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name: "Friedrich Hollaender"
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roles: ["Composer"]
born: "18 October 1896"
died: "18 January 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T01:57:29.837596+00:00"
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# Friedrich Hollaender

Composer. Born 18 October 1896 in London, UK. Died 18 January 1976.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 18 October 1896, London, UK
- **Died:** 18 January 1976
- **Active:** 1941–1950
- **Also known as:** Frederick Hollander, Friedrich Holländer
- **Frequently works with:** [Sidney Buchman](https://film.one/person/sidney-buchman.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 4 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 76 (2), 1950s 76 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Romance 3, Drama 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hollaender, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213900, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006130/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2916

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Here Comes Mr. Jordan*](https://film.one/film/here-comes-mr-jordan.md) (77), [*Born Yesterday*](https://film.one/film/born-yesterday.md) (76)
- **Tubi:** [*The Talk of the Town*](https://film.one/film/the-talk-of-the-town.md) (75)

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## Biography

Friedrich Hollaender, also credited as Frederick Hollander, was a German film composer and author. He was born in London on 18 October 1896 and died in Munich on 18 January 1976. His father was the operetta composer Victor Hollaender. The family returned to Berlin in 1899, where Hollaender studied at the Stern Conservatory under Engelbert Humperdinck and later worked as a répétiteur in Prague.

In the 1920s he composed for Max Reinhardt productions and became active in Berlin cabaret. His breakthrough came with the score for *The Blue Angel* (1930). After leaving Nazi Germany in 1933, he emigrated to the United States the following year. There he wrote music for over a hundred films, including *Destry Rides Again* (1939), *Here Comes Mr. Jordan* (1941), *A Foreign Affair* (1948), *Born Yesterday* (1950) and *Sabrina* (1954). He received four Academy Award nominations and returned to Germany in 1956.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Born Yesterday* (1950), Fi1m 76, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/born-yesterday.md)
- *The Talk of the Town* (1942), Fi1m 75, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-talk-of-the-town.md)
- *Here Comes Mr. Jordan* (1941), Fi1m 77, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/here-comes-mr-jordan.md)

## Complete filmography (109)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Empty Center* (1998), Music
- *The Blue Angel* (1996), Music
- *Perfectly Frank: Frank Loesser Revued* (1981), as Songs
- *One, Two, Three* (1961), as Conductor at Grand Hotel (uncredited)
- *The Haunted Castle* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *We're No Angels* (1955), Original Music Composer
- *Phffft* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *Sabrina* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *It Should Happen to You* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.* (1953), Original Music Composer, Songs
- *Androcles and the Lion* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *The First Time* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Darling, How Could You!* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *My Forbidden Past* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Born Yesterday* (1950), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/born-yesterday.md)
- *Walk Softly, Stranger* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Born to Be Bad* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Never a Dull Moment* (1950), Music
- *A Dangerous Profession* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Bride for Sale* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Strange Bargain* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Adventure in Baltimore* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Caught* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *A Woman's Secret* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *A Foreign Affair* (1948), as Piano Player at The Lorelei (uncredited) · Original Music Composer
- *Wallflower* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Berlin Express* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Stallion Road* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *The Perfect Marriage* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Never Say Goodbye* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *The Verdict* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *Janie Gets Married* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *The Bride Wore Boots* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *Cinderella Jones* (1946), Original Music Composer
- *My Name Is Julia Ross* (1945), Additional Music
- *Christmas in Connecticut* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *The Affairs of Susan* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *Conflict* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *Leave It to Blondie* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *The Missing Juror* (1944), Additional Music
- *The Soul of a Monster* (1944), Music
- *Once Upon a Time* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *The Chance of a Lifetime* (1943), Additional Music
- *Princess O'Rourke* (1943), Music
- *Background to Danger* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *The Talk of the Town* (1942), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-talk-of-the-town.md)
- *Wings for the Eagle* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Murder in the Big House* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *The Man Who Came to Dinner* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *You Belong to Me* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *Manpower* (1941), as Accompanist (uncredited)
- *Here Comes Mr. Jordan* (1941), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/here-comes-mr-jordan.md)
- *Million Dollar Baby* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *Footsteps in the Dark* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *Life with Henry* (1941), Original Music Composer
- *Victory* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *South of Suez* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Arise, My Love* (1940), as Songs
- *Seven Sinners* (1940), as Songs
- *Golden Gloves* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *The Great McGinty* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Queen of the Mob* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Safari* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Typhoon* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Too Many Husbands* (1940), Music
- *The Farmer's Daughter* (1940), as Songs
- *Remember the Night* (1940), Original Music Composer
- *Destry Rides Again* (1939), as Songs
- *Disputed Passage* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *Honeymoon in Bali* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *Night Work* (1939), Music
- *Man About Town* (1939), as Songs · Original Music Composer
- *Invitation to Happiness* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *Midnight* (1939), Original Music Composer
- *Zaza* (1939), as Songs · Music
- *Bluebeard's 8th Wife* (1938), Original Music Composer
- *True Confession* (1937), Original Music Composer
- *Angel* (1937), Music
- *Artists & Models* (1937), as Songs
- *Easy Living* (1937), Original Music Composer
- *Internes Can't Take Money* (1937), Original Music Composer
- *John Meade's Woman* (1937), Original Music Composer
- *The Jungle Princess* (1936), Music
- *Hideaway Girl* (1936), Music
- *Valiant Is the Word for Carrie* (1936), Music
- *Murder with Pictures* (1936), Original Music Composer
- *A Son Comes Home* (1936), Music
- *Desire* (1936), Original Music Composer
- *Till We Meet Again* (1936), Original Music Composer
- *Anything Goes* (1936), as Songs
- *Rose of the Rancho* (1936), Original Music Composer
- *Hands Across the Table* (1935), Original Music Composer
- *Accent on Youth* (1935), Original Music Composer
- *Shanghai* (1935), Original Music Composer
- *I Am Suzanne!* (1933), Music
- *The Only Girl* (1933), Director, Music Arranger
- *Moi et l'impératrice* (1933), Director
- *The Only Girl* (1933), Director
- *Tumultes* (1932), Original Music Composer
- *The Tempest* (1932), Music
- *In the act* (1931), as Songs
- *The Man in Search of His Murderer* (1931), as Vorsitzender der „Weißen Weste“ · Original Music Composer
- *Road to Rio* (1931), Music
- *Burglars* (1930), Original Music Composer
- *The Great Desire* (1930), Music
- *The Other* (1930), Music
- *The Blue Angel* (1930), as Pianist (uncredited) · Original Music Composer
- *The Wife's Crusade* (1926), Music Score Producer
- *Prinz Kuckuck* (1919), Music

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 4 nominated

- 1954: Best Original Musical Score (nominated), for *The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.*
- 1949: Best Original Song (nominated), for *This Is the Moment*
- 1943: Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score (nominated), for *The Talk of the Town*
- 1938: Best Original Song (nominated), for *Whispers in the Dark*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Schwabing Art Prize 1972: Schwabing Art Prize (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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