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Overview

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7.5/10   1,404 votes
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Director:
Jean Negulesco
Writers:
Clifford Odets (screenplay) and
Zachary Gold (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
25 December 1946 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Music | Romance more
Tagline:
TWO WHO MET AND KISSED AND NEVER SHOULD HAVE MET AGAIN! (original poster - all caps) more
Plot:
A classical musician from the slums is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
User Comments:
Perhaps Joan's Finest Hour more (43 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Joan Crawford ... Mrs. Helen Wright
John Garfield ... Paul Boray
Oscar Levant ... Sid Jeffers
J. Carrol Naish ... Papa Rudy Boray
Joan Chandler ... Gina Romney
Tom D'Andrea ... Phil Boray
Peggy Knudsen ... Florence Boray
Ruth Nelson ... Mama Esther Boray
Craig Stevens ... Monte Loeffler
Paul Cavanagh ... Mr. Victor Wright
Richard Gaines ... Bauer - Paul's 1st producer
John Abbott ... Rozner - conducts Nat.Inst.Orch.

Robert Blake ... Paul Boray - child (as Bobby Blake)
Tommy Cook ... Phil Boray - child
Don McGuire ... Teddy #2 - Prop. of Teddy's Bar
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Additional Details

Runtime:
125 min | West Germany:115 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Germany:12 (DVD rating) | Australia:PG | Australia:G (TV rating) | USA:Approved (certificate #11490) | West Germany:16 | Finland:S

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
John Garfield's violin "performances" are actually played by two professional violinists standing on either side of him, one to bow and one to finger. The actual music was performed by Isaac Stern. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Outside the beach house owned by Helen Wright (Joan Crawford), there is an ornate lantern on top of a post by the stairs leading from the house's terrace to the beach. In early sequences, the lantern has no glass and a bare light bulb is visible. Later sequences show the lantern with its glass installed, concealing the bulb. more
Quotes:
Sid Jeffers: It isn't what you are, it's what you don't become that hurts. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The Music of 'Humoresque' (2005) (V) more
Soundtrack:
You Do Something to Me more

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10 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Perhaps Joan's Finest Hour, 7 November 1999
Author: nickandrew from PA

The film is over 2 hours long, but Crawford only has about 1 hour of film time in it, and it is surely one of her finest performances and finest films in her lengthy career. She plays a married socialite who takes particular interest in a rising concert violinst (played by Garfield). This is one of my favorite movies of all time and yes the ending is one of the greatest of all times. ***1/2 out of ****.

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