René Sylviano
French composer (1903–1993)
René Sylviano (1903–1993) was a French composer who worked on around eighty film scores.
Selected filmography
Levy and Company (1930)
Tenderness (1930)
The Unknown Singer (1931)
The Improvised Son (1932)
Nothing But Lies (1933)
The Premature Father (1933)
Paris-Soleil (1933)
The Orderly (1933)
The Porter from Maxim's (1933)
The Path to Happiness (1934)
Francis the First (1937)
Golden Venus (1938)
Narcisse (1940)
Moulin Rouge (1941)
Annette and the Blonde Woman (1942)
The Lover of Borneo (1942)
Love Marriage (1942)
I Am with You (1943)
The White Waltz (1943)
Majestic Hotel Cellars (1945)
Roger la Honte (1946)
Her Final Role (1946)
The Angel They Gave Me (1946)
The Revenge of Roger (1946)
The Temptation of Barbizon (1947)
The Adventures of Casanova (1947)
The Mysterious Monsieur Sylvain (1947)
Five Red Tulips (1949)
Last Love (1949)
The Happy Man (1950)
The King of the Bla Bla Bla (1951)
Love and Desire (1951)
Grand Gala (1952)
A Girl on the Road (1952)
A Woman's Treasure (1953)
One Step to Eternity (1954)
The Count of Bragelonne (1954)
Her First Date (1955)
The Terror with Women (1956)
Tides of Passion (1956)
The Seventh Commandment (1957)
Women's Prison (1958)
The Bread Peddler (1963)
References
Bibliography
O'Brien, Charles. Cinema's Conversion to Sound: Technology and Film Style in France and the U.S.. Indiana University Press, 2005.
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