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Allan Gray (composer)

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in 1935 (thereafter known as Lissy Gray, and described as "a Belgian countess"), and the following year they settled in
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Gray became a naturalized UK citizen on 29 January, 1947. He was friendly with another émigré musician, the conductor
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he was arrested (on June 26 1940) as an “enemy alien” and taken to Liverpool, and from there interned on the
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But by 1943 he had established himself in the British film industry, composing for
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petitioned for Gray to be released as a musician of eminent distinction.
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In 1951 he composed the score for the British–American adventure film
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Gray's "Swing Doors" is featured in the 2008 American video game
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This article is about the Polish composer. For other uses, see
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This biographical article related to film in Poland is a
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Gray's "Swing Doors" is featured in the documentary
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Allan Gray (disambiguation)
Alan Gray
Tarnow
Austria-Hungary
Tarnów
Austria-Hungary
Heidelberg
Berlin
Arnold Schoenberg
Max Reinhardt
Oscar Wilde
Dorian Gray
Weimar Republic
Emil and the Detectives
The Countess of Monte Cristo
Nazi Germany
Hendon
Amersham
émigré composers
Isle of Man
Ralph Vaughan Williams
London Films
Powell and Pressburger
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943
A Canterbury Tale
1944
I Know Where I'm Going!
1945
A Matter of Life and Death

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