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Robert E. Dolan

American composer (1908–1972)

PersonDied aged 64humanQ2157024

Also known as Robert Emmett Dolan · Robert Dolan

Born: August 3, 1908
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1.Stated in Internet Broadway DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
2.Stated in www.acmi.net.au
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, August 3, 1906
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1.Stated in IMDbRetrieved 2019-06-25
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Died: September 26, 1972
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2015-10-16
3.Stated in Internet Broadway DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
4.Stated in Find a Gravefr.findagrave.com/memorial/246122923/robert_emmett-dolan
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, September 25, 1972
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1.Stated in Library of Congress AuthoritiesRetrieved 2020-03-01
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Birthplace: Hartford
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2014-12-22
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Place of death: Westwood
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: film producer
, composer
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, film score composer
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Education: Loyola College
Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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1.Stated in CONOR.SI
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Robert Emmett Dolan was a Broadway conductor, composer, and arranger beginning in the 1920s. He moved on to radio in the 1930s and then went to Hollywood in the early 1940s as a musical director for Paramount. He scored, arranged, and conducted many musical and dramatic films in the 1940s and 1950s and produced three musicals. At the end of his career, he returned to the stage – where he had begun.

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Given name: Robert
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score(February 13, 1948) for work: Road to Rio · statement is subject of: 20th Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score(February 9, 1947) for work: Blue Skies · statement is subject of: 19th Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score(January 27, 1946) for work: Incendiary Blonde · statement is subject of: 18th Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score(January 27, 1946) for work: The Bells of St. Mary's · statement is subject of: 18th Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score(February 3, 1945) for work: Lady in the Dark · statement is subject of: 17th Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score(February 6, 1944) for work: Star Spangled Rhythm · statement is subject of: 16th Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score(February 8, 1943) for work: Holiday Inn · statement is subject of: 15th Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score(February 6, 1942) for work: Birth of the Blues · statement is subject of: 14th Academy Awards
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-07-21
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Family name: Dolan
Work location: United States
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1.Stated in www.acmi.net.au
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