Samuel Kaylin (18 January 1892 – 7 July 1983) was a film composer who scored Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto movies for Fox Film and 20th Century Fox.
Kaylin was born in Ukraine and emigrated to the United States on January 16, 1907 aboard the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship Neckar[1] He worked as a musician at the Chinese Theater in Los Angeles.
[2] Kaylin joined Fox Film in 1930 and composed more than 80 film scores.
Among them were the scores for Shirley Temple's Bright Eyes and John Ford's Judge Priest.
[4] Kaylin died in Bakersfield, California.