- Metropolitan (1935 film)
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Metropolitan Directed by Richard Boleslawski Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck Written by Bess Meredyth
George Marion, Jr.Starring Lawrence Tibbett
Virginia BruceCinematography Rudolph Maté
George SchneidermanEditing by Barbara McLean Distributed by 20th Century Fox Release date(s) November 8, 1935 Running time 74 mins. Country United States Language English Metropolitan is a 1935 back-stage drama film interlaced with songs and musical segments from opera.
Directed by Ryszard Bolesławski (credited as Richard Boleslawski), it featured the famous baritone Lawrence Tibbett (in his penultimate movie role), with Virginia Bruce as his leading lady. Tibbett was America's leading baritone and a major star of the New York Metropolitan Opera, where he sang more than 600 times.
Metropolitan was the first production for the 20th Century Fox film studio, which had been newly formed from the merger of 20th Century Pictures and Fox Film Corporation.
Cast
- Lawrence Tibbett as Thomas Renwick
- Virginia Bruce as Anne Merrill
- Alice Brady as Ghita Galin
- Cesar Romero as Niki Baroni
- Thurston Hall as T. Simon Hunter
- Luis Alberni as Ugo Pizzi
- George F. Marion as Papa Perontelli
- Adrian Rosley as Tolentino
- Christian Rub as Weidel
- Franklyn Ardell as Marco
- Etienne Girardot as Nello
- Jessie Ralph as Charwoman
- Jane Darwell as Grandma
- Walter Brennan as Grandpa
External links
- Metropolitan at the Internet Movie Database
- Metropolitan at AllRovi
- Metropolitan at the TCM Movie Database
Categories:- 1935 films
- 1930s drama films
- 1930s musical films
- American musical drama films
- American romantic drama films
- American romantic musical films
- Black-and-white films
- Films directed by Ryszard Bolesławski
- Opera films
- 20th Century Fox films
- 1930s drama film stubs
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