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Richard Addinsell

Highest Rated: Dark Journey (1937)

Lowest Rated: 50% The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)

Birthday: Jan 13, 1904

Birthplace: London, England, UK

Scored numerous British historical and period films and won international recognition for his popular "Warsaw Concerto" from the 1940 film, "Dangerous Moonlight/Suicide Squadron." After writing incidental music for the stage, Addinsell first went to Hollywood in the early 1930s and returned to England to become a mainstay of the British film industry from the late 1930s to the mid-1960s, writing the music for such period films as "Goodbye Mr. Chips" (1939), "Gaslight" (1940), "A Christmas Carol" (1951), "The Prince and the Showgirl" (1957) and "A Tale of Two Cities" (1958) as well as the more contemporary, "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone" (1961) and "Life at the Top" (1965).

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Highest rated movies

40% Dark Journey
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86% 89% A Christmas Carol
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77% 75% Blithe Spirit
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75% 60% The Passionate Friends
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56% 34% Under Capricorn
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50% 55% The Prince and the Showgirl
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57% Sea Devils
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46% The War Lover
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56% A Diary for Timothy
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44% Waltz of the Toreadors
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 46% The War Lover Original Music - 1962
No Score Yet 44% Waltz of the Toreadors Original Music - 1962
50% 55% The Prince and the Showgirl Original Music - 1957
No Score Yet 52% Beau Brummell Original Music - 1954
No Score Yet 57% Sea Devils Original Music - 1953
86% 89% A Christmas Carol Original Music - 1951
75% 60% The Passionate Friends Music - 1949
56% 34% Under Capricorn Original Music - 1949
77% 75% Blithe Spirit Original Music - 1945
No Score Yet 56% A Diary for Timothy Original Music - 1945
No Score Yet 40% Dark Journey Original Music - 1937