RICHARD HAGEMAN
INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Date of birth
9 July 1882
Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
Date of death
6 March 1966
Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Mini biography
Composer, songwriter, conductor and pianist, educated at the Brussels Conservatory (Mus. D.)
and the Royal Conservatory of Amsterdam, on scholarships. He was a concert pianist at six
and accompanist for the Royal Opera Company in Amsterdam, assuming the conductorship in 1899.
Coming to the USA with Yvette Guilbert, he became a US citizen in 1906 and assistant conductor
of the Metropolitan Opera in 1908, and conductor between 1914 and 1932, conducting the
Sunday Night concerts for eight years. He went on to head the opera department at
Curtis Institute for four years, then the music directorship at the Chicago Civic Opera
and the Ravinia Park Opera for seven years. He conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra
summer concerts for four years, and guest-conducted symphony orchestras across the USA.
Coming to Hollywood in 1938, he conducted the Hollywood Bowl for six seasons. He joined ASCAP in 1950.
IMDb mini-biography by Hup234!
Filmography
Composer
Stolen Identity
1952 Adventures in Vienna
1950 Wagon Master (musical score)
1949 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (musical score)
1948 Three Godfathers
1948 Fort Apache (musical score)
1947 Mourning Becomes Electra
1947 The Fugitive (musical score)
1947 Angel and the Badman
1941 The Shanghai Gesture
1941 Paris Calling
1941 This Woman Is Mine
1940 The Long Voyage Home
1940 The Tree of Liberty
1939 Rulers of the Sea
1939 Hotel Imperial
1939 Stagecoach (musical score adaptation: based on American folk songs)
1938 If I Were King
Actor
1. Rhapsody (1954) .... Bruno Fürst
2. The Great Caruso (1951) .... Carlo Santi
3. Grounds for Marriage (1951) .... Dr. Engelstaat
4. The Toast of New Orleans (1950) .... Maestro P. Trellini
5. 3 Godfathers (1948) (uncredited) .... Saloon pianist
6. Fun on a Weekend (1947) .... Mr. Cowperwaithe
7. New Orleans (1947) .... Henry Ferber
8. The Bachelor's Daughters (1946) .... Mr. Johnson
... aka Bachelor Girls (UK)
9. Sensations of 1945 (1944) (uncredited) .... Pendergast
... aka Sensations (USA: reissue title)
10. Hi Diddle Diddle (1943) .... Boughton
... aka Diamonds and Crime (USA: reissue title)
... aka Try and Find It