Sweethearts

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Sweethearts (MGM, 1938). Directed by W.S. Van Dyke II. Based on the Victor Herbert operetta. Filmed in Technicolor (and won a special Oscar). Songs include: "For Ev'ry Lover Must Meet His Fate," "Sweethearts," "Pretty as a Picture," "Summer Serenade," "On Parade," "Little Grey Home in the West." Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Herman Bing.

 

Sweethearts (1938)Staring Jeanette MacDonald and

Nelson Eddy in their 5th film:


The time-worn stage chestnut is a "play-within-a-film" for this frothy Jeanette MacDonald/Nelson Eddy musical comedy, written by Dorothy Parker and Alan Campbell. MacDonald and Eddy play a married acting couple who plan to leave Broadway for Hollywood, but impresario Frank Morgan plots to stop them. With Ray Bolger, Florence Rice, Mischa Auer.

Run time:120 min.

Category: Musicals

Director: W.S. Van Dyke

Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy,

Mischa Auer, Irving Bacon, George Barbier, Don Barclay, Joan Barclay, Ray Bolger, Lucille Browne, Berton Churchill, Edward Earle, James Flavin, Reginald Gardiner, Fay Holden, Margaret Irving, Allyn Joslyn, Suzanne Kaaren, Gene Lockhart, Frank Morgan, Barbara Pepper, Florence Rice, Dick Rich, Ralph Sanford, Richard Tucker, Raymond Walburn, Lucile Watson, Toby Wing

Academy AwardŽ Nominee: Best Sound, Best Score

 

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