Hans May
| Hans May | |
|---|---|
| Born |
11 July 1886 Vienna Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| Died |
31 December 1958 (aged 72) London, England United Kingdom |
| Other names | Johannes Mayer |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Years active | 1925 - 1958 (film) |
Hans May (11 July 1886 – 31 December 1958) was an Austrian-born film composer who went into exile in Britain after the Nazis came to power in his homeland. May composed over a hundred film scores. He wrote a musical Wedding in Paris in 1954.
Selected filmography
- Wood Love (1925)
- The Third Squadron (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)
- We Belong to the Imperial-Royal Infantry Regiment (1926)
- His Greatest Bluff (1927)
- The Field Marshal (1927)
- Vienna, City of Song (1930)
- The Copper (1930)
- The Flame of Love (1930)
- The Road to Dishonour (1930)
- Hai-Tang (1930)
- A Student's Song of Heidelberg (1930)
- Let's Love and Laugh (1931)
- Weekend in Paradise (1931)
- All is at Stake (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)
- 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)
- Heut ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben (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)
- 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)
- Escape Route (1952)
- The Tall Headlines (1952)
- Rough Shoot (1953)
- Never Let Me Go (1953)
- The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1958)
Bibliography
- Bergfelder, Tim & Cargnelli, Christian. Destination London: German-speaking emigrés and British cinema, 1925-1950. Berghahn Books, 2008.
External links
- Hans May at the Internet Movie Database
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