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Which director invited Korngold to Hollywood?

  • Max Reinhardt

  • Alfred Hitchcock

  • Cecil B. DeMille

  • Orson Welles

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Max Reinhardt, a renowned theatre director, extended an invitation to Erich Wolfgang Korngold to join him in Hollywood. Korngold, an Austrian composer, had already gained recognition for his operatic and orchestral works. Reinhardt's invitation marked a significant turning point in Korngold's career, as he subsequently became one of the most celebrated composers of film music in Hollywood's Golden Age.
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