Show Boat (1951)

Born in Massachusetts, USA. MGM's most prominent orchestrator of musicals in the 1940s and 1950s, Salinger's screen credits include BABES ON BROADWAY (1941), FOR ME AND MY GAL (1942), GIRL CRAZY (1943), MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944), YOLANDA AND THE THIEF (1945), THE HARVEY GIRLS, CENTENNIAL SUMMER, TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY and ZIEGFELD FOLLIES (all 1946), THE PIRATE, EASTER PARADE and WORDS AND MUSIC (all 1948), THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY and ON THE TOWN (both 1949), ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, THREE LITTLE WORDS and SUMMER STOCK (all 1950), ROYAL WEDDING, SHOW BOAT and AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (all 1951), SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952), THE BAND WAGON and KISS ME KATE (both 1953), SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS and BRIGADOON (both 1954), IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER and KISMET (both 1955), INVITATION TO THE DANCE and HIGH SOCIETY (both 1956), FUNNY FACE and SILK STOCKINGS (both 1957), GIGI and THE BIG COUNTRY (both 1958), PORGY AND BESS (1959) and BILLY ROSE'S JUMBO (1962).  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Musical Picture) 1951: SHOW BOAT (w. Adolph Deutsch) 1 nomination