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Director:
W.S. Van Dyke
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Writers:
Johann von Vásáry (play)
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Release Date:
9 July 1942 (USA) more
Genre:
Fantasy | Musical | Romance | Comedy more
Tagline:
America's Favorite Sweethearts in their final pairing!
Plot:
Anna Zador is a secretary who's been working for 6 years at Count Willie Palaffi's bank. Every day,... more | add synopsis
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The MacDonald-Eddy Formula, at the Bottom of the Empty Glass more (12 total)

Cast

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Jeanette MacDonald ... Anna / Brigitta

Nelson Eddy ... Count Palaffi

Edward Everett Horton ... Peter
Binnie Barnes ... Peggy
Reginald Owen ... 'Whiskers'
Douglass Dumbrille ... Baron Szigethy
Mona Maris ... Marika
Janis Carter ... Sufi
Inez Cooper ... Iren
Leonid Kinskey ... Zinski
Anne Jeffreys ... Polly
Marion Rosamond ... Dolly
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Runtime:
84 min | USA:90 min (copyright length)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #8401) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
Filming Locations:
Sherwood Forest, California, USA
Company:
Loew's more

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Trivia:
Originally planned as a vehicle for Jeanette MacDonald 10 years earlier, but the somewhat racy content put the musical on hold at MGM, until it was a hit on Broadway in 1938. more
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Referenced in Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940) more
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Entrance of Angels more

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The MacDonald-Eddy Formula, at the Bottom of the Empty Glass, 17 March 2006
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Author: nycritic

When anyone comes into a film of this type of film it's not without saying that an overdose of that great over-the-counter brain-medicine, Suspension of Disbelief, comes in mighty handy.

Jeanette MacDonald plays two roles: Anna/Brigitta, the woman who Nelson Eddy has ignored since the beginning of time, but who also is -- an angel sent to Earth.

My reaction when I saw this was a mute gasp of "Hunh?" Where have I seen this before? It turns out, I have seen it before, but in a movie made much later than this one. DATE WITH AN ANGEL, a forgettable pile of dreck made in 1987, cashed in on the ethereal beauty of one Emmanuelle Beart who had no speaking lines, also wore a blond wig, and made life hell for soap-actor Michael Knight. Much worse in every conceivable angle with ultra-low 80s values but more than likely an updated version of this 1942 turkey.

Anyway, not to elaborate, this is not a memorable film and stands as a doorstop of information because it was the last time MacDonald and Eddy, neither very good actors but terrific singers, would be together playing up the "innocence" and "clean-cut" romance that they were known for. After that you may need a cold shower, not because there are any steamy scenes here, but to get rid of the memory.

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