The Music Goes 'Round
Appearance
The Music Goes 'Round | |
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Directed by | Victor Schertzinger |
Written by | |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Joseph Walker |
Edited by | Gene Milford |
Music by | Howard Jackson |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Music Goes 'Round is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Harry Richman, Rochelle Hudson and Walter Connolly.[1] It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures.
Plot
[edit]A famed Broadway star is taking a trip on a Mississippi steamer when he encounters an acting troupe performing aboard. They audition him for a place in the troupe, not realizing who he is. He finds their melodramatic show so bad that he arranges for it to be transferred to Broadway for a new revue, knowing that it will be a huge comedy hit there. However his feelings are complicated by his falling in love with the troupe's leading lady.
Cast
[edit]- Harry Richman as Harry Wallace
- Rochelle Hudson as Susanna Courtney
- Walter Connolly as Hector Courtney
- Douglass Dumbrille as Bishop
- Lionel Stander as O'Casey
- Henry Mollison as Stephen Grey
- Etienne Girardot as Brewster
- Walter Kingsford as Cobham
- Wyrley Birch as Josh
- Victor Kilian as Marshall
- Dora Early as Eleanora Stubbs
- Edward Farley as Edward Farley - Song Writer
- Mike Riley as Mike Riley - Song Writer
- Gene Morgan as Nelson
- Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson as Lucifer
- Al Herman as Stage Manager
- John Mack as Manager
References
[edit]- ^ Monaco p.559
Bibliography
[edit]- James Monaco. The Encyclopedia of Film. Perigee Books, 1991.
External links
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Categories:
- 1936 films
- 1936 musical comedy films
- American musical comedy films
- Films directed by Victor Schertzinger
- Films with screenplays by Jo Swerling
- Columbia Pictures films
- American black-and-white films
- 1930s English-language films
- 1930s American films
- Films scored by Howard Jackson (composer)
- English-language musical comedy films
- Musical comedy film stubs