Biography
Constantin Romanovich Bakaleinikov (also spelled “Bakaleynikov” and “Bakaleinikoff”) was a Russian-born composer. Bakaleinikoff was from a large musical family. His brothers were Nikolai Bakaleinikov (flautist, composer and conductor), Vladimir Bakaleinikov (violist, composer and conductor), and Mikhail (Mischa) Bakaleinikoff (composer). He studied at the Moscow Conservatory. Following the Russian revolution he migrated to the United States with his brother Mischa. He worked as a conductor for the Los Angeles Philharmonic before beginning his Hollywood career as a freelance composer. At the 1927 premiere of director Cecil B. DeMille's The King of Kings at Hollywood's famed Grauman's Chinese Theater, the audience was treated to a concert of film music classics conducted by him. With the arrival of sound, the Bakaleinikoff brothers became studio maestros. Mischa joined Columbia Pictures, while Constantin became a musical director at Paramount Pictures, followed by MGM. Constantin also worked briefly at Columbia, and later for independent Grand National Pictures. In 1935, Bakaleinikoff participated in making the earliest dance film, Spring Night. He conducted Joseph Achron's score for this first experimental ballet film, which featured the choreography and dancing of David Lichine, who had danced with Colonel de Basil's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Nana Gollner, the Texas-born ballerina, was his partner. This pioneering film, which emerged from the Diaghilev sphere of influence, was produced by Adolf Zuckor. Bakaleinikoff received his first Academy Award nomination for scoring the James Cagney feature Something to Sing About (1937). Later, he became the senior music director at RKO Radio Pictures, where he spent most of his motion picture career. He earned Academy Award nominations for his work on The Fallen Sparrow (1943), Higher and Higher (1943), and None But the Lonely Heart (1944). For Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious (1946), starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, he conducted the original score by composer Roy Webb, one that complements the director's elements of suspense and danger throughout the film. Bakaleinikoff, who was always billed as “C. Bakaleinikoff”, appeared on camera as himself in RKO's backstage musical Ding Dong Williams (filmed 1945, released in April 1946). He remained at RKO until the studio folded in 1956. He donated his time and talent in the late 1950s in mentoring and conducting the Burbank Youth Symphony. Constantin Bakaleinikoff was married to silent film actress Fritzi Ridgeway. He died in 1966 and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
Filmography
all 174
Movies 174
Director 127
Jet Pilot (1957)
The Bachelor Party (1957)
The Conqueror (1956)
Underwater! (1955)
Susan Slept Here (1954)
The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)
The Lusty Men (1952)
Beware, My Lovely (1952)
Target (1952)
Trail Guide (1952)
Double Dynamite (1951)
Overland Telegraph (1951)
On Dangerous Ground (1951)
The Blue Veil (1951)
Roadblock (1951)
Pistol Harvest (1951)
Flying Leathernecks (1951)
His Kind of Woman (1951)
Best of the Badmen (1951)
Saddle Legion (1951)
Law of the Badlands (1951)
Rio Grande Patrol (1950)
Born to Be Bad (1950)
Bunco Squad (1950)
Never a Dull Moment (1950)
Border Treasure (1950)
Armored Car Robbery (1950)
Rider from Tucson (1950)
Storm Over Wyoming (1950)
Dynamite Pass (1950)
The Secret Fury (1950)
Riders of the Range (1950)
Holiday Affair (1949)
The Threat (1949)
Bride for Sale (1949)
Strange Bargain (1949)
Savage Splendor (1949)
Easy Living (1949)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Follow Me Quietly (1949)
The Big Steal (1949)
Stagecoach Kid (1949)
Roughshod (1949)
The Window (1949)
The Clay Pigeon (1949)
Rustlers (1949)
Caught (1949)
A Woman's Secret (1949)
Gun Smugglers (1948)
Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)
Indian Agent (1948)
The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
Blood on the Moon (1948)
Rachel and the Stranger (1948)
Station West (1948)
Mystery in Mexico (1948)
Return of the Bad Men (1948)
The Velvet Touch (1948)
The Arizona Ranger (1948)
The Miracle of the Bells (1948)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
Out of the Past (1947)
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
Crossfire (1947)
They Won't Believe Me (1947)
Desperate (1947)
The Woman on the Beach (1947)
Banjo (1947)
A Likely Story (1947)
The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
Trail Street (1947)
San Quentin (1946)
The Falcon's Adventure (1946)
Vacation in Reno (1946)
Criminal Court (1946)
Notorious (1946)
Bedlam (1946)
Badman's Territory (1946)
Heartbeat (1946)
The Falcon's Alibi (1946)
Deadline at Dawn (1946)
From This Day Forward (1946)
The Spiral Staircase (1946)
Man Alive (1945)
George White's Scandals (1945)
The Spanish Main (1945)
The Falcon in San Francisco (1945)
The Body Snatcher (1945)
China Sky (1945)
The Brighton Strangler (1945)
Having Wonderful Crime (1945)
What a Blonde (1945)
Experiment Perilous (1944)
Murder, My Sweet (1944)
The Falcon in Hollywood (1944)
None But the Lonely Heart (1944)
My Pal, Wolf (1944)
Youth Runs Wild (1944)
The Falcon in Mexico (1944)
Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)
Bride by Mistake (1944)
A Night of Adventure (1944)
Tender Comrade (1944)
The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
The Falcon Out West (1944)
Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)
The Ghost Ship (1943)
The Falcon and the Co-Eds (1943)
Gangway for Tomorrow (1943)
The Seventh Victim (1943)
The Fallen Sparrow (1943)
Petticoat Larceny (1943)
The Falcon in Danger (1943)
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event (1943)
Mr. Lucky (1943)
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
This Land Is Mine (1943)
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
The Falcon Strikes Back (1943)
Tarzan Triumphs (1943)
Cat People (1942)
The Falcon's Brother (1942)
The Big Street (1942)
The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
A Date with the Falcon (1942)
Weekend for Three (1941)
Look Who's Laughing (1941)
George Town: 'Pride of Penang' (1941)
The Inside Passage (1941)
Glimpses of Florida (1941)
Haiti: 'Land of Dark Majesty' (1941)
Melody for Three (1941)
Power Dive (1941)
Scattergood Pulls the Strings (1941)
Glimpses of Kentucky (1941)
Scattergood Baines (1941)
More About Nostradamus (1941)
Old New Orleans (1940)
Remedy for Riches (1940)
Old New Mexico (1940)
Cavalcade of San Francisco (1940)
Beautiful Bali (1940)
The Capital City: Washington, D.C. (1940)
Dr. Christian Meets the Women (1940)
A Failure at Fifty (1940)
Glimpses of Washington State (1940)
Suva: 'Pride of Fiji' (1940)
Modern New Orleans (1940)
Calling on Colombia (1940)
Seattle: Gateway to the Northwest (1940)
Night Descends on Treasure Island (1940)
Old Natchez on the Mississippi (1939)
The Gentleman from Arizona (1939)
Land of Alaska Nellie (1939)
Valiant Venezuela (1939)
Mendelssohn's Wedding March (1939)
Let's Talk Turkey (1939)
Fast and Furious (1939)
Quaint St. Augustine (1939)
Natural Wonders of Washington State (1939)
The Ash Can Fleet (1939)
A Day on Treasure Island (1939)
One Against the World (1939)
Colorful Curacao (1939)
Rural Hungary (1939)
The Forgotten Step (1938)
East of Java (1935)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
My Woman (1933)
Rain or Shine (1930)
Ladies of Leisure (1930)
Welcome Danger (1929)
Father and Son (1929)
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GenderMale
Birthday1898-04-26
Deathday1966-09-03 (68 years old)
Birth PlaceMoscow, Russia
SiblingsVladimir Bakaleinikov, Mischa Bakaleinikoff, Nikolai Romanovich Bakaleynikov
CitizenshipsRussian Empire, Soviet Union
Also Known AsConstantin Romanovich Bakaleinikov, Константин Романович Бакалейников, Constantin Bakaleinikoff, Constantine Bakaleinikoff, Bakaleinikoff, Constantin Bakaleynikov
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