Tibor Polgár

Hungarian composer

Tibor Polgár

Born| 11 March 1907

Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire

Died| 27 August 1993 (aged 86)

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Occupation| Composer
Years active| 1935–1978 (film)

Tibor Polgár (1907–1993) was a Hungarian composer of film scores.[1][2] After working for several decades in the Hungarian film industry, spanning both the Horthy era and the Communist period, he emigrated to Canada.

## Selected filmography

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* The New Landlord (1935)
* The Golden Man (1936)
* Sensation (1936)
* Beauty of the Pusta (1937)
* Deadly Spring (1939)
* Rózsafabot (1940)
* Haunting Spirit (1940)
* The Gyurkovics Boys (1941)
* A Bowl of Lentils (1941)
* Magdolna (1942)
* The Perfect Family (1942)
* Sirius (1942)
* Beautiful Star (1942)
* Devil Rider (1944)
* Something in the Water (1944)
* The Schoolmistress (1945)
* Song of the Cornfields (1947)
* The Siege of Beszterce (1948)
* Gala Suit (1949)
* Singing Makes Life Beautiful (1950)
* Déryné (1951)
* Relatives (1954)
* Keep Your Chin Up (1954)
* Accident (1955)
* Sunday Romance (1957)
* Don Juan's Last Adventure (1958)
* Up the Slope (1959)
* Red Ink (1960)
* In Praise of Older Women (1978)

## References

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1. ^ Wise p.105
2. ^ Petrucci p.529

## Bibliography

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* Petrucci, Antonio. Twenty Years of Cinema in Venice. International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art, 1952.
* Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988). Saur, 1981.
* Wise, Wyndham. Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. University of Toronto Press, 2001.

## External links

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* Tibor Polgár at IMDb

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