Cecil Copping
Cecil Copping | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 6, 1888 Lisbon, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Died | January 4, 1966 (aged 77) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Film composer |
| Years active | 1923–1939 |
Cecil Copping (6 July 1888 in Lisbon, New Hampshire, United States – 4 January 1966 in Los Angeles, California, United States) was an American composer of film music and a miscellaneous crew. He composed background music to nine movies and worked as a miscellaneous crew in five movies in 1920s-1930s.[1][2]
Biography
He was musical director of the Farwell Opera House in Rockland, Maine in 1908-1909.[3]
Partial filmography
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)[2] The original film was silent; Copping composed one of the soundtracks for a later re-release.[4]
- The Sea Hawk (1924)
- The Lost World (1925)
- The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927)
- Chicago (1927)
- The Patent Leather Kid (1927)
- Lilac Time (1928)
- The Divine Lady (1928)
- Glad Rag Doll (1929)
- The Hottentot (1929)
- Her Private Life (1929)
- The Isle of Lost Ships (1929)
- Drag (1929)
- The Love Racket (1929)
- Loose Ankles (1930)
- No, No, Nanette (1930), uncredited composer[5]
- Misbehaving Ladies (1931)
- Gone with the Wind (1939), uncredited orchestrator[6]
References
- ^ "Cecil Copping". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ^ a b "Cecil Copping". BFI. Archived from the original on February 6, 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ^ Julius Cahn's Official Theatrical Guide: Containing Information of the Theatres and Attractions in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Cuba. 1908. p. 470.
- ^ Cook, James; Kolassa, Alexander; Whittaker, Adam (2018-02-01). Recomposing the Past: Representations of Early Music on Stage and Screen. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-97551-3.
- ^ Stumpf, Charles (2010-04-13). ZaSu Pitts: The Life and Career. McFarland. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-7864-6023-6.
- ^ Platte, Nathan (2018). Making Music in Selznick's Hollywood. Oxford University Press. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-19-937111-2.
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