Franz Roberti is a famous orchestra conductor who has a number of girlfriends. While talking with his old music teacher, Professor Thalma, he meets Constance, an aspiring music composer. ...
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Katharine Hepburn | ... | Constance Dane Roberti | |
| Charles Boyer | ... | Franz Roberti | |
| John Beal | ... | Johnny Lawrence | |
| Jean Hersholt | ... | Professor Thalma | |
| Sam Hardy | ... | Marx | |
| Inez Courtney | ... | Miss Wilson | |
| Helene Millard | ... | Sylvia DeWitt | |
| Ferdinand Gottschalk | ... | Enrico Pazzini | |
| Susan Fleming | ... | Elise | |
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Lee Kohlmar | ... | Schubert |
| Jean Howard | ... | Didi Smith-Lennox | |
| Anne Grey | ... | Lady Phyllis Cameron | |
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Franz Roberti is a famous orchestra conductor who has a number of girlfriends. While talking with his old music teacher, Professor Thalma, he meets Constance, an aspiring music composer. They see each other, fall in love and marry. They honeymoon all over Europe and are happy back home until Constance finds him with a society divorcee and leaves him. Written by Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
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orchestra conductor | music teacher | manhattan new york city | husband wife relationship | infidelity |Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
31 May 1935 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Music Man See more »Filming Locations:
Wilshire Ebell Theatre - 4401 W. 8th St., Los Angeles, California, USAEdit
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$427,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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(1842) (uncredited)
Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Played on piano by John Beal and on trombone by Jean Hersholt
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The character of Franz Roberti was based on two real-life conductors of the period: Leopold Stokowski, who was well known for his rearrangements of music by Bach, Wagner and other composers; and Arturo Toscanini, who was notorious for insulting his musicians during rehearsals the way Roberti does in the film. See more »Soundtracks
The Wedding March(1842) (uncredited)
Music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Played on piano by John Beal and on trombone by Jean Hersholt
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Alright, so it is clichéd, sappy, and, compared to today's standards, overacted and self-important...but so is Love. Two lost souls find their other half, and foolishly loose all. Max Steiner's theme given to Constance as her "song of love" is gorgeous. Hepburn is youthful enthusiasm and radiance, and manages a pretty strong portrayal of weakness for such a strong lady. Boyer can speak centuries of emotion with those incredible eyes. For anyone who feels deeply about music, this movie isn't so far-fetched--and it's great with popcorn! (This from a lover of depression era costuming--try to ignore the clown-collars they put poor Kate in after she is married--she looked better poor!) So it's a 1930's chick-flick. Relax and step back to a time when love was worth sacrificing everything for.