Walter Scharf (1 August 1910 - 24 February 2003) was an American film composer. Born in New York, he was the son of Yiddish theatre comic Bessie Zwerling. While in his 20s, he was one of the orchestrators for George Gershwin's Broadway musical "Girl Crazy", became singer Helen Morgan's accompanist, and later worked as pianist and arranger for singer Rudy Vallee. He began working in Hollywood in 1933, arranging for Al Jolson at Warner Bros., … Wikipedia
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Born and raised in New York City, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants, Walter Scharf started playing music at an early age, helping his uncle play the piano for silent films. He got his first real Broadway gig at the age of 17, orchestrating George Gershw www.imdb.com/name/nm0770127/
