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==Plot summary== ==Plot summary==
Based on the novel ''Maurice Guest'' by ], the film is about a wealthy and beautiful woman who follows the man she loves and hopes to marry to Zurich where he studies violin at a conservatory. Based on the novel ''Maurice Guest'' by ], the film is about a wealthy and beautiful woman who follows the man she loves and hopes to marry to Zurich where he studies violin at a conservatory.


There she meets a piano student who falls madly in love with her. She must then choose between this man who loves her more than his music, and the violinist who loves his music more than anything else.<ref name="imdb">{{cite web|title=Rhapsody |work=Internet Movie Database |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047408/ |accessdate=January 16, 2013}}</ref> ''Rhapsody'' features music by ], ], ], ], and ]. There she meets a piano student who falls madly in love with her. She must then choose between this man who loves her more than his music, and the violinist who loves his music more than anything else.<ref name="imdb">{{cite web|title=Rhapsody |work=Internet Movie Database |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047408/ |accessdate=January 16, 2013}}</ref> ''Rhapsody'' features music by ], ], ], ], and ].
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==Production== ==Production==
The novel ''Maurice Guest'' was originally published in 1908.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58932504 |title=MAN, MUSIC, AND LOVE. |newspaper=] |location=Adelaide, SA |date=3 October 1908 |accessdate=10 January 2014 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37817594 |title=IN GRIM EARNEST. |newspaper=] |location=Perth, WA |date=10 October 1908 |accessdate=10 January 2014 |page=50 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The novel ''Maurice Guest'' was originally published in 1908.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58932504 |title=MAN, MUSIC, AND LOVE. |newspaper=] |location=Adelaide, SA |date=3 October 1908 |accessdate=10 January 2014 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37817594 |title=IN GRIM EARNEST. |newspaper=] |location=Perth, WA |date=10 October 1908 |accessdate=10 January 2014 |page=50 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


''Rhapsody'' was filmed on location in Florhofgasse, Zürich (the street scenes) and Pontresina, Kanton Graubünden in Switzerland.<ref name="imdblocations">{{cite web|title=Locations for Rhapsody |work=Internet Movie Database |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047408/locations |accessdate=January 16, 2013}}</ref> ''Rhapsody'' was filmed on location in Florhofgasse, Zürich (the street scenes) and Pontresina, Kanton Graubünden in Switzerland.<ref name="imdblocations">{{cite web|title=Locations for Rhapsody |work=Internet Movie Database |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047408/locations |accessdate=January 16, 2013}}</ref>
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==Reception== ==Reception==
According to MGM records the film earned $1,291,000 in the US and Canada and $2,001,000 overseas, resulting in a loss of $217,000.<ref name="Mannix"/> According to MGM records the film earned $1,291,000 in the US and Canada and $2,001,000 overseas, resulting in a loss of $217,000.<ref name="Mannix"/>

==References== ==References==
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1954 American film
Rhapsody
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCharles Vidor
Written by
Produced byLawrence Weingarten
Starring
CinematographyRobert H. Planck
Edited byJohn D. Dunning
Music byJohnny Green (director)
Production
company		MGM
Distributed byMGM
Release date
  • March 11, 1954 (1954-03-11) (USA)
Running time115 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,979,000
Box office$3,292,000

Rhapsody is a 1954 American musical romance drama film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Vittorio Gassman, John Ericson, and Louis Calhern.

Plot summary

Based on the novel Maurice Guest by Henry Handel Richardson, the film is about a wealthy and beautiful woman who follows the man she loves and hopes to marry to Zurich where he studies violin at a conservatory.

There she meets a piano student who falls madly in love with her. She must then choose between this man who loves her more than his music, and the violinist who loves his music more than anything else. Rhapsody features music by Franz Liszt, Sergei Rachmaninov, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Felix Mendelssohn, and Claude Debussy.

Cast

Production

The novel Maurice Guest was originally published in 1908.

Rhapsody was filmed on location in Florhofgasse, Zürich (the street scenes) and Pontresina, Kanton Graubünden in Switzerland.

Reception

According to MGM records the film earned $1,291,000 in the US and Canada and $2,001,000 overseas, resulting in a loss of $217,000.

References

  1. ^ The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. "Rhapsody". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  3. "Full cast and crew for Rhapsody". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  4. "MAN, MUSIC, AND LOVE". The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 3 October 1908. p. 6. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  5. "IN GRIM EARNEST". Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954). Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 10 October 1908. p. 50. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  6. "Locations for Rhapsody". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 16, 2013.

External links

Films directed by Charles Vidor


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