Korngold had been hurt by the assumption that a successful film composer was one that had sold his integrity to Hollywood, just as earlier he had been hurt by many critics' assumptions that his works were performed only because he was the son of music critic Julius Korngold.
Korngold a fost afectat de prezumția că un compozitor de muzică de film celebru este unul care și-a vândut integritatea Hollywood-ului, așa cum înainte a fost afectat de ideea criticilor că muzica sa este interpretată doar datorită faptului că este fiul criticului de muzică Julius Korngold.