So This Is Love (1953)Biopic of opera star Grace Moore, who was killed in a plane crash in 1947. Director:Gordon DouglasWriter:John Monks Jr. |
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So This Is Love (1953)Biopic of opera star Grace Moore, who was killed in a plane crash in 1947. Director:Gordon DouglasWriter:John Monks Jr. |
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Grace Moore
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Buddy Nash
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| Joan Weldon | ... |
Ruth Obre
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| Walter Abel | ... |
Colonel James Moore
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Rosemary DeCamp | ... |
Aunt Laura Stokley
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Jeff Donnell | ... |
Henrietta Van Dyke
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| Douglas Dick | ... |
Bryan Curtis
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| Ann Doran | ... |
Mrs. James Moore
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Margaret Field | ... |
Edna Wallace
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Mabel Albertson | ... |
Mary Garden
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Fortunio Bonanova | ... |
Dr. Marafioti
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| Marie Windsor | ... |
Marilyn Montgomery
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Noreen Corcoran | ... |
Grace Moore at 8
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Biopic of opera star Grace Moore, who was killed in a plane crash in 1947.
This seems to be fairly accurate as a biopic. certainly, the sequence where Grace Moore's vocal trauma was dealt with appeared to follow the events and treatment described in You're Only Human Once, Moore's autobiography.
1953 was a year in which two American singers starred in filmed tributes to stars of earlier times: Patrice Munsel played the title role in the British production of Melba, and Kathryn Grayson made a convincing and entertaining Grace Moore for Warners.
So This Is Love is a film that many people may find enjoyable, and seems to have been a worthy attempt by both the star and the studio to pay their sincere respects to Grace Moore, herself an outstanding figure in stage and film work. Hopefully it may soon be available on DVD or whatever the new formats may be.