- Modest Altschuler was born on February 15, 1873 in Mogilev, Russian Empire [now Belarus]. He was a composer, known for Buffalo Bill Rides Again (1947), It's All in Your Mind (1938) and Song of My Heart (1948). He died on September 12, 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- In 1939, he filed a $250,000 plagiarism lawsuit against RKO Radio Pictures, Walt Disney Enterprises, Irving Berlin Inc. and Frank Churchill. The claim was that his composition entitled 'Russian Soldiers' Song' had formed the basis for 'Whistle While You Work' from "Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs".
- Brother of Joe Aller. Uncle of Eleanor Slatkin.
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