Bernhard Kaun (5 April 1899 – 3 January 1980) was an American

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

and

orchestrator Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra (or, more loosely, for any musical ensemble, such as a concert band) or of adapting music composed for another medium for an orchestra. Also called "instrumentation", orch ...

. He is known for the ''

Frankenstein ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' is an 1818 Gothic novel written by English author Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein'' tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a Sapience, sapient Frankenstein's monster, crea ...

'' (1931) theme.

Filmography

*'' Platinum Blonde'' (1931) *''

'' (1931) *'' What Price Hollywood?'' (1932) *'' Doctor X'' (1932) *'' The Most Dangerous Game'' (1932) *'' Thirteen Women'' (1932) *'' A Bill of Divorcement'' (1932) *'' I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang'' (1932) *''

A Farewell to Arms ''A Farewell to Arms'' is a novel by American writer Ernest Hemingway, set during the Italian campaign of World War I. First published in 1929, it is a first-person account of an American, Frederic Henry, serving as a lieutenant () in the a ...

'' (1932) *'' 20,000 Years in Sing Sing'' (1932) *''

Frisco Jenny ''Frisco Jenny'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Ruth Chatterton and Louis Calhern. Its story bears a resemblance to ''Madame X'' (1929), Chatterton's previous hit film. Plot In 1906 San Fra ...

'' (1932) *''

Employees' Entrance ''Employees' Entrance'' is a 1933 pre-Code film about the devious manager of a New York department store ( Warren William) and his romantic involvement with a reluctant new employee (Loretta Young). It was directed by Roy Del Ruth. In 2019, the ...

'' (1933) *'' Mystery of the Wax Museum'' (1933) *''

King Kong King Kong, also referred to simply as Kong, is a fictional giant monster resembling a gorilla, who has appeared in various media since 1933. The character has since become an international pop culture icon,Erb, Cynthia, 1998, ''Tracking Kin ...

'' (1933) *'' I Loved a Woman'' (1933) *'' The Kennel Murder Case'' (1933) *''

Little Women ''Little Women'' is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott, originally published in two volumes, in 1868 and 1869. The story follows the lives of the four March sisters— Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—and details th ...

'' (1933) *'' Lady Killer'' (1933) *'' Son of Kong'' (1933) *'' Flying Down to Rio'' (1933) *'' The Lost Patrol'' (1934) *''

The Gay Divorcee ''The Gay Divorcee'' is a 1934 American Musical film, musical romantic comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich and starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. It also features Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes (actor, born 1906), Erik ...

'' (1934) *'' The Little Minister'' (1934) *'' The Informer'' (1935) *'' Becky Sharp'' (1935) *'' She'' (1935) *''

The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' () is a French historical adventure novel written and published in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is the first of the author's three d'Artagnan Romances. As with some of his other works, he wrote it in col ...

'' (1935) *'' The Last Days of Pompeii'' (1935) *'' Peter Ibbetson'' (1935) *'' The Petrified Forest'' (1936) *'' Modern Times'' (1936) *'' The Walking Dead'' (1936) *'' The Story of Louis Pasteur'' (1936) *''

Little Lord Fauntleroy ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was published as a serial in ''St. Nicholas Magazine'' from November 1885 to October 1886, then as a book by Charles Scribner's Sons, Scribner's (the publisher of ...

'' (1936) *'' Hearts Divided'' (1936) *'' China Clipper'' (1936) *'' The Garden of Allah'' (1936) *'' Black Legion'' (1937) *''

Marked Woman ''Marked Woman'' is a 1937 American dramatic crime film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart, with featured performances by Lola Lane, Isabel Jewell, Rosalind Marquis, Mayo Methot, Jane Bryan, Eduardo Ciann ...

'' (1937) *'' Lost Horizon'' (1937) *'' A Star Is Born'' (1937) *'' Souls at Sea'' (1937) *''

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (also simply known as ''Tom Sawyer'') is a novel by Mark Twain published on June 9, 1876, about a boy, Tom Sawyer, growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1830s-1840s in the town of St. Petersbu ...

'' (1938) *'' The Saint in New York'' (1938) *'' The Return of Doctor X'' (1939) *''

Gone with the Wind Gone with the Wind most often refers to: * Gone with the Wind (novel), ''Gone with the Wind'' (novel), a 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell * Gone with the Wind (film), ''Gone with the Wind'' (film), the 1939 adaptation of the novel Gone with the Wind ...

'' (1939) *'' They Died with Their Boots On'' (1941) *''

Kings Row ''Kings Row'' is a 1942 film starring Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan and Betty Field that tells a story of young people growing up in a small American town at the turn of the twentieth century. The picture was directed by Sam Woo ...

'' (1942) *''

Mission to Moscow Mission (from Latin 'the act of sending out'), Missions or The Mission may refer to: Geography Australia *Mission River (Queensland) Canada * Mission, British Columbia, a district municipality * Mission, Calgary, Alberta, a neighbourhood * ...

'' (1943) *'' Background to Danger'' (1943) *'' The Adventures of Mark Twain'' (1944) *'' Saratoga Trunk'' (1945) *'' Tomorrow Is Forever'' (1946) *'' Devotion'' (1946) *'' The Bravados'' (1958) *'' The Fly'' (1958)

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