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Bakaleinikoff, who was always billed as "C. Bakaleinikoff", appeared on camera as himself in RKO's backstage musical Ding Dong Williams (filmed 1945, released in April 1946). He remained at RKO until the studio folded in 1956. He was married to silent film actress Fritzi Ridgeway.
C. Bakaleinikoff. Music Department: Notorious. Constantin Bakaleinikoff was born in Moscow in 1896 and studied music at the Moscow Conservatory. Trained as a violoncellist and conductor, he formed a trio with fellow young conservatory graduates and toured Russia, until enlistment in the infantry during World War I forced a temporary stop to his career.
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- Moscow, Russia
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
C. Bakaleinikoff. Music Department: Notorious. Constantin Bakaleinikoff was born in Moscow in 1896 and studied music at the Moscow Conservatory. Trained as a violoncellist and conductor, he formed a trio with fellow young conservatory graduates and toured Russia, until enlistment in the infantry during World War I forced a temporary stop to his career.
- April 26, 1896
- September 3, 1966
Conductor, Composer. Born in Moscow, he was a student at the Conservatory there when the Bolshevik Revolution erupted in 1917. He fled the country with his older brother, Mischa Bakaleinikoff, arriving in the United States in 1926. The following year he was hired as conductor of the new Chinese Theatre in...
Constantin Romanovich Bakaleinikov (also spelled “Bakaleynikov” and “Bakaleinikoff”) was a Russian-born composer. Bakaleinikoff was from a large musical family. His brothers were Nikolai Bakaleinikov (flautist, composer and conductor), Vladimir Bakaleinikov (violist, composer and conductor), and Mikhail (Mischa) Bakaleinikoff (composer). He studied at the Moscow Conservatory. Following the Russian revolution he migrated to the United States with his brother Mischa. He worked as a ...
Constantin worked as a conductor for the Los Angeles Philharmonic before beginning his Hollywood career as a freelance composer. He became a musical director at Paramount Pictures, followed by MGM, also worked briefly at Columbia, and later for independent Grand National Pictures.
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Apr 26, 2023 · Trained at the Moscow conservatory, composer Constantin Bakaleinikoff relocated to California after the revolution, where he served as conductor for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He began his Hollywood career as a free-lancer, then held the position of musical director at Paramount and MGM.
