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Abner Silver (I) (1899–1966)

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Known For

Edward Scissorhands
Edward Scissorhands Soundtrack
(1990)
Barton Fink
Barton Fink Soundtrack
(1991)
My Dog Skip
My Dog Skip Soundtrack
(2000)
G.I. Blues
G.I. Blues Soundtrack
(1960)
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 2013 The Oxbow Cure (writer: "With These Hands")
 2003 Red Betsy (writer: "HE'LL BE COMING DOWN THE CHIMNEY")
 2000 My Dog Skip (writer: "Chasing Shadows")
 1995 Vita lögner (writer: "On the Beach at Bali-Bali")
 1991 Barton Fink ("FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS")
 1990 Edward Scissorhands (writer: "With These Hands")
 1985 Sweet Dreams (writer: "Tonight Is So Right for Love")
 1966 Bandstand (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 2 July 1966 (1966) ... (music: "With These Hands")
 1965 The Danny Kaye Show (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #3.6 (1965) ... (writer: "The Mood That I'm In")
 1960 G.I. Blues (writer: "What's She Really Like", "Tonight Is So Right For Love")
 1959 Pete Kelly's Blues (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Poor Butterfly Story (1959) ... (writer: "I'm Goin' South")
 1958 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Cliff Arquette (1958) ... (music: "My Home Town Is a One Horse Town" - uncredited)
 1958 King Creole (writer: "Lover Doll")
 1957 Jailhouse Rock (writer: "Young And Beautiful" - uncredited)
 1957 The Perry Como Show (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #9.19 (1957) ... (writer: "There Goes My Heart" - uncredited)
 1956 The Nat King Cole Show (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.5 (1956) ... (writer: "There Goes My Heart")
 1953 By the Light of the Silvery Moon (music: "My Home Town Is a One Horse Town" - uncredited)
 1939 Tempo of Tomorrow (Short) (writer: "Listen My Heart")
 1938 The Sky's the Limit (writer: "The Montreal", "Swing, Madam", "My Beloved", "Just Whisper I Love You")
 1937 A Day at the Races (writer: "On the Beach at Bali-Bali" (1935) - uncredited)
 1937 Home Run on the Keys (Short) (writer: "On the Beach at Bali-Bali" - uncredited)
 1937 School for Swing (Short) (writer: "For Sentimental Reasons" - uncredited)
 1937 Smart Blonde (writer: "Madonna Mia" (1935) - uncredited)
 1936 Windbag the Sailor (writer: "On the Beach at Bali Bali" - uncredited)
 1936 Carl Hoff and His Orchestra (Short) (writer: "No! No! A Thousand Times No!" - uncredited)
 1936 Two Against the World (music: "Every Now and Then" (1935) - uncredited)
 1936 The Half Wit-ness (Short) (writer: "Every Now and Then" - uncredited)
 1935 Vitaphone Headliners (Short) (writer: "Angel Child" - uncredited)
 1935 No! No! A Thousand Times No!! (Short) (writer: "No! No! A Thousand Times No!")
 1933 Bombshell (music: "If I Were Only Sure of You" - uncredited)
 1933 I Loved You Wednesday (writer: "I Loved You Wednesday")
 1933 That's My Wife (writer: "Pu-Leeze Mister Hemingway" - uncredited)
 1932 A Farewell to Arms (lyrics: "A Farewell to Arms" (1932) - uncredited) / (music: "A Farewell to Arms" (1932) - uncredited)
 1932 Betty Boop's Bizzy Bee (Short) (writer: "Pass the Sugar" - uncredited)
 1931 The Male Man (Short) (writer: "(Step by Step, Mile by Mile) I'm Marching Home to You" - uncredited)
 1930 A Chinatown Fantasy (Short) (writer: "He's So Unusual")
 1930 Swing High (music: "Do You Think That I Could Grow on You?", "It Must Be Love")
 1930 Brats (Short) (writer: "More" - uncredited)
 1930 Troopers Three (lyrics: "As Long As You Love Me") / (music: "As Long As You Love Me")
 1929 Painted Faces (writer: "Somebody Just Like You" - uncredited)
 1929 Sweetie (music: "He's So Unusual" - uncredited)
 1929 The Phantom in the House (writer: "You'll Never Be Forgotten" - uncredited)
 1929 The Lady Fare (Short) (music: "Hot and Bothered")
 1929 Grace Johnston and The Indiana Five (Short) (music: "Bashful Baby" - uncredited)
 1929 Hilda (Short) (music: "When Will the Sun Shine for Me?" - uncredited)
 1929 Ship Ahoy (Short) (music: "Dumb Dora" - uncredited)
 1928 Joseph Regan: Irish American Tenor (Short) (music: "Mary Ann")
 1928 Stories in Song (Short) (writer: "White Wings, Carry Me Home" - uncredited)
 1928 Haleyisms (Short) (writer: "At Dawning" - uncredited)
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