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Franz Waxman (Franz Wachsmann) (1906-1967) German composer who joined UFA in 1930 but soon fled the rise of anti-Semitism. After scoring Liliom (1934) in France, he arrived in Hollywood that same year, where he composed the memorable music for Bride of Frankenstein (1935), The Invisible Ray (1935), The Great Impersonation (1935), The Devil Doll (1936), Trouble for Two (1936), A Christmas Carol (1938), On Borrowed Time (1939), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), The Brighton Strangler (1945) and Alias Nick Beal (1949). Waxman won Academy Awards for Sunset Blvd. (1950) and A Place in the Sun (1951).