Variant titles: The Life of John Doe; The Life and Death of John Doe; John Doe, Dynamite (UK)
Newspaper political drama directed by Frank Capra, starring Gary Cooper.

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| Producer | Frank Capra
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| Composer | Lew Brown
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| Composer | Frederic Chopin
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| Composer | Buddy DeSylva
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| Composer | Walter Donaldson
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| Composer | Fred Fisher
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| Composer | Stephen C. Foster
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| Composer | Franz Gruber
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| Composer | Leigh Harline
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| Composer | Al Jolson
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| Composer | Francis Scott Key
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| Composer | Charles B. Lawlor
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| Composer | Joseph Meyer
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| Composer | Percy Montrose
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| Composer | Unidentified Person
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| Composer | Cole Porter
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| Composer | Gioacchino Rossini
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| Composer | W.A. Timm
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| Composer | Dimitri Tiomkin
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| Composer | Voda
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| Composer | Albert Von Tilzer
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| Composer | V. Zernan
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| Lyricist | J. W. Blake
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| Lyricist | Gil Grau
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| Lyricist | Mohr Joseph
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| Lyricist | Jack Norworth
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| Lyricist | Ned Washington
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| Orchestrator | Unidentified Person
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| Title | Status |
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| Scene Music for Meet John Doe | Published |
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| Half Sheet – Italian Description: Italian (half sheet size) |
Kinematograph – US
Description: trade ad
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One Sheet – US
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| Cue | Title | Reel | Part | Usage | Timing | Collaborators |
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| 1A | Hard Times Come Again No More Description: Medley-4 Songs |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Stephen C. Foster (Composer) |
| 1B | Beer Barrel Polka Description: Medley-4 Songs |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Lew Brown (Composer)
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| 1C | Take Me Out to the Ballgame Description: Medley-4 Songs |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Albert Von Tilzer (Composer)
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| 1D | Oh Susanna Description: Medley-4 Songs |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Stephen C. Foster (Composer) |
| 2 | Some Folks Do Description: Description to come |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | :00 | Stephen C. Foster (Composer) |
| 3 | Chord Description: Piano |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | :00 | Unidentified Person (Orchestrator) |
| 4 | William Tell Overture Description: Description to come |
0 | 0 | Visual Instrumental Partial | :00 | Gioacchino Rossini (Composer) |
| 5 | Chord Description: Piano |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | :00 | Unidentified Person (Orchestrator) |
| 6 | I Protest Description: Description to come |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | :00 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer) |
| 7A | Fireworks Description: Medley-2 Songs |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | :00 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer) |
| 7B | Three Blind Mice Description: Medley-2 Songs |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | :00 | Unidentified Person (Composer) |
| 8 | Hard Times Come Again No More Description: Description to come |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | :00 | Stephen C. Foster (Composer) |
| 9 | Take Me Out to the Ballgame Description: Coming Soon! |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | :00 | Albert Von Tilzer (Composer)
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| 10 | Take Me Out to the Ballgame Description: Coming Soon! |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Albert Von Tilzer (Composer)
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| 11 | Funeral March Description: Description to come |
0 | 0 | Visual Instrumental Partial | :00 | Frederic Chopin (Composer) |
| 12 | Hi Diddle Dee Dee Description: Description to come |
0 | 0 | Visual Instrumental Partial | :00 | Leigh Harline (Composer)
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| 13 | Hi Diddle Dee Dee Description: Description to come |
0 | 0 | Visual Instrumental Partial | :00 | Leigh Harline (Composer)
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| 14 | Some Folks Do Description: Description to come |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Stephen C. Foster (Composer) |
| 15 | Tuning Description: Piano |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | :00 | Unidentified Person (Orchestrator) |
| 16 | Fanfare Description: Description to come |
0 | 0 | Visual Instrumental Entire | :00 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer) |
| 17 | For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow Description: Description to come |
0 | 0 | Visual Instrumental Partial | :00 | Unidentified Person (Composer) |
| 18 | Chord Description: Piano |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | :00 | Unidentified Person (Orchestrator) |
| 19 | Hi Diddle Dee Dee Description: Description to come |
0 | 0 | Visual Instrumental Partial | :00 | Leigh Harline (Composer)
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| 20 | Beer Barrel Polka Description: Description to come |
0 | 0 | Visual Instrumental Entire | :00 | Lew Brown (Composer)
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| 21A | Americano Description: Medley-11 Songs |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | :00 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer) |
| 21B | Maryland My Maryland Description: Medley-11 Songs |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Unidentified Person (Composer) |
| 21C | Carolina In The Morning Description: Medley-11 Songs |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Walter Donaldson (Composer)
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| 21D | Clementine Description: Medley-11 Songs |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Percy Montrose (Composer) |
| 21E | Chicago Description: Medley-11 Songs |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Fred Fisher (Composer) |
| 21F | Farmer in the Dell Description: Medley-11 Songs |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Unidentified Person (Composer) |
| 21G | California Here I Come Description: Medley-11 Songs |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Al Jolson (Composer)
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| 21H | Sidewalks of New York Description: Medley-11 Songs |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Charles B. Lawlor (Composer)
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| 21I | Star Spangled Banner Description: Medley-11 Songs |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Francis Scott Key (Composer) |
| 21J | Yankee Doodle Description: Medley-11 Songs |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Unidentified Person (Composer) |
| 21K | I’ve Been Working on the Railroad Description: Medley-11 Songs |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Partial | :00 | Unidentified Person (Composer) |
| 22 | Begin the Beguine Description: Description to come |
0 | 0 | Visual Instrumental Partial | :00 | Cole Porter (Composer) |
| 23 | Glory Glory Hallelujah Description: Description to come |
0 | 0 | Visual Vocal Partial | :00 | Unidentified Person (Composer) |
| 24 | Take Me Out to the Ballgame Description: Description to come |
0 | 0 | Visual Vocal Entire | :00 | Albert Von Tilzer (Composer)
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| 25A | Confusion Description: Medley-2 Songs |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | :00 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer) |
| 25B | Oh Susanna Description: Medley-2 Songs |
0 | 0 | Visual Vocal Entire | :00 | Stephen C. Foster (Composer) |
| 26 | America Description: Description to come |
0 | 0 | Visual Vocal Entire | :00 | Unidentified Person (Composer) |
| 27A | Requiem Description: Medley-2 Songs |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | :00 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer) |
| 27B | Turbulence Description: Medley-2 Songs |
0 | 0 | Background Instrumental Entire | :00 | Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer) |
| 28 | Silent Night Description: Description to come |
0 | 0 | Visual Vocal Entire | :00 | Franz Gruber (Composer)
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| 29 | Good King Wenceslaus Description: Description to come |
0 | 0 | Visual Vocal Entire | :00 | Unidentified Person (Composer) |
Tiomkin Collection at USC
| Storage Contents | Storage Number |
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| Original musical sketches by Dimitri Tiomkin, holograph.Conductor and orchestral parts, ditto and holograph in the hand of the copyist.
Musical cue and timing sheets, original and carbon typescripts, annotated; breakdown sheet, holograph and typescript (carbon).
Song “Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor’s Life for Me),” from Pinocchio, lyric by Ned Washington, music by Leigh Harline. 1 p.
Original sketch by Dimitri Tiomkin of the song John Doe, holograph. (9 pages) |
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| Original score by Dimitri Tiomkin in the hand of the arrangers: George Bassman, Lucien Cailliet, Max Reese, Charles Maxwell, Leigh Harline, Hugo Friedhofer, George Parrish, Simon Bucharoff, Leonid Raab, [David Tamkin?], and person not identified. (345 leaves)
Original score by Cole Porter in the hand of the arranger. George Bassman (27 leaves) Click track guide [?]; with enclosed click track cues, original typescript. Holograph, song “Meet John Doe,” words by William Walsh, music by Dimitri Tiomkin; also song “John Doe,” music by Dimitri Tiomkin. 4 and 5 pages. |
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| Coming Soon! |
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| Conductor; John Doe Requiem score |












