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The theme for "Hell And High Water" was written by Alfred Newman, but not for that later 20th Century Fox film. It was re-used in that film by the composer, but actually written more than twenty years earlier for a 1940 RKO picture called "Vigil In The Night" with Carol Lombard, Brian Aherne, Anne Shirley and a very youthful Peter Cushing. It's a marvelously underrated picture about dedicated nurses facing seemingly insurmountable odds as a deadly disease claims the lives of numerous children in an English hospital. The film, directed by George Stevens, has a beautiful original score by Alfred Newman which features this theme.
Steve
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I'm not sure if it was "produced by Fox." The credited producer is Louis de Rochement (the "March of Time" guy). It was obviously released by Fox, with a musical score applied by their music department.
The film THE FIGHTING LADY was started by Lieut.-Commander Dwight Long, who in civilian life was known for his round-the-world voyages and newsreel travelogues. After entering the U.S. Navy, Long was assigned to follow the activities of an airplane carrier, the U.S.S. Yorktown. When the story became too difficult for one man to cover, the assignment was handed to a group of ten to complete.
In May 1944, the Navy donated several thousand feet of Long's 16mm Kodachrome film taken aboard the Yorktown and the Yorktown's combat planes to Twentieth Century Fox, along with a story outline by prominent screenwriter Commander Frank Wead. Producer Louis de Rochemont was then was assigned to compile the footage into a feature.
I'm not sure what qualifies as "producing," but according to company legal records, Twentieth Century Fox agreed to pay all production costs associated with the picture, including blowing up the 16mm Kodachrome footage into 35mm Technicolor, and then release the film, retaining thirty percent of the gross receipts to cover distribution charges. All profits from the film were to be donated by the studio to the Navy Relief Society and Naval Aid Auxiliary. THE FIGHTING LADY was the first film made by the U.S. Armed Forces to be released by a commercial studio. The picture was narrated by M-G-M star Robert Taylor, who was a lieutenant in the Navy at the time of production.
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