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Occupation
  
Composer

Name
  
Karl Hajos


Role
  
Composer

Spouse
  
Elsa Hajos (m. 1916)

Born
  
28 January 1889
Budapest Austro-Hungarian Empire

Died
  
February 1, 1950, Los Angeles, California, United States

Nominations
  
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score

Music director
  
Werewolf of London, Grumpy, Minstrel Man, Morocco, The Phantom Creeps

Similar People
  
Heinz Roemheld, George Abbott, Douglas Sirk, Ferde Grofe, Harry Joe Brown

Karl Hajos (January 28, 1889 – February 1, 1950) was a Hungarian composer who worked on many film scores. Born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Hajos emigrated to the United States and worked in Hollywood. Beginning in the late silent era, he worked on over a hundred films with a variety of directors and studios. He was one of nine composers employed on the 1931 western Fighting Caravans. In 1934 he worked on Cecil B. Demille's thriller Four Frightened People.

Selected filmography

  • Loves of an Actress (1928)
  • The Woman from Moscow (1928)
  • Adoration (1928)
  • Beggars of Life (1928)
  • The Wolf of Wall Street (1929)
  • The Right to Love (1930)
  • Fighting Caravans (1931)
  • Four Frightened People (1934)
  • Werewolf of London (1935)
  • Summer Storm (1944)
  • Dangerous Intruder (1945)
  • The Man Who Walked Alone (1945)
  • Fog Island (1945)
  • Secrets of Linda Hamilton (1945)
  • The Mask of Diijon (1946)
  • Wild Country (1947)
  • Appointment with Murder (1948)
  • The Lovable Cheat (1949)
  • Search for Danger (1949)
  • References

    Karl Hajos Wikipedia


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