The Great Victor Herbert (1939)
1h 31m
Running Time
December 29, 1939Release Date
The Great Victor Herbert (1939)
1h 31m
Running Time
December 29, 1939Release Date
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Plot.
In his last film assignment, portly Walter Connolly fills the title role (in more ways than one) in The Great Victor Herbert. Very little of Herbert's life story is incorporated in the screenplay (a closing title actually apologizes for the film's paucity of cold hard facts); instead, the writers allow the famed composer's works to speak for themselves. In the tradition of one of his own operettas, Herbert spends most of his time patching up the shaky marriage between tenor John Ramsey (Allan Jones) and Louise Hall (Mary Martin). Many of Herbert's most famous compositions are well in evidence, including "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life", "March of the Toys" and "Kiss Me Again", the latter performed con brio by teenaged coloratura Susanna Foster. Evidently, the producers were able to secure the film rights for the Herbert songs, but not for the stage productions in which they appeared, which may explain such bizarre interpolations as having a song from Naughty Marietta.
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Cast & Crew.
Allan Jones
John Ramsey
Mary Martin
Louise Hall
Walter Connolly
Victor Herbert
Lee Bowman
Dr. Richard Moore
Susanna Foster
Peggy
Andrew L. Stone
Director
Judith Barrett
Marie Clark
Russel Crouse
Writer
Jerome Cowan
Barney Harris
Robert Lively
Writer
John Garrick
Warner Bryant
Arthur Lange
Composer
Pierre Watkin
Albert Martin
Hal K. Dawson
George Faller
Victor Milner
Cinematographer
Richard Tucker
Michael Brown
James Smith
Editor
Mary Currier
Mrs. Victor Herbert
Emmett Vogan
Forbes
James Finlayson
Lamplighter
Sandra Lee Richards
Peggy - as a Young Girl
Edith Head
Costume Design
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Buddy G. DeSylva
Lyricist
Media.
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Wiki.
The Great Victor Herbert is a 1939 American musical film directed by Andrew L. Stone. During production, the movie was slated to be called The Gay Days of Victor Herbert.