Austrian-American film composer (1888-1971), born Maximillian Raoul Steiner. Emigrated to the United States in 1924. Scored more than 50 Hollywood films, including:
Cimarron(1931),
King Kong(1933),
The Informer(Academy Award, 1935),
A Star is Born(1937),
Gone with the Wind(1939),
Casablanca(1942),
Now, Yoyager(Academy Award, 1942),
Since You Went Away(1944),
The Big Sleep(1946),
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre(1947),
The Caine Mutiny(1954).