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Broadway Serenade

Anno di produzione: 1939

Stato del film: Catalogo

Paese d'origine: USA
Genere: Musical
Lingue: English
Plot: Mary Hale (a singer) and Jimmy Seymour (pianist/composer), are a show biz couple working in The Big Apple in small night clubs hoping to hit it big. One night, Larry Bryant (a Broadway producer) spots Mary and is taken with her beauty and golden voice. Larry Bryant asks her to audition for Mr. Collier and have Jimmy accompany her. After hearing Mary, Collier wants Mary to be in his show. Jimmy encourages a reluctant Mary to go on the road without him. Soon Mary's talent is noticed and her role in the show increases, while Harriet Ingalls the show's original star is pushed out. Ingalls quits promising to seek revenge. After 5 weeks on the road, Mary returns home. Mary is now a big star, while Jimmy's career has gone nowhere, and he feels threatened by Mary's success. Jimmy while waiting for Mary to dress, starts to read a Broadway magazine. Seeing pictures of Mary with Larry, he pours himself a drink and another till he's drunk. Larry stops by, and Ingalls suddenly appears and accuses Mary and Larry of having an affair. Jimmy leaves believing Ingalls' lies. Mary follows Jimmy trying to reason with him - a heated argument occurs. Mary leaves Jimmy and files for divorce. Two years pass and Jimmy now successful goes to see Mary wanting her back, but, he discovers that Mary and Larry are leaving for London that night to get married...
Colonna sonora: - "FOR EVERY LONELY HEART" Music by 'Herbert Stothart' (qv) & Edward Ward Lyrics by 'Gus Kahn' (qv) Performed by 'Jeanette MacDonald' (qv) - "HIGH FLYIN'" Performed by 'Jeanette MacDonald' (qv) - "GAY NINETIES MEDLEY" Performed by 'Jeanette MacDonald' (qv) - "NURSERY MEDLEY" Various Composers Performed by 'Jeanette MacDonald' (qv) - "ONE LOOK AT YOU" Written by 'Herbert Stothart' (qv) & 'Chet Forrest' (qv) Performed by 'Jeanette MacDonald' (qv) - "LES FILLES DE CADIZ" By Delibes & DeMusset Performed by 'Jeanette MacDonald' (qv) - "TIME CHANGES EVERYTING" Written by 'Gus Kahn' (qv) & 'Walter Donaldson' (qv) Performed by 'Jeanette MacDonald' (qv) - "NO TIME TO ARGUE" Written by Sigmund Romberg & 'Gus Kahn' (qv) Performed by 'Jeanette MacDonald' (qv) and Kenneth Stevens - "UN BEL DI" From 'Giacomo Puccini' (qv)'s 'Madame Butterfly' Performed by 'Jeanette MacDonald' (qv) - "MUSICAL CONTRACT" Written by 'Herbert Stothart' (qv) Performed by Lew Ayres and Al Shean - "ITALIAN STREET SONG" Written by 'Victor Herbert (I)' (qv) & Rita Johnson Young Performed by 'Jeanette MacDonald' (qv) - "QUANDO M'EN VO" From 'Giacomo Puccini' (qv)'s 'La Boheme' Performed by 'Jeanette MacDonald' (qv)
Visti censura internazionale: Finland:S
Date di uscita internazionali:
Denmark:25 October 1939
Finland:24 March 1940
USA:6 April 1939
Dati tecnici:
OFM:35 mm
PCS:Spherical
PFM:35 mm
RAT:1.37 : 1
Durata:
USA:114
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