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1937 film by Edward H. Griffith This article is about the movie. For the album by Bud Shank, see I'll Take Romance.

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I'll Take Romance
Directed by	Edward H. Griffith
Written by	Jane Murfin George Oppenheimer
Produced by	Everett Riskin
Starring	Grace Moore Melvyn Douglas Helen Westley Stuart Erwin Margaret Hamilton
Cinematography	Lucien N. Andriot
Edited by	William A. Lyon Otto Meyer
Music by	Morris Stoloff
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	November 17, 1937 (1937-11-17)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

I'll Take Romance is a 1937 American romantic musical film directed by Edward H. Griffith, starring Grace Moore, Melvyn Douglas, Helen Westley, Stuart Erwin and Margaret Hamilton.

Plot

An opera manager (Melvyn Douglas) tries to woo a contract-breaking soprano (Grace Moore) into performing in Buenos Aires.

Songs and arias performed by Grace Moore
- I'll Take Romance (music by Ben Oakland, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II)
- Gavotte (Manon, music by Jules Massenet, lyrics by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille)
- Drinking Song (La traviata, music by Giuseppe Verdi, lyrics by Francesco Maria Piave)
- First Act Duet (Madama Butterfly, music by Giacomo Puccini, lyrics by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica)

Other Songs
- Quintet and Finale (Martha, music by Friedrich von Flotow, lyrics by Friedrich Wilhelm Riese
- She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain (Traditional)
- 'A Frangesa! (music and Italian lyrics by Pasquale Mario Costa, English lyrics by Milton Drake)

v t e Films directed by Edward H. Griffith
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