This short film was written, directed and produced by James Patrick and is a supposedly true story about the generosity of Felix Mendelssohn as well as the inspiration for his famous "wedding march". While I am certainly NOT an expert on the man, the entire piece strongly sounded like a complete work of fiction. Despite this, the film is reasonably entertaining and worth a peek, as it's a relatively early piece of Technicolor film AND the film is rather pretty to look at, as the color saturation is good and the people looked rather real.
Oddly, just before I saw this film, I saw Hollywood PARTY (1937)--another early MGM Technicolor short. However, unlike MENDELSSOHN'S WEDDING MARCH, the color was just grotesque--with over-saturated film and colors so vivid it made my eyes bleed. Thankfully, the process was perfected in the two years between the films.
Oddly, just before I saw this film, I saw Hollywood PARTY (1937)--another early MGM Technicolor short. However, unlike MENDELSSOHN'S WEDDING MARCH, the color was just grotesque--with over-saturated film and colors so vivid it made my eyes bleed. Thankfully, the process was perfected in the two years between the films.