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Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music

Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music

2019•2h 0m•7.6/10
Documentary

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7.6/10(5)

A look at the life and work of the Austrian composer who pioneered the musical scoring of films - hundreds of them - from King Kong, to Gone with the Wind, to Casablanca and beyond.

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Production

Zepra International

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Max Steiner

Max Steiner

Self (archive footage)

Lionel Friedberg

Narrator

Leonard Maltin

Leonard Maltin

Self

Ray Faiola

Ray Faiola

Max Steiner (voice)

Jon Burlingame

Self

Robert Townson

Self

Joe Rinaudo

Self

Scott Lasky

Self

Stan Taffel

Self

Ken Rosen

Self

Steven C. Smith

Steven C. Smith

Self

James D'Arc

Self

Peter Wegele

Self

John W. Morgan

Self

William T. Stromberg

Self

Daniel Selznick

Daniel Selznick

Self

Eleanor Slatkin

Self (archive footage)

Hugo Friedhofer

Hugo Friedhofer

Self (archive footage)

Michael Feinstein

Self

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