Victor Baravalle
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Victor Baravalle (1885 - 1939) was an Italian born composer and conductor. He conducted the orchestra for the Broadway premiere production of Show Boat in 1927. He also conducted the orchestra for the sound prologue in the 1929 part-talkie and the entire score for the 1936 film. Among the other stage musicals that he conducted was the first American production of White Horse Inn.
He was the musical director for three of Fred Astaire’s films, A Damsel in Distress in 1937, Carefree in 1938 (which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Musical Score) and 1939's The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle.
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Victor Baravalle at the Internet Movie Database
