Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Max Steiner (May 10, 1888 - 1971) was Austrian-American film composer, born Maximillian Raoul Steiner. Composing child prodigy; grandson of Maximilian Steiner (1839-1880), influential manager of Vienna's Theater an der Wien. Emigrated to the United States in 1924. Scored more than 50 Hollywood films. Selected filmography 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) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.