David Mendoza (2)

American violinist, conductor and composer (born March 13, 1894 in New York, NY – died March 23, 1975 in New York, NY). As a violinist, Mendoza performed on several dozen Victor recordings in New York City between 1919 and 1923. He then worked as an arranger, composer, and conductor on more than a hundred movies, many of them shorts for Vitaphone, between 1925 and 1946. He conducted the film scores for "Svengali" (1931), "The Public Enemy" (1931) and "Local Boy Makes Good" (1931).