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Director:
Robert Z. Leonard
Writers:
Lew Lipton (story) &
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Release Date:
7 April 1939 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Musical more
Tagline:
She Stumbled On A Career and Broke Her Heart.
Plot:
Mary Hale (a singer) and Jimmy Seymour (pianist/composer), are a show biz couple working in The Big Apple in small night clubs hoping to hit it big... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Jeanette MacDonald ... Mary Hale
Lew Ayres ... James Geoffrey 'Jimmy' Seymour
Ian Hunter ... Larry Bryant
Frank Morgan ... Cornelius Collier, Jr.
Wally Vernon ... Joey, the Jinx
Rita Johnson ... Judith 'Judy' Tyrrell
Virginia Grey ... Pearl
William Gargan ... Bill Foster
Katharine Alexander ... Harriet Ingalls
Al Shean ... Herman
Esther Dale ... Mrs. Olsen, the Landlady
Franklin Pangborn ... Gene, Collier's Composer
E. Alyn Warren ... Everett
Paul Hurst ... Reynolds, a Drunk
Frank Orth ... Mr. Fellows
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Serenade
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Runtime:
114 min | USA:109 min (Turner library print)
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 #5105)
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Busby Berkeley only directed the final musical number. more
Quotes:
James: Lambchop, do you remember that wonderful, romantic honeymoon we never had?
Mary: I remember it as though it were tomorrow.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Electrical Power (1938) more
Soundtrack:
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You'll have to see for yourself., 1 June 2004
Author: jayson-4 from United States

Strange musical stew with a puppyish Lew Ayres and a soft-focus Jeanette MacDonald making an unlikely romantic pair. The score is, shall we say, oddly eclectic, ranging from Victor Herbert (surprise!) to Ella Fitzgerald. Worth catching, though, for the final reel, which features possibly the screwiest musical number ever to appear in a "golden-age" MGM film (via Busby Berkeley). This one's beyond description -- not even Harlow singing or Crawford dancing comes close.

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