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Overview

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Director:

Henry King

Writers:

Irving Berlin (story)
Kathryn Scola (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

16 August 1938 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | Musical | Romance more

Tagline:

An American Cavalcade!

Plot:

This send-up of ragtime song and dance begins in 1915 San Francisco when society boy Roger Grant decides to pursue popular rather than serious music. more | add synopsis

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 5 nominations more

User Comments:

Test of Time more (15 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tyrone Power ... Roger Grant ak Alexander
Alice Faye ... Stella Kirby

Don Ameche ... Charlie Dwyer
Ethel Merman ... Jerry Allen
Jack Haley ... Davey Lane
Jean Hersholt ... Professor Heinrich
Helen Westley ... Aunt Sophie
John Carradine ... Speakeasy Doorman / Taxi Driver
Paul Hurst ... Bill Mulligan
Wally Vernon ... Wally Vernon
Ruth Terry ... Ruby
Douglas Fowley ... Snapper
Chick Chandler ... Louie
Eddie Collins ... Corporal Collins
Joseph Crehan ... Stage Manager
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Irving Berlin's Alexander's Ragtime Band (USA) (promotional title)
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Runtime:

106 min | Argentina:109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA High Fidelity Recording)

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | USA:Approved (PCA #4098) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Canada:G (video rating) | Finland:K-16


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Grady Sutton (Babe), James Gordon (Equity President) and Joan Castle (Equity Secretary) were in studio records/casting call lists for those roles, but they did not appear in the film. more

Goofs:

Continuity: When Wally Vernon comes forward to do his specialty number, he passes Alexander twice, glancing at him both times. more

Quotes:

Stella Kirby: You haven't left me with a word to say.
Charlie Dwyer: That's good. People talk too much anyway.
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Movie Connections:

Featured in Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997) (TV) more

Soundtrack:

I Can Always Find a Little Sunshine in the Y.M.C.A. more


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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Test of Time, 3 September 1999
10/10
Author: Carolyn Daily (daleoc@worldnet.att.net) from Chicago, Illinois, USA

Half a century ago, when I was 10, I wanted to dance my way home after seeing this film at the old Princess Theater in Urbana, Illinois, the theater where Roger Ebert said he fell in love with movies. In August, 1999, I rediscovered the film on a rented video cassette. Two days ago I bought the video. Irving Berlin wrote so many great songs that they carry the narrative of star-crossed lovers in the years before and after World War I as well.

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