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Lennie Hayton is a Sound and Additional Music American born on 13 february 1908 at New York City (USA)

Lennie Hayton

Lennie Hayton
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Birth name Leonard George Hayton
Nationality USA
Birth 13 february 1908 at New York City (USA)
Death 24 april 1971 (at 63 years) at Palm Springs (USA)

Leonard George "Lennie" Hayton (14 February 1908 – 24 April 1971) was an American composer, conductor and arranger. His trademark was the wearing of a captain’s hat, which he always wore at a rakish angle.

Best films

Hello, Dolly! (1969)
(Original Music Composer)
Battleground (1949)
(Original Music Composer)
The Harvey Girls (1946)
(Music Director)
On the Town (1949)
(Music Director)
The Pirate (1948)
(Music)
Johnny Eager (1942)
(Orchestrator)

Usually with

Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
(39 films)
Arthur Freed
Arthur Freed
(11 films)
Gene Kelly
Gene Kelly
(9 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Lennie Hayton (49 films)

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Sound

Hello, Dolly!, 2h22
Directed by Gene Kelly, Richard Lang
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Children's films
Actors Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Edra Jean Peaker, Michael Crawford, Marianne McAndrew, J. Pat O'Malley
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating69% 3.4986453.4986453.4986453.4986453.498645
In 1890, all of New York City is excited because widowed, brassy Dolly Levi is in town ("Call On Dolly"). Dolly makes a living through matchmaking and numerous sidelines ("Just Leave Everything to Me"). She is currently seeking a wife for grumpy Horace Vandergelder, the well-known "half-a-millionaire", but it becomes clear that Dolly intends to marry Horace herself. Dolly travels to Yonkers, New York to visit Horace. Ambrose Kemper, a young artist, wants to marry Horace's weepy niece, Ermengarde, but Horace opposes this because Ambrose's vocation does not guarantee a steady living. Horace, who is the owner of Vandergelder's Hay and Feed, explains to his two clerks, Cornelius Hackl and Barnaby Tucker, that he is going to get married because "It Takes a Woman" to cheerfully do all the household chores. He plans to travel to New York City to propose to Irene Molloy, who owns a hat shop there. Dolly arrives in Yonkers and sends Horace ahead to the city. Before leaving he tells Cornelius and Barnaby to mind the store.
Star!
Star! (1968)
, 2h56
Directed by Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Daniel Massey, Michael Craig, Robert Reed, Bruce Forsyth
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating63% 3.1986953.1986953.1986953.1986953.198695
The film opens in 1940, with Lawrence in a screening room watching a documentary film chronicling her life, then flashes back to Clapham in 1915, when she leaves home to join her vaudevillian father in a dilapidated Brixton music hall. Eventually she joins the chorus in André Charlot's West End revue. She reunites with close childhood friend Noël Coward who provides witty commentary on Gertie's actions.
Easy to Love, 1h36
Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Musical films
Actors Esther Williams, Van Johnson, Tony Martin, Carroll Baker, John Bromfield, King Donovan
Roles Music Director
Rating61% 3.098683.098683.098683.098683.09868
Ray Lloyd runs a successful Cypress Gardens water show, but star attraction Julie Hallerton is overworked and underpaid. She fibs about pretending to marry her aquatic partner Hank, but is persuaded by Ray to accompany him to New York instead.
Battle Circus, 1h30
Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Humphrey Bogart, June Allyson, Keenan Wynn, Robert Keith, William Campbell, Philip Ahn
Roles Music
Rating59% 2.951032.951032.951032.951032.95103
A young Army nurse, Lieutenant Ruth McGara (June Allyson), is newly assigned to the 8666th MASH mobile field hospital, constantly on the move during the Korean War. At first, Ruth is a bumbling addition to the nurse corps, but attracts the attention of the unit's hard-drinking, no-nonsense chief surgeon Dr. and Major Jed Webbe (Humphrey Bogart). Jed cautions that he wants a "no strings" relationship and Ruth is warned by the other nurses of his womanizing ways. She sees that he is beloved by the unit, especially the resourceful Sergeant Orvil Statt (Keenan Wynn).
Singin' in the Rain, 1h43
Directed by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about films, Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Films about television, Musical films
Actors Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, Cyd Charisse
Roles Music Director
Rating82% 4.149354.149354.149354.149354.14935
Don Lockwood (Kelly) is a popular silent film star with humble roots as a singer, dancer and stuntman. Don barely tolerates his vapid, shallow leading lady, Lina Lamont (Hagen), though their studio, Monumental Pictures, links them romantically to increase their popularity. Lina herself is convinced they are in love, despite Don's protestations otherwise.
Love Is Better Than Ever, 1h21
Directed by Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Larry Parks, Elizabeth Taylor, Josephine Hutchinson, Alex Gerry, Tom Tully, Ann Doran
Roles Music Director
Rating57% 2.855112.855112.855112.855112.85511
Confirmed bachelor Jud Parker likes his life the way it is. A talent agent, he goes to New Haven, Connecticut on a client's behalf and meets Anastacia "Stacie" Macaboy, who owns a dance school.
Strictly Dishonorable, 1h26
Directed by Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films based on plays
Actors Ezio Pinza, Janet Leigh, Beverly Garland, Millard Mitchell, Gale Robbins, Maria Palmer
Rating57% 2.8596252.8596252.8596252.8596252.859625
In New York in the 1920s, amorous opera star Augustino "Gus" Caraffa (Ezio Pinza) crosses paths with Isabelle Perry (Janet Leigh), a naive music student from Mississippi who is his biggest fan. When a news photographer catches them in a kiss, it is proposed that they get married in name only to avoid a scandal. Isabelle, who is in love with Gus, agrees to the charade, hoping that he will eventually fall in love with her.
Inside Straight
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance, Western
Actors David Brian, Arlene Dahl, Barry Sullivan, Mercedes McCambridge, Claude Jarman Jr., Monica Lewis
Roles Music
Rating61% 3.095113.095113.095113.095113.09511
San Francisco, 1870: Ada Stritch owns a bank, but there's a run on it. She needs $3 million to keep it open. In desperation, she turns to a wealthy man she despises, Rip MacCool.
Side Street, 1h23
Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James Craig, Jean Hagen, Paul Kelly, Paul Harvey
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating70% 3.545353.545353.545353.545353.54535
Joe Norson (Granger) lives with his in-laws in New York City after losing his gas station and has found work as a part-time mail carrier. Because he wants the best for his expectant wife Ellen (O'Donnell), Joe rationalizes stealing what he thinks is $200 from a lawyer's office on his route. He discovers that he's actually stolen $30,000 from Victor Backett (Edmund Ryan), a corrupt attorney. Backett has framed wealthy broker-patsy Emil Lorrison (Paul Harvey) in a sex scandal, then extorted the money from him with the help of Lucille Colner (Adele Jergens) and ex-con accomplice George Garsell (James Craig).
Battleground, 1h58
Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Van Johnson, John Hodiak, George Murphy, Ricardo Montalbán, James Whitmore, Don Taylor
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating73% 3.694613.694613.694613.694613.69461
In mid-December 1944 Pvt. Jim Layton (Marshall Thompson) and his buddy Pvt. William J. Hooper are fresh replacements assigned to separate companies in the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. As a newcomer Layton receives a chilly welcome. PFC Holley (Van Johnson) returns to the company after recuperating from a wound.
The Barkleys of Broadway, 1h49
Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant, Billie Burke, Betty Blythe, Gale Robbins
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating69% 3.497633.497633.497633.497633.49763
Josh and Dinah Barkley (Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers) are a husband-and-wife musical comedy team at the peak of their careers. After finishing a new show, Dinah meets serious French playwright Jacques Pierre Barredout (Jacques François), who suggests that Dinah should take up dramatic acting. Dinah tries to keep the suggestion a secret from Josh, but when he finally discovers Dinah hiding a script for Jacques' new show from him, the couple splits up.
On the Town, 1h38
Directed by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Jules Munshin, Ann Miller, Betty Garrett, Judy Holliday
Roles Music Director
Rating72% 3.64763.64763.64763.64763.6476
As three sailors – Gabey, Chip, and Ozzie – begin their shore leave, Gabey falls in love with the picture of "Miss Turnstiles", who is actually Ivy Smith. The sailors race around New York attempting to find her in the brief period they have ("New York, New York").
Any Number Can Play, 1h52
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Clark Gable, Wendell Corey, Alexis Smith, Audrey Totter, Frank Morgan, Mary Astor
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating67% 3.3952453.3952453.3952453.3952453.395245
Casino owner Charley Enley Kyng (Clark Gable) is advised by his physician to slow down, after being diagnosed with a heart disease. Charley supports his own family as well as his wife's sister, Alice (Audrey Totter) and her husband, Robbin (Wendell Corey). Charley quits drinking and smoking and vows to spend more time with his wife and son.
The Pirate
The Pirate (1948)
, 1h42
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Pirate films, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Walter Slezak, Gladys Cooper, Reginald Owen, George Zucco
Roles Music
Rating68% 3.445843.445843.445843.445843.44584
Manuela Alva (Judy Garland), who lives in the small Caribbean village of Calvados, dreams of being swept away by the legendary Pirate, Mack "the Black" Macoco. However, her aunt and uncle (who have raised her) insist that she marry the town mayor, the rotund and bullying Don Pedro (Walter Slezak).