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A Song to Remember

  • 19451945
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 53m
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6.6/10
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Paul Muni, Merle Oberon, and Cornel Wilde in A Song to Remember (1945)
BiographyDramaMusic
Biography of Frederic Chopin.Biography of Frederic Chopin.Biography of Frederic Chopin.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
1.5K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
48,671
6,659
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    • Director
      • Charles Vidor
    • Writers
      • Sidney Buchman(screenplay)
      • Ernst Marischka(story)
    • Stars
      • Paul Muni
      • Merle Oberon
      • Cornel Wilde
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Charles Vidor
    • Writers
      • Sidney Buchman(screenplay)
      • Ernst Marischka(story)
    • Stars
      • Paul Muni
      • Merle Oberon
      • Cornel Wilde
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 46User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 6 Oscars
      • 1 win & 7 nominations total

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    Merle Oberon and Cornel Wilde in A Song to Remember (1945)
    Merle Oberon and Cornel Wilde in A Song to Remember (1945)
    Merle Oberon and Cornel Wilde in A Song to Remember (1945)
    Howard Freeman and Paul Muni in A Song to Remember (1945)
    Stephen Bekassy, Merle Oberon, and Cornel Wilde in A Song to Remember (1945)
    Merle Oberon and Cornel Wilde in A Song to Remember (1945)
    Merle Oberon and Cornel Wilde in A Song to Remember (1945)
    Paul Muni and Maurice Tauzin in A Song to Remember (1945)
    Stephen Bekassy, Merle Oberon, and Cornel Wilde in A Song to Remember (1945)
    Merle Oberon and Cornel Wilde in A Song to Remember (1945)
    Merle Oberon and Cornel Wilde in A Song to Remember (1945)
    Paul Muni, Merle Oberon, and Cornel Wilde in A Song to Remember (1945)

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    Paul Muni
    Paul Muni
    • Prof. Joseph Elsner
    Merle Oberon
    Merle Oberon
    • George Sand
    Cornel Wilde
    Cornel Wilde
    • Frédéric Chopin
    Nina Foch
    Nina Foch
    • Constantia
    George Coulouris
    George Coulouris
    • Louis Pleyel
    Howard Freeman
    Howard Freeman
    • Kalkbrenner
    Stephen Bekassy
    • Franz Liszt
    Sig Arno
    Sig Arno
    • Henri Dupont
    • (uncredited)
    Dawn Bender
    • Isabelle Chopin - Age 9
    • (uncredited)
    David Bond
    David Bond
    • Lackey
    • (uncredited)
    Walter Bonn
    • Major Domo
    • (uncredited)
    Eugene Borden
    • Duke of Orleans
    • (uncredited)
    William Challee
    William Challee
    • Titus
    • (uncredited)
    Paul Conrad
    • Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    Gino Corrado
    Gino Corrado
    • Man at Pleyel's
    • (uncredited)
    Peter Cusanelli
    • Balzac
    • (uncredited)
    Norma Drury
    Norma Drury
    • Duchess of Orleans
    • (uncredited)
    Claire Du Brey
    Claire Du Brey
    • Madame Mercier
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Charles Vidor
    • Writers
      • Sidney Buchman(screenplay)
      • Ernst Marischka(story)
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    • Trivia
      Liberace, who was in 1945 performing as "Walter 'Buster' Keys," stated that he got the idea of having an ornate candelabra on his piano from the scene in this film when George Sand (Merle Oberon) carries a candelabra into the darkened salon and places it on the piano to reveal Chopin as the pianist rather than Franz Liszt.
    • Goofs
      Almost all the pianos in the movie are artcase pianos made after the death of Chopin, the sound we hear is also of modern pianos.
    • Quotes

      George Sand: [to Chopin] Discontinue that so-called Polonaise jumble you've been playing for days.

    • Connections
      Featured in Liberace (1988)

    User reviews46

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    Top review
    Entertaining, if inaccurate, biography is typical of '40s musical bios...
    It must have taken courage to cast Cornel Wilde as the frail composer and Merle Oberon as George Sand, but in the Hollywood of 1940s all of the studios were busy churning out inaccurate biographies of musical greats. (Biggest miscasting was Cary Grant as Cole Porter in "Night and Day").

    So, it was no surprise when Columbia cast Cornel Wilde, handsome, debonair and athletic, as the composer and proceeded to create a script that had little to do with Chopin's actual life. But they can be forgiven. Film buffs who love serious music will have no qualms with the superb piano work by Jose Iturbi. Wilde does an excellent job of fingering as though he is doing the actual playing--perhaps the reason he won an Oscar nomination.

    Handsomely photographed in fine technicolor, it's certainly pleasing to look at and easy to listen to. The only major flaw is Paul Muni, whose acting style here is so grotesquely hammy it belongs to the silent period of film acting. He's given too much footage.

    Movie buffs will certainly enjoy this one for the pleasure of seeing Cornel Wilde in his star-making role and Merle Oberon at the peak of her beauty. If it's accuracy you insist on, stay away. It takes all the artistic liberties imaginable--and then some!
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    • Release date
      • January 18, 1945 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Chopin
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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