Milton Edward Schwarzwald (16 September 1891, Detroit – 2 March 1950, Hollywood) was a film director and musical theater composer and producer. In the 1930s, he directed numerous Mentone Productions comedy musical variety films before departing to produce musical theater in 1939.
Leo Feist published sheet music for his operetta Flora Bella in 1916. He and Arthur Francis (early pen name of Ira Gershwin) collaborated on a song for the 1922 musical Molly Darling.
Playbill and IBDB list him as the musical director of four theatrical productions in the 1920s and as a musical contributor to a couple more.
BFI credits him with the music for five films in 1949 and 1950.
His son Arnold Schwarzwald was a composer and soundman.
Filmography Revue à la Carte (1935) Gus Van's Music Shoppe (1935), director Gus Van's Garden Party (1936), director Musical Airwaves (1936), director of the 10-minute short for Universal Pictures Carnival Time (1936), two-reel film with singing, music, dance, and acrobatics Maids and Music (1938), producer Rumba Rhythms (1942), musical director Top Man (film) (1943), producer Girl on the Spot (1945), executive producer Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949), composer Illegal Entry (1949), music The Pecos Pistol (1949), composer The Story of Molly X (1949), composer Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950), composer The Kid from Texas (1950), musical director I Was a Shoplifter (1950), music director Outside the Wall (1950), music director Woman in Hiding (1950), music director
Discography Baby Vampire, sheet music, composer
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