Wikipedia:
Louis Silvers (born September 6, 1889 in New York City, New York; † March 26, 1954 in Hollywood, California) was a U.S. composer of film music who won the Academy Award for Best Film Score at the 1935 Academy Awards.
Silvers, who was married for a time to film actress Janet Adair, was already involved as composer of the song "Mother of Mine, I Still Have You" as well as conductor of the film orchestra on the first sound film ''The Jazz Singer'' (1927). During his career in the Hollywood film industry, he was involved in almost 300 films, as well as being the musical director of the Lux Radio Theater for several years.
At the 1935 Academy Awards, he received the Oscar for Best Film Score in ''One Night of Love'' (1934), along with Victor Schertzinger and Gus Kahn, for the Studio Music Department of Columbia Pictures. This was followed by three more Oscar nominations in the best music category, in 1938 for 20th Century Fox's Studio Music Department for In ''Old Chicago'' (1937), in 1939 for ''Suez'' (1938), and most finally at the 1940 Academy Awards for ''Swanee River'' (1939).
He also provided the music for the films ''Weary River'' (1929), ''Disraeli'' (1929), ''It Happened One Night'' (1934), ''Mr. Deeds Goes to Town'' (1936), ''Heidi'' (1937), and ''The Little Princess'' (1939), among others. He worked with such film directors as Frank Lloyd, Henry King, Allan Dwan, Frank Capra, Alfred E. Green, Victor Schertzinger, Sidney Lanfield and Walter Lang during his career.
Note: Translated from the German version of Wikipedia into English.
