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The team behind a successful Broadway production tries to stop the married stars from transitioning to Hollywood.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 62GoodWatch 60
IMDb6.2
Box office
1.7×its budget
- Budget
- $2 M
- Worldwide
- $3 M
Worldwide it earned $1 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 54 min
A typical length for music movies, +8 min on the typical 106
typical 106114Half of all music movies run 94–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1938
December 30, 1938
88 years ago
Genres
MusicComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Academy Awards1939
- Academy Honorary Award1939Won
- Best Cinematography, Color1939Won
- Special Achievement Academy Award1939Won
- Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment1939Nominated
- Sound1939Nominated
- Sound Recording1939Nominated
and 19 more22 people
- Jeanette MacDonaldGwen Marlowe
- Nelson EddyErnest Lane
- Frank MorganFelix Lehman
- Ray BolgerHans
- Florence RiceKay Jordan
- Mischa AuerLeo Kronk
- Herman BingOscar Engel
- George BarbierBenjamin Silver
Reginald GardinerNorman Trumpett
Fay HoldenHannah
Allyn JoslynDink
Lucile WatsonMrs. Marlowe
Gene LockhartAugustus
Kathleen LockhartAunt Amelia
Berton ChurchillSheridan
Terry KilburnBrother
Raymond WalburnOrlando
Douglas McPhailHarvey
Betty JaynesUna
Olin HowlandAppleby
Dalies FrantzConcert Pianist
Toby WingTelephone Operator (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- W.S. Van Dyke Director
Writing · 7
- Robert B. Smith Writer, Book
- Dorothy Parker Screenplay
- Alan Campbell Screenplay
- Fred De Gresac Book
- Harry B. Smith Book
- Robert Wright Lyricist
Production · 1
- Hunt Stromberg Producer
Camera · 2
- Allen M. Davey Director of Photography
- Oliver T. Marsh Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Robert Kern Editor
Sound · 3
- Herbert Stothart Original Music Composer
- Douglas Shearer Sound Director
- Victor Herbert Songs
Art · 3
- Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
- Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
- Joseph C. Wright Assistant Art Director
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Adrian Costume Design
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