David Raksin Movies

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

An alcoholic captain sails a two-master through danger with a call girl and others on board.

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

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...

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 story of how the classic epic "Ben-Hur" was made.

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

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...