Music in the Air (film)
Appearance
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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 |
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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 film was a commercial failure on its release, losing $389,000. This was the worst performing release by Fox Film that year.[1]
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
- George Chandler as Assistant Stage Manager
References
- ^ Solomon
Bibliography
- Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography (McFarland, 2011).
External links
Categories:
- 1934 films
- 1930s musical comedy films
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- American films based on plays
- Films directed by Joe May
- Films about opera
- 1930s romantic comedy films
- American romantic musical films
- Operetta films
- Films set in Bavaria
- American musical comedy films
- Films produced by Erich Pommer
- Screenplays by Billy Wilder
- Musical comedy film stubs
- Romantic musical film stubs