My Love Came Back (1940)

Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius arranges to have a scholarship given to her through his employee Tony so that Julius can ... See full summary »

Director:

Curtis Bernhardt (as Kurt Bernhardt)

Writers:

Ivan Goff (screen play), Robert Buckner (screen play)

Stars:

Olivia de Havilland, Jeffrey Lynn, Eddie Albert

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Olivia de Havilland	...	Amelia Cornell
Jeffrey Lynn	...	Tony Baldwin
Eddie Albert	...	Dusty Rhodes
Jane Wyman	...	Joy O'Keefe
Charles Winninger	...	Julius Malette
Spring Byington	...	Mrs. Malette
Grant Mitchell	...	Dr. Kobbe
William T. Orr	...	Paul Malette (as William Orr)
Ann Gillis	...	Valerie Malette
S.Z. Sakall	...	Geza Peyer
Charles Trowbridge	...	Dr. Downey
Mabel Taliaferro	...	Dowager
William B. Davidson	...	Agent (as William Davidson)
Nanette Vallon	...	Sophie
Sidney Bracey	...	Butler (as Sidney Bracy)

Storyline

Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius arranges to have a scholarship given to her through his employee Tony so that Julius can escort Amelia to every musical event in the city. The trouble begins when he cannot meet her one night and Tony goes in his place. Tony believes that Julius and Amelia are a couple and then son Paul thinks that Tony and Amelia are a couple as he is sending her the money. The worst part is that Amelia might leave classical music for swing music with classmates Dusty, Joy and the band.

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Plot Keywords:

scholarship | violinist | check | waltz | wedding anniversary | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Music

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 July 1940 (USA)

Also Known As:

Episode

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 16, 1941 with Olivia de Havilland and Charles Winninger reprising their film roles.

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Goofs

When Amelia throws the book through the glass door, it breaks out only the top part of the glass. But, when she leaves the office, only the center part is broken out, before she slams the door and breaks the rest.

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Quotes

Amelia Cornell: Go into Swing music? No thanks, Dusty, I'll stick to real music.
Joy O'Keefe: But look, Amelia, Swing musicians aren't freaks anymore, they're artists with a new mode of music.

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Crazy Credits

Franz Liszt was credited orally by Jane Wyman during the film.

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Connections

Remake of Episode (1935)

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Soundtracks

Romantic Waltz
(ca 1830) (uncredited)
Music by Joseph Lanner
Played at the Beaux Arts Ballroom

User Reviews

A delightful programmer

This movie is basic definition of a programmer, a movie devoid of any ideas of its own except those that have been gleamed from other movies, and characters that are composites of characters that we have seen in other movies, stock characters so they are called. That said, the movie is delightful and it was a hit in its year of release, not a big hit for a hit none the less. Olivia de Havilland, a few years before becoming Oscar winning actress headlines this stepper. Obviously, it was to escape movies like this that Olivia sued WB and won but there is a fun to this cut-out characters. The story is that of a girl whom is a violin prodigy and has a school scholarship but is working on the side to make money to send back home to the suffering family. To make things easier, a benefactor gives money to her disguised as a scholarship. This causes people to think she is his "unknown woman". Complications arise and all is well that ends well. Note, there is a bit of whimsy flight of fancy on the part of director Curtis Bernhandt who turns Olivia and co-star Jeffrey into peris dancing on a large scale of written compositions for great classical music as they dance to the music.