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Leigh Harline

Birth Name:	Leigh Adrian Harline
Born:	March 26, 1907
Birth Place:	Salt Lake City, Utah
Died:	December 10, 1969
Death Place:	Long Beach, California
Cause:	complications from throat cancer
Age at Death:	62 years and 259 days
More Info:	Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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1937	Music (Scoring). Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. Walt Disney Studio Music Department, Leigh Harline, head of department. (Score by Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline and Paul J. Smith)
1940	Music (Original Score). Pinocchio, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith and Ned Washington.
1940	Music (Song). When You Wish upon a Star from Pinocchio, Walt Disney Productions; RKO Radio. Music by Leigh Harline; lyrics by Ned Washington.
1942	Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). The Pride of the Yankees, Samuel Goldwyn Productions; RKO Radio. Leigh Harline.
1942	Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). You Were Never Lovelier, Columbia. Leigh Harline.
1943	Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Johnny Come Lately, Cagney Productions; United Artists. Leigh Harline.
1943	Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture). The Sky’s the Limit, RKO Radio. Leigh Harline.
1962	Music (Scoring of Music—adaptation or treatment). The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer & Cinerama; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Leigh Harline.

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