David Raksin Movies

A story of of the captain of an oil tanker during World War II, Captain Bart Manson, who rescues Katherine Hall when her ship is sunk by a German...

After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.

Story of a dog that is fanatically devoted to its master.

A young couple's marriage is threatened by the husband's love of horses and the racetrack circuit.

The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.

When Brooklyn's Kings Theater -- one of five "Wonder Theaters" in the New York area -- closed its doors in 1977, the neighborhood mourned. In a...

The Passion of Jesus, starting with His arrest and trial, was shot near Madrid and features narration by Sebastien Cabot. Jesus' face is never seen,...

A Navy pilot gets involved in a romantic triangle while stationed in Hawaii.

With a revived interest in the scores created for Hollywood films in the 1930's and 40's. "Music for the Movies: The Hollywood Sound" explores a...

In the silent film era, movies were never really silent. In the background of films that made figures like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton into...

A documentary on American composer George Antheil (1900-1959) featuring excerpts from Leger's Ballet Mecanique (1924) for which Antheil wrote the...

A portrait of the film-composer David Raksin, made for German television. Released in 1994.