Biography
Sam Coslow (December 27, 1902 β April 2, 1982) was an American songwriter, singer, film producer, publisher and market analyst. Coslow was born in New York City. He began writing songs as a teenager. He contributed songs to Broadway revues, formed the music publishing company Spier and Coslow with Larry Spier and made a number of recordings as a performer.With the explosion of film musicals in the late 1920s, Hollywood attracted a number of ambitious young songwriters, and Coslow joined them in 1929. Coslow and his partner Larry Spier sold their publishing business to Paramount Pictures and Coslow became a Paramount songwriter. One of his first assignments for the studio was the score for the 1930 film The Virtuous Sin. He formed a successful partnership with composer Arthur Johnston and together they provided the scores for a number of films including Bing Crosby vehicles.Coslow became a film producer in the 1940s and won the Academy Award for Best Short Film for his production Heavenly Music in 1943. He was married to actress Esther Muir from 1934 to 1948, and they had a daughter Jacqueline Coslow, who also worked as an actress. In 1953 he married cabaret singer, Frances King, of Cafe Societie duo Noble & King. Sam and Frances remained married until his death in 1982. Together they have a daughter, Cara Coslow who gained notoriety as Head of Casting for Carsey Werner Productions and the Producer of the television series Dante's Cove. Cara is also an author of two books.
During the 1960s Coslow's work shifted from music and film to market analysis. During this time Coslow founded the publishing company Investor's Press, which published investing books and the newsletter "Indicator Digest." During the 1970s Coslow wrote two books, "Cocktails for Two" which focused on his musical career and "Super Yields" which focused on investing. He died in Bronxville in 1982.
Filmography
all 64
Movies 64
Producer 50
Writer 2
Copacabana (1947)
Song of the South (1946)
Out of This World (1945)
South of Dixie (1944)
Wave-a-Stick Blues (1944)
Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
Boxcar Rhapsody (1943)
There's a Pampas Moon on the Campus (1943)
Heavenly Music (1943)
Moo Cow Boogie (1943)
I Wanna Go Back to West Virginia (1942)
Dance of Shame (1942)
A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat (1942)
Better Not Roll Those Eyes (1942)
From the Indies to the Andes (in His Undies) (1942)
Tenement Symphony (1942)
I'd Love to Know You Better (1942)
K.P. Serenade (1942)
Turkey in the Straw (1942)
Beautiful Clothes (1942)
Shine (1942)
Goodbye Mama (I'm Off to Yokohama) (1942)
Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes (1942)
Cow-Cow Boogie (1942)
Hong Kong Blues (1942)
Jammin' in the Panoram (1942)
He Plays Gin Rummy (1942)
We'll Slap the Japs (Right into the Laps of the Nazis) (1942)
Back in the Saddle Again (1942)
Paper Doll (1942)
A Lady with Fans (1942)
The Chool Song (1942)
Bli-Blip (1942)
Jam Session (1942)
The Merry-Go-Roundup (1941)
Abercrombie Had a Zombie (1941)
Ballet Dancer's Nightmare (1941)
There's a Hole in the Old Oaken Bucket (1941)
Jungle Jig (1941)
Let's Get Away from It All (1941)
You're Unfair to Me (1941)
Penthouse Serenade (1941)
Seven Beers with the Wrong Man (1941)
Dear Arabella (1941)
Hot Chocolate (1941)
Love Turns Winter to Spring (1941)
A Little Jive Is Good for You (1941)
Lazybones (1941)
I Know Somebody Who Loves You (1941)
Jive, Little Gypsy, Jive (1941)
Loch Lomond (1941)
Dreaming Out Loud (1940)
Sunset Murder Case (1938)
You and Me (1938)
Mind Your Own Business (1936)
Oh, Daddy! (1935)
One Hour Late (1934)
Belle of the Nineties (1934)
Murder at the Vanities (1934)
Dancers in the Dark (1932)
Every Woman Has Something (1931)
Sweetheart (1930)
The Vagabond King (1930)
My Gal Salome
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GenderMale
Birthday1902-12-27
Deathday1982-04-02 (79 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
RelationshipsEsther Muir (1934-01-01 - 1948-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-reel
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