Music in the Air (film)

Music in the Air
Music in the Air
Directed by	Joe May
Written by	Jerome Kern (play); Oscar Hammerstein II (play); Howard Irving Young; Billy Wilder
Produced by	Erich Pommer
Starring	Gloria Swanson; John Boles; Douglass Montgomery
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Music by	Jerome Kern
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	December 13, 1934;
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Music in the Air is a 1934 American romantic comedy musical film based on Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's Broadway musical of the same name. It was part of the popular subgenre of operetta films made during the era.

The Broadway musical Music in the Air opened at the Alvin Theatre in New York City on November 8, 1932 and ran for 342 performances.

Plot

Opera star Frieda Hotzfelt (Gloria Swanson) spars with librettist Bruno Mahler (John Boles). Aspiring songwriter Karl Roder (Douglass Montgomery) stumbles into their stormy relationship.

Cast

Gloria Swanson as Frieda Hotzfelt
John Boles as Bruno Mahler
Douglass Montgomery as Karl Roder
June Lang as Sieglinde Lessing
Al Shean as Dr. Walter Lessing
Reginald Owen as Ernst Weber
Joseph Cawthorn as Hans Uppman
Hobart Bosworth as Cornelius
Sara Haden as Martha
Marjorie Main as Anna
Roger Imhof as Burgomaster
Jed Prouty as Kirschner
Christian Rub as Zipfelhuber
Fuzzy Knight as Nick

External links

Music in the Air at IMDb
Music in the Air at the TCM Movie Database

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