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Laska, Edward |
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band and played Casa Mariana Show, Fort Worth, Texas, 1936. Retired again in 1938 and returned to building business. Works: "Tiger Rag"; "Dixieland One Step"; "Lazy Daddy"; "Skeleton Jangle"; "Fidgety Feet"; "Some Rainy Night"; Barnyard Blues"; "Toddlin Blues"; "Ramblm Blues"; "Ostrich Walk"; "At the Jazz Band Ball." Home: 2218 Constance St., New Orleans, La.
Laska, Edward, author, composer, dramatist; b. New York, N.Y., Jan. 3, 1884. ASCAP 1914 (charter member). Educ: public schools; Coll. of City of New York; violin at New York Cons, of Music. Executive music publishing business 1908-10. Originator and organizer of numerous humanitarian, cultural, patriotic, and industrial projects. Many years director of Dramatists' Cuild of Authors' League of America. Head of Amer. Organization of Funds for Cancer. Author of comedy We've Got to Have Money. Songs: "How'd You Like to Spoon With Me?"; "I Would Like to Marry You"; "What We Want and What We Get"; "Do Something"; "The Alcoholic Blues"; "Oh! You Don't Know What You're Missin'"; "Sweet Little Caraboo"; "Find Me A Lass Like Me Mother"; "Mary Wants a Little Sun." Home: New York, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Laszlo, Alexander, composer, conductor, pianist, inventor; b. Budapest, Hungary, Nov. 22, 1895. ASCAP 1942. U.S. citizen 1944. Educ: Budapest Acad.; piano with A. Szendy and A. Kovacs; composition with V. Herzfeld. Piano soloist, Bluthner Orch., Berlin 1915; piano recitals in Europe 1921-23. Invented projection machine for reproduction of composition, color, and piano. First performance of Colorlight music in music festival, Kiel, 1924. Cave Colorlight music recitals in opera houses, Germany, 1925-26. Music director, |
Munich Cinema Art Studios, Geisel-gasteig, Munich 1927-33. Professor of film music, German Stage and Film Academy (state school). In charge of Music Dept., Hungarian Film Office; executive producer documentary film for Hungarian government 1933-38. To U.S., Professor, Inst, of Design, Chicago 1938 (Colorlight music and stage music). In Hollywood scoring for motion pictures 1944-48. From 1948 music director of N.B.C. radio show. Member Screen Composer Assoc, Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences, Dramatist Guild. Works: Fairytale, dance pantomime; A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music. For Colorlight and piano; Eleven Preludes; Sonatina; Dreams; Improvisations on "Oh, Susannah" for symphony orch.; Mechanized Forces, orchestra; 4D-122, for piano and orchestra; Hollywood Concerto for piano and orchestra; Structural Music (300 pieces of special sequences for television and motion picture background music). Also songs and piano pieces. Home: 2784 LaCuesta Dr., Hollywood 46, Calif.
Latham, Dwight B., composer, author; b. New Britain, Conn., May 24, 1903. ASCAP 1948. Educ.: public schools. Began singing in high school, then formed Jesters Trio, and entered radio 1925. Leader of group twenty years in radio, film, and recording work; wrote special material for the Jesters. Songs: "I'm My Own Grandpaw"; "McNamara's Band"; "Bread and Gravy"; "Hiawatha's Mittens"; "It's The Same the Whole World Over"; "I Had But Fifty Cents." Home: 32-38 215 Place, Bay-side, N.Y.
La Touche, John, author; b. Richmond, Va., Nov. 13, 1917. ASCAP 1940. Educ.: Riverdale-on-the-Hudson, preparatory school (scholarship); Richmond Acad, of Arts and |
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