Here's another of the occasional musical shorts that James A. Fitzpatrick produced for MGM. He's best remembered for the enormous number of Technicolor travelogues he produced and narrated for MGM, but his earliest work was producing musical shorts for Pathe starting in 1925; presumably the house orchestra played appropriate accompaniment back in those days.
This one is a a fanciful extravaganza about Mendelssohn, shot in gorgeous Technicolor, with Mendelssohn's best-remembered music used both as background score and incidental pieces. The MGM lot never looked better than in this beautifully preserved piece that plays occasionally on Turner Classic Movies.
This one is a a fanciful extravaganza about Mendelssohn, shot in gorgeous Technicolor, with Mendelssohn's best-remembered music used both as background score and incidental pieces. The MGM lot never looked better than in this beautifully preserved piece that plays occasionally on Turner Classic Movies.