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William Axt (April 19, 1888 – February 13, 1959) was an American composer of nearly two hundred film scores.
Born in New York City, Axt graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in The Bronx and studied at the National Conservatory of Music of America. He served as an assistant conductor for the Hammerstein Grand Opera Company and was the musical director for the Capitol Theatre in Manhattan before joining the music department at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1919. He earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Chicago in 1922.
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The Thin Man
(1934)
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Greed
(1924)
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The Man Who Laughs
(1928)
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
(1925)
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Libeled Lady
(1936)
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Mata Hari
(1931)
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The Big Parade
(1925)
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The Navigator
(1924)
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Sadie McKee
(1934)
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Sons of the Desert
(1933)
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Show People
(1928)
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He Who Gets Slapped
(1924)
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Dinner at Eight
(1933)
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The Mask of Fu Manchu
(1932)
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Three Godfathers
(1936)
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Mad Holiday
(1936)
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Full Filmography
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Madame DuBarry
(1919)
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Scaramouche
(1923)
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The Navigator
(1924)
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He Who Gets Slapped
(1924)
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Greed
(1924)
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
(1925)
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The Big Parade
(1925)
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Don Juan
(1926)
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La Bohème
(1926)
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Bardelys the Magnificent
(1926)
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Camille
(1927)
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The Man Who Laughs
(1928)
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Show People
(1928)
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The Masks of the Devil
(1928)
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Our Dancing Daughters
(1928)
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West of Zanzibar
(1928)
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The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
(1928)
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The Wind
(1928)
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While the City Sleeps
(1928)
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Speedway
(1929)
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The Single Standard
(1929)
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Untamed
(1929)
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The Unholy Night
(1929)
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Tide of Empire
(1929)
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Navy Blues
(1929)
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Where East Is East
(1929)
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Our Modern Maidens
(1929)
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The Mysterious Island
(1929)
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The Pagan
(1929)
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Romance
(1930)
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When the Wind Blows
(1930)
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Chasing Rainbows
(1930)
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The Woman Racket
(1930)
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The Big Dog House
(1930)
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Doughboys
(1930)
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Sporting Blood
(1931)
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Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
(1931)
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Wild and Woolly
(1931)
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Private Lives
(1931)
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Love-Tails of Morocco
(1931)
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Mata Hari
(1931)
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Letty Lynton
(1932)
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Faithless
(1932)
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The Washington Masquerade
(1932)
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Polly of the Circus
(1932)
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Microscopic Mysteries
(1932)
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The Wet Parade
(1932)
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As You Desire Me
(1932)
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The Mask of Fu Manchu
(1932)
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Blondie of the Follies
(1932)
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Sea Spiders
(1932)
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Reunion in Vienna
(1933)
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Storm at Daybreak
(1933)
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Menu
(1933)
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Bombshell
(1933)
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Should Ladies Behave
(1933)
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Dinner at Eight
(1933)
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Today We Live
(1933)
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Penthouse
(1933)
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Midnight Mary
(1933)
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The Secret of Madame Blanche
(1933)
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Sons of the Desert
(1933)
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Broadway to Hollywood
(1933)
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Gabriel Over the White House
(1933)
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Fast Workers
(1933)
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Whistling in the Dark
(1933)
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Stamboul Quest
(1934)
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The Thin Man
(1934)
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Straight Is the Way
(1934)
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Manhattan Melodrama
(1934)
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The Girl from Missouri
(1934)
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Men in White
(1934)
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Goofy Movies Number Two
(1934)
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Operator 13
(1934)
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This Side of Heaven
(1934)
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The Mystery of Mr. X
(1934)
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Sadie McKee
(1934)
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Paris Interlude
(1934)
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Hide-Out
(1934)
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You Can't Buy Everything
(1934)
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A Wicked Woman
(1934)
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Death on the Diamond
(1934)
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Forsaking All Others
(1934)
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The Murder Man
(1935)
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It's in the Air
(1935)
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Rendezvous
(1935)
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Whipsaw
(1935)
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Pitcairn Island Today
(1935)
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Last of the Pagans
(1935)
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Buried Loot
(1935)
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Woman Wanted
(1935)
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O'Shaughnessy's Boy
(1935)
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Memories and Melodies
(1935)
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Trained Hoofs
(1935)
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The Perfect Tribute
(1935)
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Petticoat Fever
(1936)
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Tough Guy
(1936)
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The Garden Murder Case
(1936)
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Three Live Ghosts
(1936)
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Wanted - A Master
(1936)
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Libeled Lady
(1936)
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Suzy
(1936)
Music
The Unguarded Hour
(1936)
Music Score Producer
Old Shep
(1936)
Music
Revolt of the Zombies
(1936)
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The Jonker Diamond
(1936)
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Mad Holiday
(1936)
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Three Godfathers
(1936)
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Parnell
(1937)
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Under Cover of Night
(1937)
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Between Two Women
(1937)
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Beg, Borrow or Steal
(1937)
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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
(1937)
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Big City
(1937)
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Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
(1937)
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The Bad Man of Brimstone
(1937)
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Espionage
(1937)
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The First Hundred Years
(1938)
Music Score Producer
Listen, Darling
(1938)
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Rich Man, Poor Girl
(1938)
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Yellow Jack
(1938)
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Fast Company
(1938)
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The Girl Downstairs
(1938)
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Three Loves Has Nancy
(1938)
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Spring Madness
(1938)
Music Score Producer
Stand Up and Fight
(1939)
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Sergeant Madden
(1939)
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Miracles for Sale
(1939)
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The Kid From Texas
(1939)
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Heroes at Leisure
(1939)
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Tell No Tales
(1939)
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
(1945)
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Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11
(1946)
Music
Crew