Arthur Morton(1908-2000)
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Arthur Morton was born Arthur Goldberg on 8th August 1908 in Duluth,
Minnesota. He attended west high school in Minneapolis and graduated
from the university of Minnesota (where he played in jazz bands) in
1929. After a year of law school and graduate work in philosophy he
moved to Los Angeles. In 1935 he married Emmy Lou Hellman , the
daughter of screenwriter Sam Hellman and the sister of editor
Verna Fields. In addition to film scores, Morton wrote a number
of songs ("My Secret Castle", "As I Live & Breathe") and many scores
for television series. His younger son, John S. Morton, is a composer
living in Tappan, New York.