C. Bakaleinikoff
Known For: Sound
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: April 25, 1896
Day of Death: September 3, 1966 (70 years old)
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
Constantin Romanovich Bakaleinikov (also spelled “Bakaleynikov” and “Bakaleinikoff”) was a Russian-born composer. Bakaleinikoff was from a large musical family. His brothers were Nikolai Bakaleinikov (flautist, composer and conductor), Vladimir Bakaleinikov (violist, composer and conductor), and Mikhail (Mischa) Bakaleinikoff (composer). He studied at the Moscow Conservatory. Following the Russian revolution he migrated to the United States with his brother Mischa. He worked as a conductor for the Los Angeles Philharmonic before beginning his Hollywood career as a freelance composer. At the 1927 premiere of director Cecil B. DeMille's The King of Kings at Hollywood's famed Grauman's Chinese Theater, the audience was treated to a concert of film music classics conducted by him. With the arrival of sound, the Bakaleinikoff brothers became studio maestros. Mischa joined Columbia Pictures, while Constantin became a musical director at Paramount Pictures, followed by MGM. Constantin also worked briefly at Columbia, and later for independent Grand National Pictures. In 1935, Bakaleinikoff participated in making the earliest dance film, Spring Night. He conducted Joseph Achron's score for this first experimental ballet film, which featured the choreography and dancing of David Lichine, who had danced with Colonel de Basil's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Nana Gollner, the Texas-born ballerina, was his partner. This pioneering film, which emerged from the Diaghilev sphere of influence, was produced by Adolf Zuckor. Bakaleinikoff received his first Academy Award nomination for scoring the James Cagney feature Something to Sing About (1937). Later, he became the senior music director at RKO Radio Pictures, where he spent most of his motion picture career. He earned Academy Award nominations for his work on The Fallen Sparrow (1943), Higher and Higher (1943), and None But the Lonely Heart (1944). For Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious (1946), starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, he conducted the original score by composer Roy Webb, one that complements the director's elements of suspense and danger throughout the film. Bakaleinikoff, who was always billed as “C. Bakaleinikoff”, appeared on camera as himself in RKO's backstage musical Ding Dong Williams (filmed 1945, released in April 1946). He remained at RKO until the studio folded in 1956. He donated his time and talent in the late 1950s in mentoring and conducting the Burbank Youth Symphony. Constantin Bakaleinikoff was married to silent film actress Fritzi Ridgeway. He died in 1966 and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
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1951
Music Director
Law of the Badlands
Music Director
Double Dynamite
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Saddle Legion
Music Director
His Kind of Woman
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Flying Leathernecks
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Pistol Harvest
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Best of the Badmen
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Overland Telegraph
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Roadblock
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On Dangerous Ground
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The Blue Veil
1950
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Border Treasure
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Riders of the Range
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Dynamite Pass
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Storm Over Wyoming
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Rider from Tucson
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Rio Grande Patrol
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Vendetta
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Armored Car Robbery
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Born to Be Bad
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The Secret Fury
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Bunco Squad
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Never a Dull Moment
1949
Actor Studio Recording Session Conductor (Uncredited)
A Woman's Secret
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The Clay Pigeon
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The Big Steal
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The Window
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Holiday Affair
Music Director
Rustlers
Conductor
Caught
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Stagecoach Kid
Music Director
Follow Me Quietly
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Savage Splendor
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The Threat
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Bride for Sale
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Strange Bargain
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Roughshod
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A Woman's Secret
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Easy Living
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Mighty Joe Young
1948
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The Velvet Touch
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The Boy with Green Hair
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Indian Agent
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The Arizona Ranger
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Rachel and the Stranger
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Blood on the Moon
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Gun Smugglers
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Every Girl Should Be Married
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
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Mystery in Mexico
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The Miracle of the Bells
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Station West
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Return of the Bad Men
1947
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They Won't Believe Me
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A Likely Story
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Desperate
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The Farmer's Daughter
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Crossfire
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Banjo
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Out of the Past
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The Woman on the Beach
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Mourning Becomes Electra
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
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Trail Street
1946
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Criminal Court
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The Falcon's Adventure
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The Spiral Staircase
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Badman's Territory
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Notorious
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Heartbeat
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The Falcon's Alibi
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San Quentin
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The Truth About Murder
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Vacation in Reno
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From This Day Forward
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Bedlam
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Deadline at Dawn
1945
1944
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Youth Runs Wild
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The Falcon Out West
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None But the Lonely Heart
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My Pal, Wolf
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Tender Comrade
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A Night of Adventure
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Mademoiselle Fifi
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The Falcon in Hollywood
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The Falcon in Mexico
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Days of Glory
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Experiment Perilous
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Murder, My Sweet
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The Curse of the Cat People
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Bride by Mistake
1943
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Stage Door Canteen
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The Falcon Strikes Back
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The Falcon in Danger
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The Falcon and the Co-Eds
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Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
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Petticoat Larceny
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Tarzan Triumphs
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Tarzan's Desert Mystery
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Gangway for Tomorrow
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This Land Is Mine
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Mr. Lucky
Music Director
I Walked with a Zombie
Original Music Composer
Higher and Higher
Music Director
The Fallen Sparrow
Music Director
The Seventh Victim
Music Director
The Ghost Ship
