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Maytime
Original film posterDirected by Robert Z. Leonard Produced by Robert Z. Leonard
Hunt StrombergWritten by Noel Langley
Rida Johnson Young (play)Starring Jeanette MacDonald
Nelson Eddy
John BarrymoreMusic by Herbert Stothart
Edward WardCinematography Oliver T. Marsh Editing by Conrad A. Nervig Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Release date(s) March 26, 1937 Running time 132 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $2,126,000[1] Box office $2,183,000 (Domestic earnings)[1]
$1,823,000 (Foreign earnings)[1]Maytime is a 1937 MGM musical romance, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. The screenplay was rewritten from the book for Sigmund Romberg's 1917 operetta Maytime by Rida Johnson Young, Romberg's librettist; however, only one musical number by Romberg was retained. The film's storyline greatly resembles that of Noel Coward's operetta Bitter Sweet, right down to the "frame story" surrounding the main plot. Three years later, MGM filmed a Technicolor version of Bitter Sweet, but altered the plot slightly so that audiences would not notice the similarities.
Contents
Plot summary
Cast
- Jeanette MacDonald as Marcia Mornay/Miss Morrison
- Nelson Eddy as Paul Allison
- John Barrymore as Nicolai Nazaroff
- Herman Bing as August Archipenco
- Tom Brown as Kip Stuart
- Lynne Carver as Barbara Roberts
- Rafaela Ottiano as Ellen
- Charles Judels as Cabby
- Paul Porcasi as Trentini
- Sig Ruman as Fanchon (as Sig Rumann)
- Walter Kingsford as Mr. Rudyard
- Guy Bates Post as Louis Napoleon
Awards
The film was nominated for two Academy Awards.[2]
- Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring (nominated)
- Academy Award for Best Sound, Recording (Douglas Shearer) (nomitated)
Soundtrack
- Now It's the Month of Maying
- Sung by chorus
- Will You Remember (Sweetheart)?
- Music by Sigmund Romberg
- Lyrics by Rida Johnson Young
- Sung by Nelson Eddy
- Plantons da Vigne
- Sung by Nelson Eddy
- Vive l'Opera
- Music by Herbert Stothart
- Lyrics by Bob Wright (as Robert Wright) and Chet Forrest (as George Forrest)
- Sung by Nelson Eddy and chorus
- Ham and Eggs
- Music by Herbert Stothart
- Lyrics by Bob Wright (as Robert Wright) and Chet Forrest (as George Forrest)
- Sung by Nelson Eddy and chorus
- Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
- Written by James Allen Bland
- Sung by Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald
- Santa Lucia
- Sung by Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy and an uncredited singer
- Czaritza
- (based on Symphony No. 5)
- Composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Sung by Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy and chorus
- Les filles de Cadix
- Written by Léo Delibes
- Lyrics by Alfred de Musset
- Sung by Jeanette MacDonald
- Le Régiment de Sambre et Meuse
- Written by Robert Planquette
- Sung by Jeanette MacDonald and chorus
- Nobles seigneur, salut
- from the opera Les Huguenots
- Written by Giacomo Meyerbeer
- Libretto by Eugène Scribe
- Sung by Jeanette MacDonald and chorus
- Cavatine du Page "Une dame, noble et sage
- from the opera Les Huguenots Act 1
- Written by Giacomo Meyerbeer
- Librette by Eugène Scribe
- Sung by Jeanette MacDonald and chorus
- Lucia di Lammermoor
- Written by Gaetano Donizetti
- William Tell
- Written by Gioachino Rossini
- Tannhäuser
- Written by Richard Wagner
- Tristan und Isolde
- Written by Richard Wagner
- Faust
- Written by Charles Gounod
External links
- Maytime at the Internet Movie Database
- Maytime at AllRovi
- Maytime at the TCM Movie Database
- Maytime at Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy: A Tribute
References
- ^ a b c Turk, Edward Baron "Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald (University of California Press, 1998)"
- ^ "The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/10th-winners.html. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
The MacDonald & Eddy Musicals Naughty Marietta (1935) • Rose Marie (1936) • Maytime (1937) • The Girl of the Golden West (1938) • Sweethearts (1938) • New Moon (1940) • Bitter Sweet (1940) • I Married an Angel (1942)
The films of Robert Z. Leonard 1910s The Silent Command • Heritage • Judge Not; or The Woman of Mona Diggings • Secret Love • The Crippled Hand • The Love Girl • Little Eve Edgarton • The Plow Girl • The Eagle's Wing (with Rufus Steele) • On Record • A Mormon Maid • The Primrose Ring • At First Sight • Princess Virtue • Face Value • The Bride's Awakening • Her Body in Bond • Modern Love • Danger, Go Slow • The Scarlet Shadow • The Delicious Little Devil • What Am I Bid? • Big Little Person • The Way of a Woman • The Miracle of Love1920s Stronger Than Death (with Herbert Blaché and Charles Bryant) • April Folly • The Restless Sex (with Leon D'Usseau) • The Gilded Lily • Heedless Moths • Peacock Alley • Fascination • Broadway Rose • Jazzmania • The French Doll • Fashion Row • Mademoiselle Midnight • Circe, the Enchantress • Love's Wilderness • Cheaper to Marry • Time, the Comedian • Bright Lights • Dance Madness • Mademoiselle Modiste • The Waning Sex • A Little Journey • The Demi-Bride • Adam and Evil • Tea for Three • The Five O'Clock Girl • Baby Mine • The Cardboard Lover • A Lady of Chance • Marianne • Marianne1930s The Divorcee • In Gay Madrid • Let Us Be Gay • The Bachelor Father • It's a Wise Child • Five and Ten • Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) • Lovers Courageous • Strange Interlude • Peg o' My Heart • Dancing Lady • Outcast Lady • After Office Hours • Naughty Marietta (with W. S. Van Dyke) • Escapade • The Great Ziegfeld • Piccadilly Jim • Maytime • The Firefly • The Girl of the Golden West • Broadway Serenade1940s New Moon • Pride and Prejudice • Third Finger, Left Hand • Ziegfeld Girl • When Ladies Meet • We Were Dancing • Stand by for Action • The Man from Down Under • Marriage Is a Private Affair • Week-End at the Waldorf • The Secret Heart • Cynthia • B.F.'s Daughter • The Bribe1950s In the Good Old Summertime • Nancy Goes to Rio • Duchess of Idaho • Grounds for Marriage • Too Young to Kiss • Everything I Have Is Yours • The Great Diamond Robbery • The Clown • Her Twelve Men • The King's Thief • The World's Most Beautiful Woman • Kelly and MeSerials The Master Key (1914)Productions Peacock Alley (1930)Categories:- 1937 films
- American films
- English-language films
- Black-and-white films
- Films directed by Robert Z. Leonard
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
- 1930s musical films
- Opera films
- Films based on operas
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