music Supervisor

Damn Yankees (1958)

Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957)

Miracle in the Rain (1956)

Tall Man Riding (1955)

Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)

The Sea Chase (1955)

The Command (1954)

A Star Is Born (1954)

Lucky Me (1954)

The Eddie Cantor Story (1954)

Young at Heart (1954)

King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)

The Jazz Singer (1953)

The Desert Song (1953)

By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)

So This Is Love (1953)

Calamity Jane (1953)

Stop, You're Killing Me (1953)

April in Paris (1953)

I Confess (1953)

The Jazz Singer (1953)

She's Back on Broadway (1953)

Three Sailors and a Girl (1953)

Blowing Wild (1953)

She's Back on Broadway (1953)

The Man Behind the Gun (1953)

So This Is Love (1953)

A Streetcar Named Desire (1952)

About Face (1952)

The Big Trees (1952)

I'll See You In My Dreams (1952)

She's Working Her Way Through College (1952)

Operation Secret (1952)

Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)

Distant Drums (1951)

Comp of percussion composition

On Moonlight Bay (1951)

Storm Warning (1951)

Starlift (1951)

Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951)

Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)

Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)

Strangers on a Train (1951)

Lullaby of Broadway (1951)

Come Fill the Cup (1951)

Operation Pacific (1951)

Sugarfoot (1951)

Come Fill the Cup (1951)

Young Man with a Horn (1950)

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950)

Backfire (1950)

The West Point Story (1950)

The Damned Don't Cry (1950)

Tea for Two (1950)

The Breaking Point (1950)

Always Leave Them Laughing (1949)

One Sunday Afternoon (1949)

Look for the Silver Lining (1949)

Flamingo Road (1949)

My Dream Is Yours (1949)

It's a Great Feeling (1949)

South of St. Louis (1949)

April Showers (1948)

Music Arrangements and Adapted by

Two Guys from Texas (1948)

Orchestra Arrangement

Romance on the High Seas (1948)

Music numbers orch and Conductor by

April Showers (1948)

Race Street (1948)

My Wild Irish Rose (1947)

Music numbers orch and Conductor by

Love and Learn (1947)

Orchestra Arrangement

Love and Learn (1947)

The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946)

Prod numbers orch and Conductor

Cinderella Jones (1946)

Orchestra Arrangement

Night and Day (1946)

Prod numbers orch and Conductor

Rhapsody in Blue (1945)

Orchestra Arrangement

Wonder Man (1945)

Music numbers orch and Conductor by

San Antonio (1945)

Up in Arms (1944)

Music numbers Arrangements and Conductor

Hollywood Canteen (1944)

This Is the Army (1943)

Orchestra Arrangement

The Hard Way (1943)

Orchestra Arrangement

The Desert Song (1943)

Orchestra Arrangement

Gentleman Jim (1942)

Orchestra Arrangement

The Male Animal (1942)

Orchestra Arrangement

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

Orchestra Arrangement

Affectionately Yours (1941)

Orchestra Arrangement

The Great Lie (1941)

Orchestra Arrangement

Navy Blues (1941)

Orchestra Arrangement

The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)

Orchestra Arrangement

The Sea Wolf (1941)

Orchestra Arrangement

Honeymoon for Three (1941)

Orchestra Arrangement

Four Mothers (1941)

Orchestra Arrangement

The Strawberry Blonde (1941)

Orchestra Arrangement

The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)

Orchestra Arrangement

Blues in the Night (1941)

Orchestra Arrangement

Flight from Destiny (1941)

Orchestra Arrangement

Knute Rockne--All American (1940)

Orchestra Arrangement

The Sea Hawk (1940)

'Til We Meet Again (1940)

Orchestra Arrangement

The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)

Orchestra Arrangement

It All Came True (1940)

Orchestra Arrangement

Three Cheers for the Irish (1940)

Orchestra Arrangement

My Love Came Back (1940)

Orchestra Arrangement

Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)

Orchestra Arrangement

Castle on the Hudson (1940)

Orchestra Arrangement

No Time for Comedy (1940)

Orchestra Arrangement

Brother Orchid (1940)

Orchestra Arrangement

City for Conquest (1940)

Orchestra Arrangement

Naughty but Nice (1939)

The Roaring Twenties (1939)

Orchestra Arrangement

Four Wives (1939)

Orchestra Arrangement

Daughters Courageous (1939)

Orchestral Arrangements

The Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)

On Your Toes (1939)

Orchestra Arrangement

Going Places (1938)

Hollywood Hotel (1938)

Orchestra Arrangement

Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)

Orchestra Arrangement

Garden of the Moon (1938)

Orchestra Arrangement

Four's a Crowd (1938)

Hard to Get (1938)

Orchestra Arrangement

Ready, Willing and Able (1937)

Orchestra Arrangement

The Singing Marine (1937)

Orchestra Arrangement

Music Arrangements by

Stage Struck (1936)

Orchestra Arrangement

Cain and Mabel (1936)

Orch Arrangements by

The Singing Kid (1936)

Orchestra Arrangement

Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)

Orchestra Arrangement

Sweet Music (1935)

Orchestra Arrangement

Go into Your Dance (1935)

Orchestra Arrangement

Stars over Broadway (1935)

Orchestra Arrangement

In Caliente (1935)

Orchestra Arrangement

Captain Blood (1935)

Orchestra Arrangement

Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)

Sweet Adeline (1934)

Orchestra Arrangement

Three on a Match (1932)

Orchestra Arrangement

The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)

Music Arrangements

Music (Special)

An Hour With Danny Kaye (1960)

Cast (Short)

The Screen Director (1951)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's The Songwriters' Revue (1930)

Life Events

Videos

Music Man, The (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Till There Was You Librarian Marian (Shirley Jones) is magnanimous in her praise of huckster Professor Hill (Robert Preston), with one of composer Meredith Willson's most famous tunes from The Music Man, 1962.

Music Man, The (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Trouble Robert Preston as fake Professor Harold Hill, introducing himself to River City, Iowa, with Meredith Willson's famous tune "with a capital T," his first big number in Warner Bros' The Music Man, 1962.

Music Man, The (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Iowa Stubborn Just arrived on the train from Illinois, after an opening number confirming the disdain of other traveling salesmen for his scorched-earth methods, un-credentialed music professor Henry Hill (Robert Preston) hears from the folk of River City, Io-way about their own predisposition, in the hit Warner Bros. adaptation of the Meredith Willson musical, with Timmy Everett, and Paul Ford as the Mayor, in The Music Man, 1962.

Music Man, The (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Shipoopi Buddy Hackett never played the part on Broadway, and was a regular on NBC’s Tonight Show at the time, but his one number as Marcellus, friend of the title character, is one of the more remembered and parodied from the landmark Meredith Willson musical, The Music Man, 1962, starring Robert Preston.

Race Street (1948) -- (Movie Clip) I'm In A Jam With Baby Splashy introduction for Gale Robbins as Elaine, night club singer and sister of the owner Dan (George Raft), her own vocal on a tune by Ray Heindorf, M.K. Jerome and Ted Koehler, fancy shot by director Edwin L. Marin and cinematographer J. Roy Hunt, in Race Street, 1948.

Gold Diggers Of 1935 -- (Movie Clip) Lullaby Of Broadway Just a portion, featuring dancers "Ramon & Rosita" then the company, from Busby Berkeley's giant production of Lullaby Of Broadway by Harry Warren and Al Dubin, in Gold Diggers of 1935.

April In Paris (1952) -- (Movie Clip) It Must Be Good Nervous diplomat Sam (Ray Bolger) on Broadway on state department business, discovers showgirl Ethel "Dynamite" Jackson (Doris Day), whom he's accidentally arranged to send to Paris, in a number with a song by Vernon Duke and Sammy Cahn, early in April In Paris, 1952.

Calamity Jane (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Deadwood Stage Full throttle opening, original tune by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster, Chubby Johnson is the driver and Howard Keel appears as Wild Bill but all are spectators to the star, Doris Day in the title role in the 1953 Warner Bros. hit Calamity Jane.

Calamity Jane (1953) -- (Movie Clip) I Can Do Without You Doris Day (title character), with saloon owner Miller (Paul Harvey) and maybe-boyfriend Wild Bill Hickock (Howard Keel), laments having promised to bring a big-time singer to Deadwood, inducing another original by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster, in Calamity Jane, 1953.

Calamity Jane (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Secret Love Having replaced her rough buckskins with a softer cleaner set, with a new hairdo and Joel McCrea's horse, which he loaned to her for the picture, Doris Day (title character) offers the Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster original that became one of her signature songs, in Calamity Jane, 1953.

Lucky Me (1954) -- (Movie Clip) High Hopes Out of work and forced to take hotel kitchen jobs, song and dance team Candy, Flo, Duke and Hap (Doris Day, Nancy Walker, Phil Silvers and Eddie Foy Jr.,) with a number by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster, Leroy Prinz with choreography, in the Warner Bros. musical Lucky Me, 1954.

Lucky Me (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Superstition Song Warner Bros. opens with Miami location shots, joining Doris Day on the soundstage in Hollywood's first wide-screen musical, the song by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster, Leroy Prinz choreography, Jack Donohue directing, in Lucky Me, 1954, also starring Robert Cummings and Phil Silvers.

Doris Day -- Star Of The Month -- (Movie Promo) April 2012 Doris Day herself speaks exclusively to TCM, in this commentary on her movie career, as our April, 2012 Star Of The Month.

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