Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music
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.
Genre: Biography, Documentary, Music
Director: Diana Friedberg
Actors: Lionel Friedberg, Max Steiner, Ray Faiola
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