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Director:

Robert Z. Leonard

Writers:

Rida Johnson Young (operetta) and
Noel Langley (writer)
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Release Date:

26 March 1937 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | Musical | Romance more

Tagline:

Forbidden Love...Fatal Consequences more

Plot:

An elderly Miss Morrison recounts her life as the once young and beautiful opera singer Marcia Morney-then the toast of Napoleon III's Paris... more | add synopsis

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. more

User Comments:

A Charming Musical Romance more (26 total)


Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Jeanette MacDonald ... Marcia Mornay

Nelson Eddy ... Paul Allison

John Barrymore ... Nicolai Nazaroff
Herman Bing ... August Archipenko
Tom Brown ... Kip Stuart
Lynne Carver ... Barbara Roberts
Rafaela Ottiano ... Ellen
Charles Judels ... Cabby
Paul Porcasi ... Trentini
Sig Ruman ... Fanchon (as Sig Rumann)
Walter Kingsford ... Mr. Rudyard
Guy Bates Post ... Louis Napoleon
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Bud Murray Children ... Children at maypole
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Additional Details

Runtime:

132 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White (Sepiatone)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #3059)


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

One of MGM mogul Irving Thalberg's personal projects, this originally began filming in Technicolor, with Paul Lukas as Nikolai Nazaroff and Frank Morgan as August Archipenko. When Thalberg died, production was halted. When it was able to resume, black and white was selected as a more economical format. Lukas and Morgan were no longer available, so John Barrymore and Herman Bing took over their roles. more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Time Flies (1944) more

Soundtrack:

Czaritza more


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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
A Charming Musical Romance, 15 February 2000
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Author: Ron Oliver (revilorest@juno.com) from Forest Ranch, CA

Springtime in Paris. A beautiful young opera singer, trained under the jealous eye of a maestro much older than she, meets a handsome, lively voice student. Their spontaneous romance, sweetly brief & ultimately tragic, will be remembered with much tenderness every MAYTIME.

This was Jeanette Mac Donald & Nelson Eddy's third film together and it is one of the most beautifully sentimental movies of the 1930's. Enormous care was taken by MGM, right from the opening titles, to make this film special. The sets & costumes are splendid - notice the detail lavished on the two May Day scenes. The music, which carries the passions of the plot along, is never boring.

MacDonald & Eddy once again make an exciting couple and they are in very fine voice, indeed. John Barrymore effectively underplays his role, adding quiet despair to the maestro's descent into madness. Rafaela Ottiano, as Jeanette's maid, & Herman Bing, as Nelson's tutor, lend good support. Look for Billy Gilbert & Harry Davenport in small uncredited roles.

The final opera sequence is based on themes from Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony and was written especially for this film.

This is a movie you'll remember every Springtime...Love Time...May.

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