New Moon (1940 film)

New Moon
New Moon
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Z. Leonard; W. S. Van Dyke
Written by	Robert Arthur; Jacques Deval
Based on	The New Moon; 1928 operetta; by Sigmund Romberg; Oscar Hammerstein II
Produced by	Robert Z. Leonard
Starring	Jeanette MacDonald; Nelson Eddy; Mary Boland; George Zucco
Cinematography	William H. Daniels
Edited by	Harold F. Kress
Music by	Herbert Stothart
Production; company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	July 19, 1940;
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,487,000
Box office	$1,290,000 (domestic earnings); $1,237,000 (foreign earnings)

New Moon is a 1940 American musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Robert Z. Leonard, with uncredited direction by W. S. Van Dyke.

It is the second film adaptation of the operetta The New Moon, which premiered on Broadway in 1928. The stage version featured music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and others. The first film adaptation, also titled New Moon, which premiered in 1930, was less faithful to the stage version.

Plot

During the 18th century in New Orleans, Louisiana, a French nobleman in disguise as a bondsman, Charles (Nelson Eddy) leads his fellow bondsman in revolt against his ship's captain, commandeering the ship and heading out to sea.

Cast

Jeanette MacDonald as Marianne de Beaumanoir
Nelson Eddy as Charles (Henri), Duc de Villiers
Mary Boland as Valerie de Rossac
George Zucco as Vicomte Ribaud
H. B. Warner as Father Michel
Grant Mitchell as Governor of New Orleans
Stanley Fields as Tambour
Dick Purcell as Alexander
John Miljan as Pierre Brugnon
Ivan F. Simpson as Guizot
William Tannen as Pierre
Cecil Cunningham as Governor's Wife
Joe Yule as Maurice
Ray Walker as Coco
George Irving as Ship's Captain
Edwin Maxwell as Captain de Jean
Robert Warwick as Commissar
Claude King as Monsieur Dubois
Buster Keaton as Prisoner Lulu (uncredited)

Reception

The film was included in the 1978 book, The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and How They Got That Way), by Harry Medved, Randy Dreyfuss, and Michael Medved.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Turk, Edward Baron (1998). Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-22253-9.
^ Medved, Harry (1978). The Fifty Worst Movies of All Time (and how They Got that Way) (First ed.). Angus & Robertson. p. 288. ISBN 9780207958915. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

External links

New Moon at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
New Moon (1940) at IMDb
New Moon at AllMovie
New Moon at the TCM Movie Database

[Turk-1] Turk, Edward Baron (1998). Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-22253-9.

[2] Medved, Harry (1978). The Fifty Worst Movies of All Time (and how They Got that Way) (First ed.). Angus & Robertson. p. 288. ISBN 9780207958915. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[1]

[2]