Violinists who have appeared
either in or on Film
ACCARDO Salvatore
"Paganini" - 1989
Accardo is heard playing on the sound track
Klaus Kinski plays the part of:-
Paganini
ACCARDO Salvatore
"Stradivari" - Anthony Quinn plays the part of:-
Antonio Stradivari
CAMPOLI Alfredo
"Dreaming" - 1944 78 mins
Campoli is seen playing:-
Violin Concerto in E minor op 64- Finale (Mendelssohn)
DOWBROWEN Sandra
"Tugboat Annie" - 1933 88 mins MGM
Dowbrowen is seen playing:-
Ziguenerwisen (Sarasate)
ELMAN Mischa
"Don Juan" - 1926 Vitaphone
Elman is seen and heard playing Humoresque (Dvorak) accompanied by Joseph Bonime.
This was part of the film which opened Don Juan starring John Barrymore in New York.
The tenor Giovanni Martinelli is seen singing Vesti la Giubba (Leoncavallo)
GRINKE Frederick
"The Shop at Sly Corner" -
Grinke who recorded the sound track plays:-
Violin Concerto in E minor op 64- Finale Mendelssohn)
Ave Maria (Schubert)
HEIFETZ Jascha
"They Shall Have Music" - 1939 105 mins Federal Films
"Melody of Youth" - British title
Heifetz is seen playing:-
Hora Staccato (Dinicu)
Estralita (Ponce)
Introduction and Rondo Capricioso (Saint Saens)
Melodie (Tchaikovsky)
Violin Concerto in E minor op 64- Finale (Mendelssohn)
Polanaise Brilliante (Wieniawski) this was filmed but not used
HEIFETZ Jascha
"Carnegie Hall" - 1947 134 mins Federal Films
Filmed in Carnegie Hall
Heifetz is seen playing:-
Violin Concerto in D major op 35 - First Movement(Tchaikovsky)
HEIFETZ Jascha
"Of Men and Music" - 1950 20th Century Fox
Heifetz is seen playing: -
E Major Partita - Preludium (Bach)
Girl with the Flaxen Hair (Debussy)
Scherzo Tarantella (Wieniawski)
Caprice op 24 No 1 (Paganini)
HUBAY Jeno
"Good Morning Budapest" 1935 Hubay is seen playing his own Hungarian Fantasy
with Gyorgy Kosa piano
KAUFFMAN Louis
"Intermezzo"- 1939 69 mins
"Escape to Happiness" - British title
For this film Toscha Seidel recorded the music which
is used for the opening and closing titles the other items played by
Louis Kaufmann.
KAUFFMAN Louis
"Of Human Bondage" - 1964 99 mins Warner
Kauffman recorded the sound track
He also recorded violin solos for the film
"The Merry Widow" - 1934 110 mins.
together with many others over a ten year period.
KAYE Evelyn
"Here Come the CO-EDS"
Kaye is seen playing with:-
Mike Spitani's all girl orchestra
Kaye was also the leader of this orchestra
KRAMER Gidon
"Fruhling" -
"Spring" - British title
Kramer is seen playing the part of:-
Paganini
MENUHIN Yehudi
"The Magic Bow" - 1946 106 mins Based on the adventures of Paganini.
Menuhin who recorded the sound track plays:-
La Ronde des Lutins (Bazzini)
La Campanella (Paganini)
Nel Cor Piu Non Mi Sento(Paganini)
Caprice(Rolla)
Violin Concerto in D op 61 - rondo (Beethoven)
PAGANINI'S DREAM
An annamated film by Suzie Hanna 7 mins.
A fantasmagorical extravaganza involving dolls and stringed instruments.
violinist - unknown
PERLMAN Itzak
"Shindlers List" - 1993
Perlman plays on the soundtrack
music composed and conducted by John Williams
PERLMAN Itzak
"Everyone says I love you" - 1997
Prihoda appears in this Romanzo di Mario Mortara
PRIHODA Vasa
"E Vietato Amare" - Date unknown made in Italy Film
Prihoda appears in this Romanzo di Mario Mortara
RABIN Michael
"Rhapsody" - 1954 116 mins MGM
Rabin who recorded the sound track plays:-
La plus valse un lente (Debussey)
Caprice # 5 in A minor(Paganini)
Zigeunerwisen (Sarasate)
Violin Concerto in D major op 35(Tchaikovsky)
RABINOFF Benno
Rabinoff is seen playing in a short film
Sylvia his wife is the pianist
SAMMONS Albert
Vitaphone 35 mm film Early sound center start 78 rpm
Sammons is seen playing:-
Salute D'Matin(Elgar)
SAMMONS Albert
Pathe newsreel
Sammons is seen practising, no sound
SEIDEL Toscha
"Intermezzo"- 1939 69 mins
"Escape to Happiness" - British title
Seidel who recorded the sound track Plays:-
Intermezzo (Provest)
SEIDEL Toscha
"The Great Waltz" - 1938 107 mins
Vioin sound track recorded by Seidel
with Malitza Koyus
STERN Isaac
"Fiddler on the Roof" - 1971 180 mins
Stern recorded the sound track
STERN Isaac
"Tonight we Sing" - 1953 109 mins
Stern appears as:-
Eugene Ysaye
STERN Isaac
"Humoresque" - 1947 125 mins Warner
Stern who recorded the sound track plays:-
Flight of the Bumble Bee(R Korsakov)
Liebestod(Wagner)
Stern's accompianist in this film is Oscar Levant
SZIGETI Joseph
"Hollywood Canteen" - 1944 123 mins Warner
Szigeti is seen playing:-
The Bee (F Schubert)
WICKS Camilla
"Farten vallens Fiolinkonsert"
Wicks is seen playing:-
Virtuoso violin music
played by Wicks
with an orchestra conducted by Oivin Fjeldstad
YSAYE Eugene
silent 35 mm film
included in "THE ART OF THE VIOLIN" CD
ZUKERMAN Pinchas
"Prince of Tides" - 1991 132 mins
Zukerman who recorded the sound track plays:-
Unaccompiened partita(Bach)
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