Sweethearts (film)

Infobox_Film

caption = from the original trailer

name = Sweethearts
director = W.S. Van Dyke
producer = Hunt Stromberg
writer = Dorothy Parker Alan Campbell
starring = Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Frank Morgan
music = Victor Herbert Herbert Stothart
cinematography = Oliver T. Marsh Allen M. Davey
editing = Robert Kern
distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released = December 22, 1938
runtime = 114 min.
language = English
country = U.S.A.
imdb_id = 0030817|

"Sweethearts" is a 1938 musical romance, MGM's first feature-length Technicolor film. It was directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starred Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. The screenplay, though based loosely on the 1913 operetta by Herbert, differed greatly from the stage version.

Cast

* Jeanette MacDonald as Gwen Marlow
* Nelson Eddy as Ernest Lane
* Frank Morgan as Felix Lehman
* Ray Bolger as Hans
* Florence Rice as Kay Jordan
* Mischa Auer as Leo Kronk
* Herman Bing as Oscar Engel

Awards

* Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring (nominated)
* Academy Award for Best Sound, Recording (nomitated)
* Academy Honorary Award for Color Cinematography

External links

*imdb title|id=0030817|title=Sweethearts
*amg title|id=1:48132|title=Sweethearts
*tcmdb title|id=438|title=Sweethearts
* [http://www.jeanettemacdonaldandnelsoneddy.com/films/jmne-sweethearts.htm Sweethearts] at Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy: A Tribute