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Broadway’s Gwen Marlowe and Ernest Lane are sweethearts, onstage as stars of Victor Herbert’s operetta and offstage as happily marrieds. Then Hollywood beckons, and their fretful stage producer puts the kibosh on any Tinseltown plans by trumping up a romantic triangle that sets the lovebirds feuding. The 24–karat Golden Age singing team of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy headlines a lavish, gossamer-weight box office smash glittering with songs that showcase their superb voices. Director W. S. Van Dyke II provides sophistication, the Dorothy Parker-Alan Campbell script provides rapier wit and the Oscar®-winning cinematography* provides proof the ravishing, red-haired MacDonald was born for Technicolor®.
Original Release
12/22/1938
US Release
12/22/1938
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jeanette MacDonald | Gwen Marlowe |
Nelson Eddy | Ernest Lane |
Frank Morgan | Felix Lehman |
Ray Bolger | Hans |
Florence Rice | Kay Jordan |
Mischa Auer | Leo Kronk |
Herman Bing | Oscar Engel |
George Barbier | Benjamin Silver |
Reginald Gardiner | Norman Trumpett |
Fay Holden | Hannah |
Directors
W.S. Van Dyke, Robert Z. Leonard
Writers
Frédérique De Grésac, Harry B. Smith, Robert B. Smith, Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, Laura Perelman, S.J. Perelman
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jeanette MacDonald | Gwen Marlowe |
Nelson Eddy | Ernest Lane |
Frank Morgan | Felix Lehman |
Ray Bolger | Hans |
Florence Rice | Kay Jordan |
Mischa Auer | Leo Kronk |
Herman Bing | Oscar Engel |
George Barbier | Benjamin Silver |
Reginald Gardiner | Norman Trumpett |
Fay Holden | Hannah |
Allyn Joslyn | Dink |
Lucile Watson | Mrs. Marlowe |
Gene Lockhart | Augustus |
Kathleen Lockhart | Aunt Amelia |
Berton Churchill | Sheridan |
Terry Kilburn | Brother |
Raymond Walburn | Orlando |
Douglas McPhail | Harvey |
Betty Jaynes | Una |
Olin Howland | Appleby |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Hunt Stromberg | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1939 | Oscar | Best Sound, Recording | Nominated |
1939 | Oscar | Best Music, Scoring | Nominated |
1939 | Oscar | Won |