Finston, Nathaniel

Nathaniel Finston (1890-1979) was a conductor and musician. He conducted orchestras accompanying silent pictures in New York as concert master under Walter Damrosch and at Balaban and Katz in Chicago. He set up the film industry's first sound-music department for Paramount and worked as musical director there from 1928-1935. During the remainder of the 1940s and later, he collaborated on numerous independent pictures and travelogues.

From the description of Nathaniel Finston papers, 1938-1973. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 181381084