The Cat and the Fiddle (1934)

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Overview
Cast & Crew

The Cat and the Fiddle is a 1934 American Pre-Code romantic musical film directed by William K. Howard based on the hit 1931 Broadway musical of the same name by Jerome Kern and Otto A. Harbach, about a romance between a struggling composer and an American singer. The film stars Ramon Novarro and Jeanette MacDonald in her MGM debut. The final reel was filmed in the then newly perfected three-strip Technicolor process, previously used only in Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies cartoons.

Original Release

02/16/1934

US Release

02/16/1934

Cast

Ramon Novarro	Victor / Victor Florescu
Jeanette MacDonald	Shirley / Shirley Sheridan
Frank Morgan	Daudet / Jules Daudet
Charles Butterworth	Charles
Jean Hersholt	Professor / Professor Bertier
Vivienne Segal	Odette / Odette Brieux
Frank Conroy	Theatre Owner
Henry Armetta	Taxi Driver
Adrienne D'Ambricourt	Concierge
Herman Bing	Fireman's Band Leader

(see additional cast & crew)

Directors

William K. Howard, Sam Wood

Writers

Anita Loos, Bella Spewack, Sam Spewack, Otto A. Harbach, Jerome Kern, Eve Greene, James Kevin McGuinness, Zelda Sears

Cast

Ramon Novarro	Victor / Victor Florescu
Jeanette MacDonald	Shirley / Shirley Sheridan
Frank Morgan	Daudet / Jules Daudet
Charles Butterworth	Charles
Jean Hersholt	Professor / Professor Bertier
Vivienne Segal	Odette / Odette Brieux
Frank Conroy	Theatre Owner
Henry Armetta	Taxi Driver
Adrienne D'Ambricourt	Concierge
Herman Bing	Fireman's Band Leader
Sterling Holloway	Flower Messenger
Leo White	Prompter
Joseph Cawthorn	Rudy
Yola d'Avril	Maid in House
Frank Adams	Musician
Polly Bailey	Ballet Mistress
Reginald Barlow	King's Aide in Show
Eugene Borden	Bit Part
Charles Crockett	Rudy's Secretary
Max Davidson	Dried Up Old Man