Hans May
Hans May | |
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| Born | 11 July 1886 |
| Died | 1 January 1959 (aged 72) |
| Other names | Johannes Mayer |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Years active | 1925 – 1958 (film) |
Hans May (11 July 1886 – 1 January 1959) was an Austrian-born film composer who went into exile in Britain after the Nazis came to power in his homeland, being of Jewish descent.[1] May composed over a hundred film scores. He wrote a musical in 1954.
Selected filmography[]
- Wood Love (1925)
- The Third Squadron (1926)
- Lace (1926)
- The Bohemian Dancer (1926)
- White Slave Traffic (1926)
- I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg (1926)
- The Heart of a German Mother (1926)
- Princess Trulala (1926)
- When I Came Back (1926)
- Our Emden (1926)
- We Belong to the Imperial-Royal Infantry Regiment (1926)
- Children's Souls Accuse You (1927)
- His Greatest Bluff (1927)
- The Beggar from Cologne Cathedral (1927)
- A Murderous Girl (1927)
- The Impostor (1927)
- The Eighteen Year Old (1927)
- The Field Marshal (1927)
- Klettermaxe (1927)
- Storm Tide (1927)
- The City of a Thousand Delights (1927)
- The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927)
- Only a Viennese Woman Kisses Like That (1928)
- Vienna, City of Song (1930)
- The Copper (1930)
- The Flame of Love (1930)
- Twice Married (1930)
- The Tiger Murder Case (1930)
- The Road to Dishonour (1930)
- Hai-Tang (1930)
- The Stolen Face (1930)
- A Student's Song of Heidelberg (1930)
- Let's Love and Laugh (1931)
- The Daredevil (1931)
- Weekend in Paradise (1931)
- All is at Stake (1932)
- Modern Dowry (1932)
- The Invisible Front (1932)
- Viennese Waltz (1932)
- The Ladies Diplomat (1932)
- Trenck (1932)
- The Pride of Company Three (1932)
- Ein Lied geht um die Welt (1933) (A song goes round the world)
- Wild Cattle (1934)
- My Song Goes Round the World (1934)
- Give Her a Ring (1934)
- The Diplomatic Lover (1934)
- A Star Fell from Heaven (1934)
- The Student's Romance (1935)
- No Monkey Business (1935)
- Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel (A Star falls from Heaven)
- Everything in Life (1936)
- Southern Roses (1936)
- A Star Fell from Heaven (1936)
- (c. 1936)
- The Lilac Domino (1937)
- Under Secret Orders (1937)
- I Killed the Count (1939)
- Paradise Lost (1940)
- Pastor Hall (1940)
- Thunder Rock (1942)
- Back-Room Boy (1942)
- Murder in Reverse (1945)
- Twilight Hour (1945)
- Waltz Time (1945)
- The Laughing Lady (1946)
- Green Fingers (1947)
- Brighton Rock (1947)
- Mrs. Fitzherbert (1947)
- Counterblast (1948)
- Warning to Wantons (1949)
- The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery (1950)
- Guilt Is My Shadow (1950)
- Shadow of the Eagle (1950)
- A Tale of Five Cities (1951)
- Tent City (1951)
- The Rival of the Empress (1951)
- Escape Route (1952)
- The Tall Headlines (1952)
- Rough Shoot (1953)
- Never Let Me Go (1953)
- The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958)
- A Song Goes Round the World (1958)
References[]
- ^ Siegbert Salomon Prawer, Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933, Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213
Bibliography[]
- Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925–1950. Berghahn Books, 2008.
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