Alex North, Film Composer

"Alex North (1910-1991) was one of America's most renowned film composers. He developed his career in Hollywood over a 40 year period, from the early fifties to his death, and enhanced and enriched over 60 major motion pictures, including A Streetcar Named Desire, Cleopatra, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, to name a few. He accumulated 15 Oscar nominations, and received the Lifetime Achievement Oscar for his work." "Alex North's life and work are the focus of this book. The first part deals with his early life growing up in Chester, Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia, his studies at Juillia...