edward, november, 1898, december, 1973, american, film, composer, musical, director, worked, over, films, from, 1930s, into, 1960s, nominated, multiple, occasions, academy, award, best, original, score, although, never, last, film, 1962, creation, humanoids, a. Edward J Kay November 27 1898 December 22 1973 was an American film composer and musical director who worked on over 340 films from the 1930s into the 1960s and was nominated on multiple occasions for an Academy Award for Best Original Score although he never won On his last film 1962 s The Creation of the Humanoids he was also a producer In 1941 Kay was nominated for King of the Zombies but lost to Bernard Herrmann for All That Money Can Buy The following year Kay was nominated for Klondike Fury losing to Max Steiner for Now Voyager Kay was nominated in 1943 for Lady Let s Dance losing to Morris Stoloff and Carmen Dragon for Cover Girl Finally in 1945 Kay was nominated for his work on two films G I Honeymoon in the comedy drama category and Sunbonnet Sue in the musical category Kay lost in both categories to Miklos Rozsa for Spellbound and to Georgie Stoll for Anchors Aweigh respectively Kay was the only composer to substitute for Lee Zahler on a Columbia Pictures production between 1938 and 1947 when Kay composed for Brenda Starr Reporter in 1945 1 Kay was a frequent collaborator with director William Beaudine 2 Kay was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles County California Selected filmography EditFilms for which Edward J Kay composed or directed music include Film YearGangster s Boy 1938The Mystery of Mr Wong 1939Wolf Call 1939Undercover Agent 1939The Streets of New York 1939Mr Wong in Chinatown 1939Irish Luck 1939Doomed to Die 1940Phantom of Chinatown 1940Hidden Enemy 1940The Ape 1940Up in the Air 1940Son of the Navy 1940King of the Zombies 1941Arizona Bound 1941Secret Evidence 1941Freckles Comes Home 1942Bowery at Midnight 1942Law of the Jungle 1942Clancy Street Boys 1943The Crime Smasher 1943Women in Bondage 1943Detective Kitty O Day 1944Bowery Champs 1944Crazy Knights 1944West of the Rio Grande 1944Adventures of Kitty O Day 1945Allotment Wives 1945Brenda Starr Reporter 1945Docks of New York 1945G I Honeymoon 1945Sunbonnet Sue 1945Swing Parade of 1946 1946The Shadow Returns 1946Bowery Bombshell 1946Fear 1946Dark Alibi 1946In Fast Company 1946Live Wires 1946Mr Hex 1946Shadows Over Chinatown 1946Spook Busters 1946The Gay Cavalier 1946Wife Wanted 1946The Strange Mr Gregory 1946Ginger 1946Fall Guy 1947Jiggs and Maggie in Society 1947Bowery Buckaroos 1947Hard Boiled Mahoney 1947News Hounds 1947The Chinese Ring 1947Violence 1947Louisiana 1947King of the Bandits 1947Angels Alley 1948Jiggs and Maggie in Court 1948Bungalow 13 1948Cowboy Cavalier 1948Docks of New Orleans 1948Shanghai Chest 1948Smugglers Cove 1948The Golden Eye 1948Trouble Makers 1948The Feathered Serpent 1948I Wouldn t Be in Your Shoes 1948Incident 1948Jinx Money 1948Kidnapped 1948Silver Trails 1948Back Trail 1948Hidden Danger 1948Triggerman 1948Across the Rio Grande 1949Forgotten Women 1949Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters 1949Trail of the Yukon 1949Hold That Baby 1949Tuna Clipper 1949Fighting Fools 1949Law of the West 1949Master Minds 1949Stampede 1949The Wolf Hunters 1949Angels in Disguise 1949Call of the Klondike 1950The Admiral Was a Lady 1950Triple Trouble 1950Jiggs and Maggie Out West 1950Snow Dog 1950Blonde Dynamite 1950Lucky Losers 1950Blues Busters 1950Gunslingers 1950Northwest Territory 1951Ghost Chasers 1951Yukon Manhunt 1951Crazy Over Horses 1951Bowery Battalion 1951I Was An American Spy 1951Let s Go Navy 1951Rhythm Inn 1951Jet Job 1952Yukon Gold 1952Hold That Line 1952Here Come the Marines 1952No Holds Barred 1952Feudin Fools 1952Fangs of the Arctic 1953Trail Blazers 1953Mexican Manhunt 1953Murder Without Tears 1953Northern Patrol 1953Tangier Incident 1953Yukon Vengeance 1954Highway Dragnet 1954Las Vegas Shakedown 1955Toughest Man Alive 1955Johnny Rocco 1958The Creation of the Humanoids 1962References Edit William C Cline In the Nick of Time Motion Picture Sound Serials page 174 1997 Wendy L Marshall William Beaudine From Silents to Television pages 324 326 330 346 2005 External links EditEdward J Kay at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward J Kay amp oldid 1148903037, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
