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The Great Victor Herbert

12/29/1939

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1hr 31min

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Music

,Romance

Hear 28 Victor Herbert Melodies

STORY

In his last film assignment, portly Walter Connolly fills the title role (in more ways than one) in The Great Victor Herbert. Very little of Herbert's life story is incorporated in the screenplay (a closing title actually apologizes for the film's paucity of cold hard facts); instead, the writers allow the famed composer's works to speak for themselves. In the tradition of one of his own operettas, Herbert spends most of his time patching up the shaky marriage between tenor John Ramsey (Allan Jones) and Louise Hall (Mary Martin). Many of Herbert's most famous compositions are well in evidence, including "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life", "March of the Toys" and "Kiss Me Again", the latter performed con brio by teenaged coloratura Susanna Foster. Evidently, the producers were able to secure the film rights for the Herbert songs, but not for the stage productions in which they appeared, which may explain such bizarre interpolations as having a song from Naughty Marietta.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Allan Jones
  • Mary Martin
  • Walter Connolly
  • Lee Bowman
  • Susanna Foster

    Director

  • Andrew L. Stone

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Paramount Pictures

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Allan Jones

John Ramsey

Mary Martin

Louise Hall

Walter Connolly

Victor Herbert

Lee Bowman

Dr. Richard Moore

Susanna Foster

Peggy

Judith Barrett

Marie Clark

Jerome Cowan

Barney Harris

John Garrick

Warner Bryant

Pierre Watkin

Albert Martin

Hal K. Dawson

George Faller

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