Milt Franklyn

Milton J. Franklyn (September 16, 1897, New York – April 24, 1962, Los Angeles) was a musical composer and arranger who worked on the Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes animated cartoons.

Franklyn moved from New York to Salt Lake City at the age of three, where he went to high school and finished one year at the University of Utah. He was also the state junior tennis champion in Utah for six years. The next two years were spent at the University of California, Berkeley, then he began a term at Pennsylvania University when he was called to service in World War One. Franklyn did not serve overseas; he trained as a naval officer for three months and then the Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918. He returned to Berkeley to finish his education.

As Franklyn could play a number of instruments, he joined a band in San Francisco and for the next few years played at the Palace and St. Francis Hotels. He began his own nine-piece orchestra, known at various times as the Peninsula Band, the Super Soloists, and the Merrimakers, and appeared in San Mateo (1926 to June 1927), where he also owned a music store; San José (1928 to January 1929), where he was Master of Ceremonies and wrote revues for the California Theatre before moving on to Fresno and Oakland. For two years he was emcee with Fanchon and Marco at Fox West Coast in San Diego; musical director and emcee with Paramount Publix Corporation, travelling to Seattle, Denver, Houston and Toledo, and finally worked on the Loew's circuit in Providence, Rhode Island and New York City from 1933 to 1935. Franklyn quit vaudeville to go to Hollywood in 1935 and spent a year doing occasional work.

Taiwan mistakenly fires supersonic missile towards China

Edit The Times of India 01 Jul 2016

BEIJING. A Taiwanese warship on Friday "mistakenly" fired a supersonic "anti-ship missile" towards China as it celebrated 95th anniversary of the ruling Communist Party amid assertions by President Xi Jinping ruling out independence for Taiwan ... "The missile was launched by operational error ... "We firmly oppose the 'Taiwan independence' secessionist activities," Xi said at the ceremony ... Stay updated on the go with Times of India News App....

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop, Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at Alumisource, a metals recycling facility in Monessen, Pa.

What Gives Mr. Trump The Right To Make Promises On Behalf Of The Future?

Edit WorldNews.com 01 Jul 2016

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File - In this picture taken Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, a Syrian man rides a bicycle through a devastated part of the old city of Homs, Syria. Some 1,200 rebels and civilians, many of them wounded and starving from a yearlong siege, withdrew from the last remaining strongholds in the ancient heart of Homs in May 2014, surrendering to President Bashar Assad a bloodstained city once dubbed the “capital of the revolution.”

Inside Bashar al-Assad's Syrian jail, an Islamist prisoner talks of the regret for his killing

Edit The Independent 01 Jul 2016

Unlike his fellow prisoners, Hamoud Saleh Hamed does not wear leg shackles when he is pushed on a spanking new wheelchair into the Syrian prison governor’s guest room at the Mezze military jail. Impossible, since his trousered right stump and the missing lower half of his left leg mean that the 37-year old Saudi maths teacher from Mecca cannot escape by throwing himself from the second floor window ... ....

photo: UN / Rick Bajornas

File - Scene from the Kara Tepe refugee camp during the UN Secretary-General's visit on the Greek island of Lesbos, where he met with refugees, as well as with local volunteers and authorities on 18 June, 2016.

How Australia turned its back on the world's refugee crisis

Edit CNN 01 Jul 2016

(CNN)As the world works to resolve a major international refugee crisis, Australia just wants them to go away. At the recent World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the international community to find new long-term solutions for refugees ... There are only a handful of signatories to the Refugee Convention in Southeast Asia, and Australia is one of them. Read More ... Refugees turned back at sea ... ....

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Former London mayor Boris Johnson waves after he announced that he will not run for leadership of Britain's ruling Conservative Party in London, Thursday, June 30, 2016.

Tories plunged into civil war as Boris Johnson pulls out of race to become PM

Edit Belfast Telegraph 01 Jul 2016

The Conservative party has collapsed into accusations of betrayal and treachery as the party's first leadership contest in a decade gets under way. Tensions are high after Boris Johnson sensationally dropped out of the race at the first hurdle following a shock intervention against his leadership bid from Cabinet minister Michael Gove. Share Go To ... "He's ripped the Tory party apart ... THERESA MAY ... She said. “My pitch is very simple....

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The VSO's November 2015 Highlights (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Oct 2015

... at the time I was listening to Wagner and Rossini and von Suppé and Smetana and Tchaikovsky and Liszt and Strauss-all of the classical composers that were borrowed from.' In What's Opera, Doc?, composer Carl Stalling and orchestrator Milt Franklyn condensed melodies from no less than eight Wagnerian operas into a concise six-and-a-half minutes ....

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Edit New Yorker 22 May 2015

This time, they went deliberately ... cartoons like “What’s Opera, Doc?” and “Corny Concerto” with live, synchronous performances of their music, by Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn ... He was probably excited to be back in town ... Musical Chairs . ....

NY Philharmonic goes looney tunes

Edit The Examiner 09 Mar 2015

The New York Philharmonic is ready to tickle your funny bone ... On the screen, the original “Looney Tunes” and “Merrie Melodies” will introduce Bugs and the rest of the characters to the accompaniment “What’s Opera Doc?” Milt Franklyn’s score based on Wagner operas, plus “A Corny Concerto” by Carol W ... ....

Bugs Bunny and Friends are Back for “Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II” with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)

Edit noodls 27 Mar 2014

(Source. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) ... Looney Tunes characters - inclu. ding Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Wile E ... The concert showcases the most beloved and iconic cartoon shorts in animation history, including "What's Opera, Doc?," "The Rabbit of Seville," "Baton Bunny," "Rhapsody Rabbit," "Zoom and Bored," "Duck Amuck" and many others, as well as their original scores by Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn. Performances are 7.30 p.m....

Franklyn, Milt Filmography

Milton J. Franklyn

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Gremlins

Bugs Bunny on Broadway (Warner Bros. Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: George Daugherty)