Song of My Heart
| Song of My Heart | |
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| Directed by | Benjamin Glazer |
| Written by | Benjamin Glazer Bernard Schubert |
| Produced by | Nat W. Finston Theodore Reed |
| Starring | Frank Sundström Audrey Long Cedric Hardwicke |
| Cinematography | Roland Totheroh |
| Edited by | Richard V. Heermance |
| Music by | Joseph Nussbaum |
Production company | Symphony Films |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists Pictures |
Release date | January 31, 1948 |
Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Song of My Heart is a 1948 American historical drama film directed by Benjamin Glazer and starring Frank Sundström, Audrey Long and Cedric Hardwicke. It is a highly fictionalised biopic of the nineteenth century Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.[1]
Cast
- Frank Sundström as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Audrey Long as Princess Amalya
- Cedric Hardwicke as Grand Duke
- Mikhail Rasumny as Sergei Ivanov / Stephen Ivanov
- Gale Sherwood as Sophia Mirova
- Serge Krizman as Ivan
- Charles Trowbridge as Jurgensen
- Kate Drain as Nurse
- Lester Sharpe as Nikolai Rubinstein
- Gil Frye as Kolya
- Scott Elliott as Lt. Sanderson
- Gordon B. Clarke as Lt. Julian
- Jimmie Dodd as Pvt. Murphy
- David Leonard as Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- John Hamilton as Czar
- William Ruhl as Cesar Cui
- Steve Darrell as Uniformed Aide
- Robert Barron as Alexander Borodin
- Elvira Curci as Housekeeper
- Maurice Cass as Ballet Master
- Grandon Rhodes as Doctor
- William Newell as Doorman
- Leonard Mudie as Conductor
- Lane Chandler as Policeman
- Leonid Snegoff as Manager
- Lewis Howard as Modest Mussorgsky
- Stan Johnson as Captain Weatherley
- Leo Kaye as Mess Sergeant
- Jack George as Priest
- Vernon Cansino as Evans
- Nina Hansen as Sophie's Mother
References
- ^ Wierzbicki p.87
Bibliography
- James Wierzbicki. Music in the Age of Anxiety: American Music in the Fifties. University of Illinois Press, 2016.
External links
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Categories:
- 1948 films
- 1940s biographical drama films
- 1940s musical drama films
- American biographical drama films
- American musical drama films
- American films
- English-language films
- Films with screenplays by Benjamin Glazer
- Films set in Russia
- Films set in the 19th century
- Films about classical music and musicians
- Films about composers
- Allied Artists films
- Cultural depictions of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- American black-and-white films
- 1948 drama films
- Biographical film stubs