Louis F. Gottschalk

Baum, as [[president (corporate title)|president]], with Gottschalk, as [[vice president]], [[Harry Marston Haldeman]] as [[secretary]], and [[Clarence R. Rundel]] as [[treasurer]], founded [[The Oz Film Manufacturing Company]] in 1914 as an outgrowth of Haldeman's [[Gentleman's club|men's social group]], [[The Uplifters (club)|The Uplifters]], which met at the [[Los Angeles Athletic Club]]. As co-producer, Gottschalk composed the earliest known [[feature length]] film scores for ''[[The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914 film)|The Patchwork Girl of Oz]]'', ''[[The Magic Cloak of Oz]]'', ''[[His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz]]'', and ''[[The Last Egyptian]]'' (all 1914), at a time when [[Cue (theatrical)#Cue Sheet|cue sheets]] were the norm. He also wrote several stage musicals with Baum for The Uplifters, including ''Stagecraft, or, The Adventures of a Strictly Moral Man'' (1914), ''High Jinks'' (1914), ''The Uplift of Lucifer, or Raising Hell: An Allegorical Squazosh'' (1915), ''Blackbird Cottages'' (1916), and ''The Orpheus Road Show: A Paraphrastic Compendium of Mirth'' (1917).

Baum, as [[president (corporate title)|president]], with Gottschalk, as [[vice president]], [[Harry Marston Haldeman]] as [[secretary]], and [[Clarence R. Rundel]] as [[treasurer]], founded [[The Oz Film Manufacturing Company]] in 1914 as an outgrowth of Haldeman's [[Gentleman's club|men's social group]], [[The Uplifters (club)|The Uplifters]], which met at the [[Los Angeles Athletic Club]]. As co-producer, Gottschalk composed the earliest known [[feature length]] film scores for ''[[The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914 film)|The Patchwork Girl of Oz]]'', ''[[The Magic Cloak of Oz]]'', ''[[His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz]]'', and ''[[The Last Egyptian]]'' (all 1914), at a time when [[Cue (theatrical)#Cue Sheet|cue sheets]] were the norm. He also wrote several stage musicals with Baum for The Uplifters, including ''Stagecraft, or, The Adventures of a Strictly Moral Man'' (1914), ''High Jinks'' (1914), ''The Uplift of Lucifer, or Raising Hell: An Allegorical Squazosh'' (1915), ''Blackbird Cottages'' (1916), and ''The Orpheus Road Show: A Paraphrastic Compendium of Mirth'' (1917).

After the Oz company dissolved, Gottschalk went on to work with [[D. W. Griffith]], arranging cue sheets for ''[[Broken Blossoms]]'' (1919) and composing a score for ''[[Orphans of the Storm]]'' (1921). Other major films for which he contributed scores include ''[[The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (film)|The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]'', ''[[The Three Musketeers (1921 film)|The Three Musketeers]]'', ''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921 film)|Little Lord Fauntleroy]]'' (all 1921), and ''[[Romola (film)|Romola]]'' (1924). He composed a score for [[Charles Chaplin]]'s ''[[A Woman of Paris]]'' (1923), but Chaplin replaced it with a score of his own when Chaplin re-released the film in 1976.

After the Oz company dissolved, Gottschalk went on to work with [[D. W. Griffith]], arranging cue sheets for ''[[Broken Blossoms]]'' (1919) and composing a score for ''[[Orphans of the Storm]]'' (1921). Other major films for which he contributed scores include ''[[The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921 film)|The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]'', ''[[The Three Musketeers (1921 film)|The Three Musketeers]]'', ''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921 film)|Little Lord Fauntleroy]]'' (all 1921), and ''[[Romola (film)|Romola]]'' (1924). He composed a score for [[Charles Chaplin]]'s ''[[A Woman of Paris]]'' (1923), but Chaplin replaced it with a score of his own when Chaplin re-released the film in 1976.

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