Name	Eisler, Hanns
Alternative Names
ID	2707
Gender	male
Lifespan	1898-07-06 - 1962-09-06
Professions	Komponist

Collection(s)	Default import collection manually created entity Österreicher in Hollywood webclient
Uri(s)	https://ica.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/entity/2706/ https://ica.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/entity/2707/ https://d-nb.info/gnd/118529692
Notes	He contributed to the Rockefeller Foundation's experimential studies about the function of music in film (1940-1942) by composing for Fords "The Grapes of Wrath". A result of these studies was the publication "Composing for the Film". Eislers most well known and successful film scores include those composed for Fritz Lang’s "Hangmen Also Die" (1943) and Clifford Odet’s "None But the Lonely Heart". His house in Malibu was a meeting point for many artists among them Thomas Mann and Charlie Chaplin. Eisler was a political Marxist artist but he never engaged in any political activities while being in the U.S. Nevertheless he was accused of "un-American activities" by the HUAC (House Commitee of Un-American activities) in 1947 and was expelled from the country. Many prominent personalities tried to help Eisler stay in the U.S. but to no avail. On 28 February 1948 there was a farewell concert in his honor - among the organisers were Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland. One month later, Eisler left the U.S. and went back to Vienna.
References	See pg. 68-70 in Ulrich, Rudolf, "Österreicher in Hollywood", Edition S, 1993.