Music in the Air (film)

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 (1934-12-13)
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.

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

Bibliography

• Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography (McFarland, 2011).

External links

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