- The Cat and the Fiddle
:"For the nursery rhyme, see
Hey Diddle Diddle . For theJerome Kern musical, seeThe Cat and the Fiddle (musical) . For thePapa John Creach album, seeThe Cat and the Fiddle (album) ."Infobox Film
name = The Cat and the Fiddle
image_size = 140px
caption = Original poster
director =William K. Howard Sam Wood (uncredited)
producer =Bernard H. Hyman
writer =Otto A. Harbach (book)
Bella Spewack (screenplay)
narrator =
starring =Ramon Novarro Jeanette MacDonald
music =
cinematography =Charles Clarke Ray Rennahan Harold Rosson
editing =Frank Hull
distributor =Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released =16 February 1934
runtime = 88 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget =
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followed_by =
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imdb_id = 0024960"The Cat and the Fiddle" (1934) is an American
MGM romantic musical film directed byWilliam K. Howard based on the book byOtto A. Harbach about a romance between a struggling composer and an American singer. The film starsRamon Novarro andJeanette MacDonald in her MGM debut. The last reel was filmed in the then-newly-perfected three-stripTechnicolor process.Cast
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Ramon Novarro as Victor Florescu
*Jeanette MacDonald as Shirley Sheridan
*Frank Morgan as Jules Daudet
*Charles Butterworth as Charles
*Jean Hersholt as Professor Bertier
*Vivienne Segal as Odette Brieux
*Frank Conroy as The Theatre Owner
*Henry Armetta as the Taxi Driver
*Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Concierge
*Joseph Cawthorn as Rodolphe 'Rudy' BrieuxExternal links
*imdb title|id=0024960|title= The Cat and the Fiddle
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