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Overview
Release Date:
8 November 1940 (USA) moreTagline:
A musical triumph! morePlot:
In order to avoid an arranged marriage with a man she doesn't love, Sarah Millick runs off to Vienna with her music teacher... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. moreUser Comments:
Yet another Jeanette and Nelson bonbon! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jeanette MacDonald | ... | Sarah Millick, later Sari Linden |
 | Nelson Eddy | ... | Carl Linden |
 | George Sanders | ... | Baron Von Tranisch |
| Ian Hunter | ... | Lord Shayne |
| Felix Bressart | ... | Max |
| Edward Ashley | ... | Harry Daventry |
| Lynne Carver | ... | Dolly |
| Diana Lewis | ... | Jane |
| Curt Bois | ... | Ernst |
| Fay Holden | ... | Mrs. Millick |
| Sig Ruman | ... | Herr Schlick (as Sig Rumann) |
| Janet Beecher | ... | Lady Daventry |
| Charles Judels | ... | Herr Wyler |
| Veda Ann Borg | ... | Manon |
| Herman Bing | ... | Market Keeper |
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94 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)MOVIEmeter: 
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Except for a few shots where she was doubled by Audrey Scott, Jeanette MacDonald did most of her own horseback riding. moreQuotes:
Sarah Millick, later Sari Linden: [over a very sparse dinner] Oh well, maybe it's all for the best. I hear more people die from overeating than from any other cause.Carl Linden: I bet we'll be immortal, then. I hate Herr Weiller.
Sarah Millick, later Sari Linden: I hate the market keeper.
Carl Linden: I hate the landlord.
Sarah Millick, later Sari Linden: That's not fair, *I* was going to hate the landlord. *You* hate Herr Weiller again.
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Saw this film recently on a Turner Classic Movies TV broadcast and was dazzled once again by an incredibly deluxe production number in which the color palette was limited to aquas, subtle shades of pinks and rose, dazzling whites and ivories and that's about it. It's a song, mounted as part of an operetta, "Ziguener" ("The Gypsy"), in which Jeanette MacDonald is pursued over an enormous, multi-level stage by a flotilla of violin-playing, elaborately costumed musicians as she trills her heart out. It's Hollywood extravagance at its most eye-filling, and the gorgeous Technicolor justifies the Oscar nominations for art direction and color cinematography which this film received. M-G-M gave its "Singing Sweethearts," Jeanette and Nelson Eddy, a lovely vehicle with this one and its like will probably never grace a first-run screen ever again. Thank goodness that TCM occasionally exhumes this one from its vault to delight us every once in a while.