Heinz Roemheld
Known For: Sound
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: May 1, 1901
Day of Death: February 11, 1985 (84 years old)
Place of Birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Heinz Roemheld (Milwaukee, May 1, 1901 – Huntington Beach, California, February 11, 1985) was an American composer. Born Heinz Eric Roemheld in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he was one of four children of German immigrant Heinrich Roemheld and his wife Fanny Rauterberg Roemheld. Heinrich was a pharmacist, but all the members of the family were musical. Heinz's brother Edgar (1898-1964) became a conductor, while sister Irmgard (1904-1995) became a well-known Milwaukee music teacher and radio broadcaster. Roemheld was a child prodigy who began playing the piano at the age of 4. He graduated from the Milwaukee College of Music at 19, and performed in theaters to earn money to study piano in Europe. In 1920, he went to Berlin, where he studied with Hugo Kaun, Ferruccio Busoni, and Egon Petri. While he was there, he appeared in concert with the Berlin Philharmonic. When he returned to America, Roemheld became involved in music for silent films, both as a pianist and as a conductor. In 1925, he was sent back to Berlin as head of Universal Pictures theaters there, but had to leave in 1929 due to the rise of Nazism. Back in America, Roemheld moved to Los Angeles and became a prominent cinema composer. He scored some scenes in Gone with the Wind, including the burning of Atlanta, although he was not credited on-screen. In 1942, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Music Score for Yankee Doodle Dandy. Among the more than 400 other films for which he composed music were Gentleman Jim, The Lady From Shanghai, The Invisible Man, and Shine On, Harvest Moon. After World War II, Roemheld once again returned to Germany to become Chief of the Film, Theatre, and Music Section of the Information Central Division of The American Armies in Europe. He continued writing for several major film studios until the late 1950s, and after briefly working in television, he retired in 1964 to concentrate on his classical composition. He is best known for the song "Ruby" from the movie Ruby Gentry (1952), which has become a standard. He married a former Miss Milwaukee, Emeline Defnet (1901-1980), from whom he was later divorced. They had two daughters, Mary Lou Roemheld, who was married for years to game show host Jack Narz, and Ann, who married game show host Bill Cullen. Roemheld died on February 11, 1985, at a convalescent home in Huntington Beach after contracting pneumonia three weeks earlier.
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Conductor
The Monster That Challenged the World
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This Is Russia!
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The Girl in the Kremlin
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The Tall T
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The Land Unknown
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The Monster That Challenged the World
Conductor
Decision at Sundown
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Decision at Sundown
Music Director
The Monster That Challenged the World
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The Night Runner
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1941
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Blues in the Night
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The Strawberry Blonde
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The Wagons Roll at Night
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Flight from Destiny
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Invisible Ghost
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Riders of Death Valley
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Out of the Fog
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Law of the Tropics
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Thieves Fall Out
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Manpower
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Underground
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Affectionately Yours
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Honeymoon for Three
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Four Mothers
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1939
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The Roaring Twenties
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Invisible Stripes
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You Can't Get Away with Murder
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Nancy Drew... Reporter
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A Child Is Born
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King of the Underworld
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Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
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The Mad Empress
1938
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The Young in Heart
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Hollywood Hotel
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Men Are Such Fools
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Four's a Crowd
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I Met My Love Again
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Love, Honor and Behave
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A Slight Case of Murder
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Gold Diggers in Paris
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Nancy Drew… Detective
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I Met My Love Again
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Comet Over Broadway
1937
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Kid Galahad
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Draegerman Courage
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Night Key
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It's Love I'm After
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West of Shanghai
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The Perfect Specimen
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The Adventurous Blonde
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Stand-In
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The Outer Gate
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Alcatraz Island
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Call It a Day
1936
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Big Brown Eyes
Musical
Earthworm Tractors
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The Mandarin Mystery
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The White Angel
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The Golden Arrow
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Satan Met a Lady
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Two in a Crowd
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The Case of the Black Cat
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Cain and Mabel
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Road Gang
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Three Smart Girls
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Two Against the World
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Tough Guy
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The Voice of Bugle Ann
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Give Me Your Heart
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Her Master's Voice
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Dracula's Daughter
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Postal Inspector
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The Story of Louis Pasteur
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Gold Diggers of 1937
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I Married a Doctor
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Rose of the Rancho
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Hearts Divided
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The Preview Murder Mystery
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The Law in Her Hands
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The Luckiest Girl in the World
1935
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The Devil Is a Woman
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Peter Ibbetson
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Living on Velvet
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Stormy
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The Gilded Lily
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The Bride Comes Home
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The Girl from 10th Avenue
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Front Page Woman
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Dangerous
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The Payoff
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The Irish in Us
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The Last Outpost
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Mary Jane's Pa
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Bright Lights
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Maybe It's Love
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Mary Burns, Fugitive
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Four Hours to Kill!
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Stranded
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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
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Dr. Socrates
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Werewolf of London
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Enter Madame
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We're in the Money
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Storm Over the Andes
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Hands Across the Table
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Love in Bloom
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I Found Stella Parish
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The Good Fairy
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Gold Diggers of 1935
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Broadway Gondolier
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The Glass Key
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East of Java
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3 Kids and a Queen
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Private Worlds
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Private Worlds
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Page Miss Glory
1934
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As the Earth Turns
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Mandalay
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Cross Country Cruise
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Imitation of Life
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The Black Cat
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Journal of a Crime
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Sweet Adeline
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A Modern Hero
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Housewife
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Fashions of 1934
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A Lost Lady
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Four Frightened People
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Desirable
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Merry Wives of Reno
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Easy to Love
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British Agent
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Flirtation Walk
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Bombay Mail
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Happiness Ahead
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Ready for Love
