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Milt Franklyn

Milt Franklyn, American composer (died 1962)

Born
September 16, 1897
Died
April 24, 1962
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1897

About Milt Franklyn

Milton J. Franklyn was an American musical composer and arranger who worked on the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated cartoons, working alongside and later succeeding Carl Stalling. The first cartoon with Franklyn credited as a composer was Bugs and Thugs, released in 1954, though Franklyn estimated at the time his 599th cartoon for Warners was Past Perfumance. The first two minutes of the cartoon were scored by Franklyn, the rest by William Lava, who had been working on the Warner Bros. main lot and replaced him as musical director. Orchestra record the music or to view the finished cartoon.

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The world when Milt Franklyn was born

Milt Franklyn was born in 1897. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineKlondike Gold Rush begins in Canada
  • Technology milestoneFirst practical diesel engine built
  • Defining fadKlondike Gold Rush fever
  • World population~1.57B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population70.0M

1897 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Milt Franklyn's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18972026
Population70.0M341 million

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