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| | music = | | music = Michel Michelet | ||
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| | editing = | | editing = Douglass Biggs | ||
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| | released = December 18, 1944 | | released = December 18, 1944 | ||
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| ==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
| "Mike" (Margaret O'Brien), age 6, arrives in New York to stay with her sister Barbara (]), who lived together with a group of girls, her co-players in a symphony orchestra. As the orchestra prepares to go on a tour of army camps, a telegram is received informing them of the death of Barbara's soldier husband. The girls decide to keep it from her until after her baby is born.<ref>'']'' film review; December 16, 1944, page 203.</ref> | "Mike" (]), age 6, arrives in New York to stay with her sister Barbara Ainsworth (]), who lived together with a group of girls, her co-players in a symphony orchestra. As the orchestra prepares to go on a tour of army camps, a telegram is received informing them of the death of Barbara's soldier husband. The girls decide to keep it from her until after her baby is born.<ref>'']'' film review; December 16, 1944, page 203.</ref> | ||
| ==Cast== | |||
| * ] as Mike | |||
| * ] as Himself | |||
| * ] as Andrews | |||
| * ] as Barbara Ainsworth | |||
| * ] as Rosalind | |||
| * ] as Uncle Ferdinand | |||
| * ] as Doctor | |||
| * ] as Marie | |||
| * ] as Larry | |||
| * ] as Kickebush | |||
| * ] as Travelers Aid Woman | |||
| * ] as Elsa | |||
| * ] as Helen | |||
| * ] as Anita | |||
| * ] as Jane | |||
| * ] as Mrs. McGuff | |||
| * ] as Singer | |||
| * ] as Drummer | |||
| ==Soundtrack== | |||
| * '']'' | |||
| ** Music by ] | |||
| ** Performed by ] on harmonica | |||
| ** Also performed by ] on piano | |||
| * ''Symphony No. 5 in E Minor (The New World): 4th movement'' | |||
| ** Music by ] | |||
| ** Conducted by José Iturbi | |||
| * ''Piano Concerto in A Minor'' | |||
| ** Music by ] | |||
| ** Performed by José Iturbi | |||
| * ''The March of the Toys'' | |||
| ** from ''Babes in Toyland'' | |||
| ** Music by ] | |||
| * '']'' | |||
| ** Music by ]]Frédéric Chopin]] | |||
| ** Performed by José Iturbi | |||
| * '']'' | |||
| ** from '']'' | |||
| ** Music by ] | |||
| * ''Toscanini, Iturbi and Me'' | |||
| ** Written by ], Walter Bullock and ] | |||
| * ''At Sundown'' | |||
| ** Written by ] | |||
| * ''Umbriago''<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxZVucmud8A</ref> | |||
| ** Written by Jimmy Durante and Irving Caesar | |||
| * ''Jam Session'' | |||
| ** Music by ] | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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| * {{imdb title|id=0037104|title=Music for Millions}} | * {{imdb title|id=0037104|title=Music for Millions}} | ||
| * {{amg title|id=103253|title=Music for Millions}} | * {{amg title|id=103253|title=Music for Millions}} | ||
| * {{tcmdb title|id=2704}} | |||
| {{Henry Koster}} | {{Henry Koster}} | ||
Revision as of 12:52, 15 August 2010
1944 Template:FilmUS film| Music for Millions | |
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| Directed by | Henry Koster |
| Written by | Myles Connolly Jimmy Durante June Allyson |
| Produced by | Joe Pasternak |
| Starring | Margaret O'Brien |
| Cinematography | Robert Surtees |
| Edited by | Douglass Biggs |
| Music by | Michel Michelet |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date | December 18, 1944 |
| Running time | 115 min. |
| Country | Template:FilmUS |
| Language | English |
Music for Millions is a 1944 musical comedy film directed by Henry Koster. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1946.
Plot
"Mike" (Margaret O'Brien), age 6, arrives in New York to stay with her sister Barbara Ainsworth (June Allyson), who lived together with a group of girls, her co-players in a symphony orchestra. As the orchestra prepares to go on a tour of army camps, a telegram is received informing them of the death of Barbara's soldier husband. The girls decide to keep it from her until after her baby is born.
Cast
- Margaret O'Brien as Mike
- José Iturbi as Himself
- Jimmy Durante as Andrews
- June Allyson as Barbara Ainsworth
- Marsha Hunt as Rosalind
- Hugh Herbert as Uncle Ferdinand
- Harry Davenport as Doctor
- Marie Wilson as Marie
- Larry Adler as Larry
- Ben Lessy as Kickebush
- Connie Gilchrist as Travelers Aid Woman
- Katharine Balfour as Elsa
- Helen Gilbert as Helen
- Mary Parker as Anita
- Madeleine Lebeau as Jane
- Ethel Griffies as Mrs. McGuff
- Eddie Jackson as Singer
- Jack Roth as Drummer
Soundtrack
- Clair de Lun
- Music by Claude Debussy
- Performed by Larry Adler on harmonica
- Also performed by José Iturbi on piano
- Symphony No. 5 in E Minor (The New World): 4th movement
- Music by Antonín Dvorák
- Conducted by José Iturbi
- Piano Concerto in A Minor
- Music by Edvard Grieg
- Performed by José Iturbi
- The March of the Toys
- from Babes in Toyland
- Music by Victor Herbert
- Waltz in E Minor
- Music by ]]Frédéric Chopin]]
- Performed by José Iturbi
- Hallelujah Chorus
- from The Messiah
- Music by Georg Friedrich Händel
- Toscanini, Iturbi and Me
- Written by Harold Spina, Walter Bullock and Jimmy Durante
- At Sundown
- Written by Walter Donaldson
- Umbriago
- Written by Jimmy Durante and Irving Caesar
- Jam Session
- Music by Calvin Jackson
References
- Variety film review; December 13, 1944, page 8.
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037104/awards
- Harrison's Reports film review; December 16, 1944, page 203.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxZVucmud8A
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