The only Finn on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame
mainThere was an orchestra-backed performance last night in Helsinki of Mauritz Stiller’s 1919 film, The Song of the Scarlet Flower, with the original score by Armas Järnefelt – believed to be the first film soundtrack by a Nordic composer.
A recording will be released later this week by Ondine.
Stiller, a prolific director, discovered Greta Garbo and took her to Hollywood, earning his footprint of fame.
No Finn has ever made it there again.
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