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Gordon Zahler. Music Department: Plan 9 from Outer Space. Los Angeles native Gordon Robert Zahler was a significant innovator in the development of music and sound effects in post war Hollywood. Zahler was born on February 10, 1926, the son of songwriter Lee Zahler and Rose Rosenberg.
- Music Department, Sound Department, Composer
- February 10, 1926
- Gordon Zahler
- December 22, 1975
The life of Gordon Zahler was simply so miraculous that it might as well have been science fiction. Born into an entertainment family in suburban Los Angeles in the mid-1920s, Zahler was a lovable prankster and class clown, exasperating his parents with his endless teenage feats of derring-do.
Strange As It Seems: The Impossible Life of Gordon Zahler, the journey of a former nobody who defied the odds racked up against him to prosper in showbiz and beyond, is vividly retold by his nephew, writer Chip Jacobs.
Jan 15, 2008 · Paralyzed from the neck down, Gordon Zahler rose from his deathbed to a fast-talking, Hollywood entrepreneur/idea man who traveled the world, lived hard, married, fantasized about water-skiing and chased his dreams to create one of the largest independent postproduction shops in Hollywood.
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- Chip Jacobs
Gordon Zahler. Music Department: Plan 9 from Outer Space. Los Angeles native Gordon Robert Zahler was a significant innovator in the development of music and sound effects in post war Hollywood.
- February 10, 1926
- December 22, 1975
Zahler, the author's uncle, achieved success on the margins of show business despite a spinal injury that left him using a wheelchair from age 14.
Mar 17, 2016 · THE ABSURDLY TRUE STORY OF A HOLLYWOOD DREAMER WHO OVERCAME A BUSTED SPINE TO LIVE WITH BREAKNECK JOY Strange As It Seems - The Impossible Life of Gordon Zahler written by Chip Jacobs REVIEW: Mr Jacobs brings together the (impossible) life of Mr Gordon Zahler.
