Talk:Victor Young

Untitled
This page needs to have the movie The Conqueror (1956) added, as he also composed that music. I know, because I just watched the movie and saw the credits.67.142.130.22 04:35, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Birth Year
This article says, 1899, the Brandeis article says 1900 and his grave says 1901. Which is it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alight (talk • contribs) 21:04, 30 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Further: IMDb says 1899, IBDb says 1900, and Find-a-Grave says 1900 but the gravestone itself in the picture says 1901. Does anyone really know, and how can they be sure?  --   Jack of Oz   [your turn]  11:51, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Hello All. I am Mr. Young's biographer. A genealogist engaged by his family found that the 1899 date is the correct one, finding the original Cook County, IL, birth certificate in the Registrar's office.  My theory is that Young fudged the date on several documents to associate himself with the new century, rather than the old one.  John JMG PhD (talk) 23:54, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Please see my comment below. JMG PhD (talk) 23:54, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Early Life
I believe that this statement is incorrect: "he was later introduced to Czar Nicholas in St. Petersburg, and his playing so impressed the Czar that he presented him with many gifts but the revolution cut short his success in Russia. Because of his connection with the court of the Czar, the Bolsheviks deemed it advisable to get rid of him, and it is only by a miracle that he escaped death, for he was already sentenced to die. After a long and tiresome escapade, he succeeded in reaching Warsaw, then Paris, and from there to the United States.[3]"

Victor Young's wife Rita had a twin sister, Lola Kinel. In her autobiography, Under Five Eagles (1937), she describes how Rita and Vic met and fell in love in Warsaw in 1918. She tells how he came to spend the war studying at the Conservatory in Warsaw, and makes no mention at all of his having played in St Petersburg, the Czar, the dramatic escape, etc, etc.

It was Rita and Lola who lived in St Petersburg during 1917 and 18, and who escaped to Warsaw in mid-1918 with false German passports.

In all probability, the 1920 journalist confused Vic's experience with Rita's.

So I have removed this passage. Anyone wishing to reinstate it will have to provide documentary evidence to justify doing so.

gpeterw (talk) 15:59, 28 April 2016 (UTC)

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