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Albert Glasser
Born January 25, 1916 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died May 4, 1998 · aged 82
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. For the US War Department, Glasser composed for Frank Capra's S…
Known For
Varan the Unbelievable · 1962Varan the Unbelievable
★ 4.41962
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where an unusual salt water lake is situated. However, their purifying experiments arouse the prehistoric monster Obaki from hibernation at the lake's bottom, and it proceeds to attack Japan. Although made by a U.S. independent film company, this film was based on a Japanese Toho monster film of 1958, "Daikaiju Varan", from which all of the monster effects scenes and a few incidental dramatic shots were edited into it.
Earth vs. the Spider · 1958Earth vs. the Spider
★ 4.81958
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
Teenagers from a small town and their high school science teacher join forces to battle a giant mutant spider, living in a cave nearby and getting hungry.
Valerie · 1957Valerie
★ 4.61957
MovieWesternDrama
After the American Civil War, former Union Major John Garth marries pretty settler Valerie but tragedy strikes and the two spouses end up in court where they give two different conflicting accounts of their marriage.
Musical Masterpieces · 1946Musical Masterpieces
★ 4.71946
MovieMusic
Performances of three well-know compositions. An orchestra plays Flight of the Bumblebee. Carlos Ramírez sings The Donkey Serenade with a boy on penny whistle. Finally, Ramírez and Lucille Norman sing lyrics to Tales from the Vienna Woods. (This film appears in its entirety within MGM's short feature, "The Great Morgan")
The Boy and the Pirates · 1960The Boy and the Pirates
★ 5.71960
MovieAdventureFamily
Jimmy desires to be a pirate when one day he discovers a magic bottle on the beach. He makes a wish and suddenly finds himself aboard Blackbeard's ship. Soon he realizes that being a pirate isn't what he expected.
The Beat Generation · 1959The Beat Generation
★ 5.11959
MovieCrime
A group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.
Tormented · 1960Tormented
★ 4.91960
MovieThrillerHorror
A jazz pianist is haunted by his dead ex-lover's crawling hand and floating head.
The Cyclops · 1957The Cyclops
★ 4.51957
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
A test pilot is missing and a search party is sent out in the jungles of Mexico; however, while searching they uncover a monster in the jungle who became this way due to a dose of radioactivity.
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The Beat Generation · 1959The Beat Generation
★ 5.11959
MovieCrime
A group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.
Original Music Composer
Tormented · 1960Tormented
★ 4.91960
MovieThrillerHorror
A jazz pianist is haunted by his dead ex-lover's crawling hand and floating head.
Original Music Composer
Please Murder Me · 1956Please Murder Me
★ 5.91956
MovieCrimeThriller
A lawyer tries to exact justice on a woman he defended in court -- a woman whom he found out was guilty after getting her off.
Original Music Composer
Attack of the Puppet People · 1958Attack of the Puppet People
★ 5.11958
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
A deranged scientist creates a ray that can shrink people down to doll size.
Original Music Composer
The Cremators · 1972The Cremators
★ 2.81972
MovieScience FictionHorror
An alien life form, resembling glowing rocks, summons forth a huge, rolling ball of fire, whenever threatened, that incinerates people.
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