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Roy Webb was a Hollywood studio room film composer, whose status as a reliable workhorse — he scored more than 360 movies and served while musical movie director on about 100 even more — has obscured the fine characteristics of his music. Given birth to in NY, Webb was younger …

b. Fareed Milhelm Saidy, 11 Feb 1907, LA, California, USA, d. 14 Might 1982, Santa Monica, California, USA. By job a journalist, Saidy composed sketches for revues before venturing upon full-scale functions. He composed the reserve for Bloomer Gal in cooperation with Siegfried Herzig, with music by Harold Arlen and …