Sometimes a President’s rise bears more drama than his tenure in the White House. Though Franklin Delano Roosevelt experienced his... Read More
For all our real-time fascination with the Presidency, audiences usually show very little interest in cinematic portrayals of the Commander... Read More
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The star of HUMORESQUE was composer Franx Waxman, not John Garfield’s driven concert violinist nor Joan Crawford as his patroness-slash-lover. Waxman’s... Read More
My 50th birthday is approaching so I’ve naturally been taking stock of, well, everything. I’ve been looking back at the... Read More
The highlight of Franz Waxman’s Oscar-nominated score for TARAS BULBA (1962) is the thrilling “The Ride to Dubno.” As Yul... Read More
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In addition to albums devoted to certain composers, Charles Gerhardt compiled a series of albums devoted to various film stars... Read More
FRANZ WAXMAN made history when he won for the Academy Award for his score to A PLACE IN THE SUN... Read More