The Cat and the Fiddle (film)

The Cat and the Fiddle
File:The Cat and the Fiddle.jpg Original sheet music
Directed by	William K. Howard Sam Wood (uncredited)
Written by	Otto A. Harbach (book) Bella Spewack (screenplay)
Produced by	Bernard H. Hyman
Starring	Ramon Novarro Jeanette MacDonald
Cinematography	Charles G. Clarke Ray Rennahan Harold Rosson
Edited by	Frank Hull
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	February 16, 1934 (1934-02-16)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$843,000
Box office	$455,000 (Domestic earnings) $644,000 (Foreign earnings)

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.

Cast

• Ramon Novarro as Victor Florescu
• Jeanette MacDonald as Shirley Sheridan
• Frank Morgan as Jules Daudet
• Charles Butterworth as Charles
• Jean Hersholt as Professor Bertier
• Vivienne Segal as Odette Brieux
• Frank Conroy as The Theatre Owner
• Henry Armetta as the Taxi Driver
• Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Concierge
• Joseph Cawthorn as Rodolphe 'Rudy' Brieux
• Sterling Holloway as Flower Messenger (uncredited)

Box office

The film grossed a total (domestic and foreign) of $1,099,000: $455,000 from the US and Canada and $644,000 elsewhere resulting in a loss of $142,000. The film was a box office disappointment for MGM.

External links

• The Cat and the Fiddle at IMDb
• The Cat and the Fiddle at AllMovie