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Albert Glasser (January 25, 1916 – May 4, 1998) was a composer, conductor and arranger of film music, primarily in the realm of B-movies during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. He scored approximately 200 films during his career, many for American International Pictures and director Bert I. Gordon.
Albert Glasser. One of the most prolific B-movie composers, Albert Glasser started off as a copyist in the music department at Warner Brothers in the late 1930s, learning the art of film scoring from scratch while working under such big guns as Max Steiner and Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
- Composer, Music Department, Actor
- January 25, 1916
- Albert Glasser
- May 4, 1998
Albert « Al » Glasser, né le 25 janvier 1916 à Chicago et mort le 4 mai 1998 à Los Angeles , est un compositeur, chef d'orchestre, arrangeur, orchestrateur et acteur américain.
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One of the most prolific B-movie composers, Albert Glasser started off as a copyist in the music department at Warner Brothers in the late 1930s, learning the art of film scoring from scratch while working under such big guns as Max Steiner and Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
- January 25, 1916
- May 4, 1998
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The film opens with newspaper photojournalist Audrey Aimes accidentally stumbling upon a small town (Ludlow, Illinois) which has been inexplicably destroyed. All 150 residents are missing, and the evidence indicates they are dead. Incredibly, the local fields are also barren, as if a swarm of locusts had eaten all the crops. Aimes suspects that the...
Beginning of the End was financed by American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres (AB-PT). The company had been formed in February 1953 when the American Broadcasting Company and United Paramount Theatres merged. In September 1956, AB-PT (sometimes also called "Am-Par") announced the formation of a movie studio, and revealed a slate of six films a year...
Beginning of the End premiered in Chicago on June 16, 1957. Stars Peter Graves and Peggie Castle were both on hand for the premiere. The film opened widely in 244 theaters in the South and Midwest on June 20. It played as part of a double feature with The Unearthly (a film based loosely on 1932's Island of Lost Souls and 1956's The Black Sleep), an...
Beginning of the End was a modest hit, and profitable for AB-PT. For example, in its first week playing in San Francisco, it made $16,000—just behind the top-ranked movie of the week for the area, the reissue of Bambi (which grossed $18,500).The film's debut in Los Angeles saw its gross reach $16,500, although this was a soft movie-going market. Th...
Beginning of the End was released on DVD in March 2003 by Image Entertainment. However, this print was considered "smeary" and not a very high quality issue.
Bibliography
1. Variety staff (November 30, 1956). "AB-PT Starting Prod'n Sans Gov't Greenlight". Variety. Los Angeles, California, USA: Syd Silverman. ISSN 0042-2738. OCLC 810134503. 2. Variety staff (September 24, 1956). "AB-PT to Enter Film Prod'n At Same Time Goldenson Predicts 8,000 Houses to Fold". Variety. Los Angeles, California, USA: Syd Silverman. ISSN 0042-2738. OCLC 810134503. 3. Variety staff (September 24, 1957). "ABPT Plans Shift to 'Quality' Prod's; $1,000,000 Budgets". Variety. Los Angele...
Beginning of the End at the American Film Institute CatalogBeginning of the End at IMDbBeginning of the End at AllMovieAlbert Glasser was a composer, conductor and arranger of film music, primarily in the realm of B-movies during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. He scored approximately 200 films during his career, many for American International Pictures and director Bert I. Gordon.
Albert Glasser (January 25, 1916 – May 4, 1998) was a composer, conductor and arranger of film music, primarily in the realm of B-movies, during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. He scored approximately 200 films during his career, many for American International Pictures and director Bert I. Gordon.
