...Franz Waxman
Born in what is now
Poland in 1906.
Suffered from vision
problems his whole life after a pot of boiling water fell in his eyes as a
small child.
Worked on 1930’s The Blue Angel before heading to America
to work on the score for Bride of Frankenstein
in 1935.
Wrote the score for
4 Hitchcock films: Suspicion, Rebecca, The
Paradine Case, and Rear Window.
Nominated 12 times,
wining back to back awards of Sunset Blvd, and A Place In The Sun.
Composed concerts and founded the Los Angeles
International Music Festival in 1947, which he headed for 20 years.
Known for his work in Humoresque, The Philadelphia Story, Peyton Place, and A Nun’s Story.
Worked for Universal, MGM and Warner Bros.
Married once until her death and had 2
children.
Died in 1967 at the young age of 60 in Los
Angeles
