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Alfred Newman

Born: 17 March 1901, New Haven, Connect.
Died: 17 February 1970, Los Angeles, Ca.

Highlighted works

  • Foreign Correspondent

    Foreign Correspondent

    Stunning set pieces abound in Alfred Hitchcock’s espionage adventure.

  • All about Eve

    All about Eve

    Broadway diva Bette Davis tries to fend off her rivals in this six Oscar-winning drama.

  • The Grapes of Wrath

    The Grapes of Wrath

    Novelist John Steinbeck’s great chronicle of Depression-era America reached the screen in director John Ford’s stark and powerful adaptation.

  • My Darling Clementine

    My Darling Clementine

  • Modern Times

    Modern Times

    The final outing for Charlie Chaplin’s beloved Tramp character finds him enduring the pratfalls and humiliations of work in an increasingly mechanised society.

  • City Lights

    City Lights

    The Tramp wins the affections of a blind flower seller (Virginia Cherrill) in this hilarious but heartbreaking comedy – one of Charlie Chaplin’s uncontested masterpieces.

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