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Alois Reiser

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Nationalité Republique tcheque
Naissance 6 avril 1884
Mort 4 juillet 1977 (à 93 ans)

Alois Reiser est un compositeur, violoncelliste et chef d'orchestre américain d'origine tchèque, né le 6 avril 1884 à Prague (République tchèque ; alors Autriche-Hongrie), mort le 4 juillet 1977 à Los Angeles (Californie).

Biographie

Au Conservatoire de Prague, jusqu'en 1903, Alois Reiser étudie le violoncelle avec Jan Burian (1877-1942) et la composition avec Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904). Après des débuts en Europe comme violoncelliste, il poursuit sa carrière aux États-Unis de 1904 à 1909, entre autres au sein du Bohemian Trio (formation de trio avec piano) et comme violoncelliste à l'orchestre symphonique de New York et à l'orchestre symphonique de Pittsburgh. Puis, de retour dans sa ville natale, il est en particulier chef d'orchestre à l'Opéra de Prague.

En 1914, peu avant le déclenchement de la Première Guerre mondiale, il revient aux États-Unis où il s'installe définitivement (plus tard — date à préciser —, il sera naturalisé américain). De 1918 à 1929, il est chef d'orchestre au Strand Theatre de New York (Broadway).

Comme compositeur de musique classique, on lui doit notamment deux quatuors à cordes, deux trios avec piano, deux concertos pour violoncelle, deux poèmes symphoniques et un opéra (à noter qu'il devient membre de l'ASCAP en 1942).

De plus, sollicité par Hollywood, Alois Reiser est l'auteur de musiques (le plus souvent sans être crédité) pour une trentaine de films américains jusqu'en 1938, le premier étant L'Arche de Noé de Michael Curtiz (avec George O'Brien et Dolores Costello), sorti en 1928. Citons également Her Private Life d'Alexander Korda (1929, avec Billie Dove et Walter Pidgeon), Le Millionnaire de John G. Adolfi (1931, avec George Arliss et James Cagney) et Caravan d'Erik Charell (1934, avec Charles Boyer et Loretta Young).

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Filmographie de Alois Reiser (28 films)

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Caravan
Caravan (1934)
, 1h41
Réalisé par Erik Charell
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Musical
Thèmes La musique, Musique, Films pour enfants
Acteurs Loretta Young, Charles Boyer, Jean Parker, Phillips Holmes, Louise Fazenda, Eugene Pallette
Rôle Compositeur de musique originale
Note60% 3.048633.048633.048633.048633.04863
The young Countess Wilma (Young) is forced to wed by midnight or lose her inheritance. Wilma impulsively chooses gypsy vagabond Latzi (Boyer), offering him a huge sum of money if he'll consent.
The Star Witness, 1h8
Réalisé par William A. Wellman
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Policier
Acteurs Walter Huston, Frances Starr, Grant Mitchell, Sally Blane, Leah Remini, Ralph Ince
Rôle Musicien
Note62% 3.1015253.1015253.1015253.1015253.101525
La famille Leeds se retrouve au milieu d'un affrontement entre la police et le gang de Maxey Campo. Malgré la pression du juge Whitlock, aucun membre de la famille ne souhaite témoigner, hormis le grand-père, ancien combattant de la guerre civile. Mais ce dernier disparait soudainement…
Back Pay
Back Pay (1930)
, 1h10
Réalisé par Frank Borzage, William A. Seiter
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Romance
Acteurs Seena Owen, Corinne Griffith, Matt Moore, Grant Withers, J. Barney Sherry, Montagu Love
Note63% 3.190623.190623.190623.190623.19062
Hester Bevins, une fille de la campagne, bien qu'amoureuse de Jerry Newcombe, un garçon livreur, ne peut pas se faire à l'idée de s'installer définitivement dans la petite ville monotone dans laquelle ils vivent. À New-York, elle devient la maîtresse de Charles G. Wheeler, un riche homme d'affaires peu scrupuleux, et elle a apprend les manières de la grande ville de ses amis, Kitty and "Speed".
College Lovers, 1h1
Réalisé par John G. Adolfi
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Romance
Acteurs Marian Nixon, Frank McHugh, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Russell Hopton, Wade Boteler, Phyllis Crane

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, a star football player, decides to leave Sanford college after he has found that his girlfriend has eloped with another man. He is drive to the train station by Russell Hopton, his best friend, and also a football player for the same college. Jack Whiting, who plays the part of the student manager of the Sanford college athletic association as well as part of the president of the student body, knows that the college needs Williams to win the important game against Colton college.
The Flirting Widow, 1h12
Réalisé par William A. Seiter
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Romance
Acteurs Dorothy Mackaill, Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Claude Gillingwater, William Austin, Emily Fitzroy
Rôle Musicien
Note60% 3.0481053.0481053.0481053.0481053.048105
William Faraday refuses to let his youngest daughter, Evelyn, get married before her older sister, Celia, finds a husband. Faraday is afraid that people will call Celia an old maid. Celia, who has no interest in getting married, attempts to fool her father by pretending to be engaged. After a short vacation away from home she makes the announcement to her family and informs everyone that he has gone to Arabia but that they will be married upon his return to England. When her father receives this news, he finally consents to Evelyn's marriage. At Evelyn's insistence, Celia writes a love letter to her fiancé.
Loose Ankles
Réalisé par Ted Wilde
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Romance
Acteurs Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Louise Fazenda, Otis Harlan, Edward J. Nugent, Inez Courtney
Rôle Compositeur de musique originale
Note59% 2.9983452.9983452.9983452.9983452.998345
Ann Harper Berry (Loretta Young), a young socialite, receives an inheritance of one million dollars from her deceased grandmother. The will stipulates, however, that she will only receive the money after she has been married to someone who meets with the approval of her two prudish aunts Sarah (Louise Fazenda) and Katherine (Ethel Wales) Harper. The will also stipulates that everyone will lose their inheritance if a scandal involving Young occurs before she is married. In the case of a scandal, the entire estate will be donated to an organization for the welfare of cats and dogs.
Big Boy
Big Boy (1930)
, 1h8
Réalisé par Alan Crosland
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Musical
Thèmes Mise en scène d'un animal, Sport, Les chevaux, Musique, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre, Equitation
Acteurs Al Jolson, Claudia Dell, Louise Closser Hale, Noah Beery Sr., Lloyd Hughes, Lew Harvey
Rôle Musicien
Note55% 2.7706652.7706652.7706652.7706652.770665
Al Jolson plays Gus, a loyal stable boy and jockey to a rich family in the South that has been interested in horse racing and breeding horses for generations. (In a flashback we see Jolson's grandfather, who also worked for the same family back in 1870.) The young heir of the family, Jack, loses a lot of money by gambling and is blackmailed by the crooks he lost to for forging a check. They convince Jack to ask his mother to replace Gus with another jockey for the family's racehorse, "Big Boy", but she refuses. The crooks frame Gus and he is discharged for tampering with the horse. Gus is replaced by a jockey who has been bought off to lose on purpose. Gus find works as a waiter in a fancy restaurant. While working there he uncovers the details about the race throwing plot and he reveals this to Hughes and then, with his help, outsmarts the crooks just in time to then ride "Big Boy" to victory.
In the Next Room, 1h9
Réalisé par Edward F. Cline
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Policier
Acteurs Jack Mulhall, Alice Day, Robert Emmett O'Connor, John St. Polis, Claud Allister, Aggie Herring
Rôle Musicien

The film is preceded by a prologue set in 1889 in which we see an angry husband murdering his wife's lover. The setting of the film then moves to 1929, just as an antiques dealer (John St. Polis) has finished moving into the same house where the 1889 murder had occurred. For years the house had been deserted, it's only occupant being the butler. St. Polis moves in with his daughter (Alice Day) and maid and retains the elderly butler to help take care of the house. One night, the police arrive at the house after receiving a telephone call that a murder has just been committed on the premises. When they arrive, the police are surprised to find that no one in the house knows what they are talking about. It so happens that on that day a valuable antique cabinet has arrived at the house and this has attracted several strangers to come to the house to examine it. A young reporter (Jack Mulhall), who has come to see Alice Day, also arrives at the house. As the police are investigating the mysterious telephone call, however, a series of strange murders occur. As Mulhall is helping Day to open the antique cabinet, they find a hypnotized woman inside. The police are then notified but when everyone returns to the cabinet they find the woman has disappeared. One of the police detectives, Robert Emmett O'Connor, is soon knocked unconscious. St Polis is also hit of the head but stays conscious. The son of the former owner of the cabinet is soon found murdered. As Mulhall attempts to call his newspaper, Day is abducted and taken to the wine cellar. She is rescued by a one-legged man who suddenly disappears and is nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, the hypnotized girl appears in a revived state and reveals that her partner, a diamond smuggler, has been murdered with poison. Eventually, Mulhall, assuming the role of an amateur detective, clears up the entire mystery.
Murder Will Out, 1h9
Réalisé par Clarence G. Badger
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Policier
Acteurs Jack Mulhall, Lila Lee, Noah Beery Sr., Malcolm McGregor, Tully Marshall, Alec B. Francis

Leonard Staunton (Mulhall), a young wealthy New York club-man is engaged to Jeanne Baldwin (Lee), daughter of a U.S. Senator (Francis). Mulhall is preparing to spend a weekend at the Senator's estate. He becomes involved in the affairs of a gang of blackmailers through his efforts to help a fellow club member. When Alan Fitzhugh (Allister), a fellow club-member, arrives with a note, imprinted with a purple hieroglyph, in which he, Fitzhugh, is threatened with a horrible death. Since Fitzhugh is nervous and terrified, Leonard agrees to stay with him at his apartment that night.
No, No, Nanette, 1h38
Réalisé par Clarence G. Badger
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Musical
Thèmes Musique, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre, Adaptation d'une comédie musicale
Acteurs Bernice Claire, Louise Fazenda, Lilyan Tashman, Alexander Gray, Zasu Pitts, Lucien Littlefield
Note60% 3.0450153.0450153.0450153.0450153.045015
Jim Smith (Lucien Littlefield), a millionaire due to his Bible publishing business, is married to the overly frugal Sue (Louise Fazenda). They desire to teach their ward Nanette (Bernice Claire), who has an untapped wild side, wants to have some fun in Atlantic City, and is being pursued by Tom Trainor (Alexander Gray), to be a respectable young lady.
The Office Wife, 59minutes
Réalisé par Lloyd Bacon
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Comédie romantique, Romance
Acteurs Dorothy Mackaill, Lewis Stone, Natalie Moorhead, Joan Blondell, Hobart Bosworth, Dickie Moore
Note61% 3.0929753.0929753.0929753.0929753.092975
Lawrence Fellows (Lewis Stone) est à la tête de sa propre agence de publicité. Sa secrétaire, M Andrews (Dale Fuller), souffrant d'un stress émotionnel, Fellows trouve en Anne Murdock (Dorothy Mackaill) sa remplaçante.
Spring Is Here, 1h9
Réalisé par John Francis Dillon
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Musical, Romance
Thèmes Musique, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre, Adaptation d'une comédie musicale
Acteurs Lawrence Gray, Bernice Claire, Alexander Gray, Louise Fazenda, Ford Sterling, Inez Courtney
Note56% 2.807552.807552.807552.807552.80755
Une jeune femme hésite entre un bon garçon qui est apprécié par son père, et un mauvais garçon que son père n'aime pas.