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Full article'''Nicholas Brodszky''' (April 20, 1905 – December 24, 1958) was a Russian-born composer known for his popular songs and film scores in Hollywood during the 1950s.
Born in Odessa in the Russian Empire (now Ukraine) in 1905 to a Jewish family, Brodszky joined the German film industry in 1931 after studying music in several European cities including Vienna and Berlin. He achieved success in Germany and then Austria before emigrating to England at the end of the 1930s, where he composed for films including ''French Without Tears'' and ''The Way to the Stars''. He emigrated to the United States in the late 1940s, becoming a prominent songwriter at MGM Studios, collaborating closely with tenor Mario Lanza on several successful films and creating enduring hit songs such as "Be My Love" from ''The Toast of New Orleans'', "Because You're Mine" from the film of the same name, and "I'll Walk with God" from ''The Student Prince''.
His work blended classical training with accessible popular melodies, contributing significantly to the golden age of Hollywood musicals until his death in Hollywood in 1958.
In brief
Nicholas "Slug" Brodszky (Russian: Николай Бродский; April 20, 1905 – December 24, 1958) was a composer of popular songs for the theatre and for films. Brodszky was born in Odessa, today Ukraine (previously in Russian Empire, 1772–1917), into a Jewish family, who moved to Budapest during the civil war in Russia. He spent many years studying and working in Rome, Vienna, Berlin and Budapest.
In the 1920s he contributed songs to Viennese operettas. His first film was made in Vienna in 1930 and featured Richard Tauber and Gitta Alpar. He wrote the music for C B Cochran and A P Herbert's coronation revue Home and Beauty at the Adelphi Theatre in 1937.
