Summary
New Moon is an American adventure film first released in 1940,
directed by Robert Z. Leonard and W.S. Van Dyke.
The film stars Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Duc de Villiers, Mary Boland and George Zucco.
It has also been released under the title: Lover Come Back.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Robert Z. Leonard, W.S. Van Dyke
- Script: Robert Arthur, Jacques Deval, Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel, Laurence Schwab
- Photo: William H. Daniels
- Music: Herbert Stothart
- Cast: Jeanette MacDonald (Marianne de Beaumanoir), Nelson Eddy (Charles (Henri), Duc de Villiers), Mary Boland (Valerie de Rossac), George Zucco (Vicomte Ribaud), H.B. Warner (Father Michel), Grant Mitchell (Governor of New Orleans), Stanley Fields (Tambour), Dick Purcell (Alexander), John Miljan (Pierre Brugnon), Ivan F. Simpson (Guizot), William Tannen (Pierre), Bunty Cutler (Julie), Claude King (Monsieur Dubois), Cecil Cunningham (Governor’s Wife), Joe Yule (Maurice), George Irving (Ship’s Captain), Edwin Maxwell (Captain de Jean), Paul E. Burns (Guard on Ship), Rafael Storm (Monsieur de Piron), Winifred Harris (Lady), Robert Warwick (Commissar), Trevor Bardette (Foulette), Arthur Belasco (Bondsman), Hillary Brooke (Guest), Alden ’Stephen’ Chase (Citizen), Nick Copeland (Bondsman), Gino Corrado (Bondsman), DeForest Covan (Dancer), Joe Dominguez (Wounded Bondsman), Ralph Dunn (Bondsman), Sarah Edwards (Marquise della Rosa), Frank Elliott (Guest), Jean Fenwick (Bit Part), Gerald Fielding (Guest), Christian J. Frank (Bondsman), Kenneth Gibson (Guest), June Gittelson (Madeline), Fred Graham (Bondsman), Dorothy Granger (Fat Bridesmaid), Edward Hearn (Bondsman), David Horsley, Jewel Jordan (Bit Part), Buster Keaton (Prisoner, ’LuLu’), Victor Kendall (Guest), George Lloyd (Quartermaster), George Magrill (Guard), Max Marx (Officer), LeRoy Mason (Grant), Forbes Murray (Commandant), Bea Nigro (Guest), Ted Oliver (Bondsman), Ed O’Neil (Lookout), Nat Pendleton (Bondsman), Jack Perrin (Officer), Frank Remsden (Bit Part), Claire Rochelle (Drunken Girl), Warren Rock (Mate), Florence Shirley (Guest), Harry Strang (Bondsman), Ray Teal (Bondsman), Ray Walker (Coco), Gayne Whitman (Mate)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 105 min; B&W
- Aka: Lover Come Back
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