Louis Silvers

Louis Silvers
Silvers in 1921
Background information
Birth name	Louis Silberstein
Also known as	Lou Silvers
Born	(1889-09-06)September 6, 1889 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	March 26, 1954(1954-03-26) (aged 64) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Film composer
Spouse(s)	Janet Adair

Louis "Lou" Silvers (né Louis Silberstein; September 6, 1889 – March 26, 1954) was an American film score composer whose work has been used in more than 250 movies. In 1935, he won the first Academy Award for Best Original Score for One Night of Love.

Early life

Silvers was born in New York City.

Career

Silvers scored the sound sequences in the D. W. Griffith film Dream Street (1921), and scored the part-talking feature film The Jazz Singer (1927). He was also music director for Lux Radio Theater for most of its long run (1934–1955).

He is the composer of the song "April Showers" (1921).

Personal life and death

Silvers was married to Janet Adair. On March 26, 1954, Silvers died of a heart ailment in Hollywood, California.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Result	Category	Film
1935	Academy Award	Won	Best Music, Score	One Night of Love
1938		Nominated	Best Music, Score	In Old Chicago
1939		Nominated	Best Music, Original Score	Suez
1940		Nominated	Best Music, Scoring	Swanee River

Selected filmography

• Sonny Boy (1929)
• No Greater Glory (1934)
• The Girl Friend (1935)
• A Message to Garcia (1936)
• Private Number (1936)

Bibliography

References

• ASCAP (1980). "Silvers, Louis" → ASCAP Biographical Dictionary (4th ed.). Jaques Cattell Press. p. 465. ISBN 9780835212830 – via Internet Archive (Kahle/Austin Foundation). LCCN 80-65351; ISBN 0-8352-1283-1.
• Catalogue of Copyright Entries. "Part 3: Musical Compositions." "New Series" – via Google Books .

"April Showers," B.G. DeSylva (words), Silvers (music).
1. Vol. 16. Part 2. September 1921. No. 9. ©15 July 1921; E 515575 (Class E; musical composition); Harms, Inc. p. 1078.

• Limbacher, James; Wright, H. Stephen Jr. (1991). "Louis Silvers" → Keeping Score – Film and Television Music, 1980–1988 (with additional coverage of 1921–1979). Scarecrow Press. pp. 7, 11, 617. ISBN 9780810824539 – via Internet Archive (Boston Public Library). LCCN 91-21180; ISBN 0-8108-2453-1; OCLC 23975741 (all editions).
• "Louis Silberstein (born September 6, 1889)". Sworn July 5, 1922 → "U.S., Passport Applications, 1795–1925." → "Louis Silberstein." Roll 2054 → Certificates: 201600–201975; 5 July 1922 – 7 July 1922 (digital images 330 & 331 of 630). NARA – via Ancestry.com.
• "Louis Silvers" (born September 5, 1889) → "World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918." → "New York City" → "Manuel Montero" to "George Zuvick" (digital images 2358 & 2359 of 4239). New York: NARA Microfilm Publications – via FamilySearch.
• Gammond, Peter (1991). "Silvers, Louis" → Oxford Companion to Popular Music. p. 529 – via Internet Archive (Arcadia Fund).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) LCCN 90-14209; ISBN 0-1931-1323-6.

External links

• Louis Silvers at IMDb
• Louis Silvers at Find a Grave