They Shall Have Music (1939) - film review

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They Shall Have Music is an American film first released in 1939, directed by Archie Mayo. The film stars Jascha Heifetz, Joel McCrea, Andrea Leeds, Gene Reynolds and Walter Brennan. It has also been released under the title: Melody of Youth. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Archie Mayo
Script: Irma von Cube, John Howard Lawson
Photo: Gregg Toland
Cast: Jascha Heifetz (Himself), Joel McCrea (Peter McCarthy), Andrea Leeds (Ann Lawson), Gene Reynolds (Frankie), Walter Brennan (Professor Lawson), Terry Kilburn (Limey), Porter Hall (Mr. Flower), Walter Tetley (Rocks Mulligan), Chuck Stubbs (Fever Jones), Tommy Kelly (Willie), Gale Sherwood (Betty), Alfred Newman (Musical Director), Mary Ruth (Suzie), John St. Polis (Davis), Alexander Schoenberg (Menken), Marjorie Main (Mrs. Miller), Arthur Hohl (Mr. Miller), Paul Harvey (Heifetz’s Manager), Zero (Sucker the Dog), Peter Meremblum and the California Junior Symphony Orchestra (Themselves), Effie Anderson (Woman on Steps), Jessie Arnold (Woman in Alley Yelling for Police), Arthur Aylesworth (Detective), Emanuel Bay (Himself – Accompanist for ’Hora staccato’), Brooks Benedict (Extra in Concert Audience), Richard Berres (Cellist in Meremblum Orchestra), Stanley Blystone (Policeman at Police Station), Morris Boltuch (Kid in Orchestra), Wade Boteler (Bill – Police Lieutenant), Virginia Brissac (Willie’s Mother), Dorothy Christy (Woman Angry at Husband Being Late), Charles Coleman (Henry – Heifetz’s Butler), Kaye Connor (Girl in Orchestra), Dulcie Day (A Woman in Line), Joe De Stefani (Pawn Broker), Alan Edwards (Concertgoer Throwing Tickets Away), Virginia Ellis (Violinist), Fern Emmett (Woman on Steps), James Flavin (Police Sergeant), John Hamilton (Detective), Robert Homans (Policeman at Barney’s Pool Room), Roger Imhof (Michael – Deputy), Perry Ivins (Mr. Morgam), Frank Jaquet (Mr. Wallace), John Kelly (Kelly), Ethan Laidlaw (Film Delivery Man), Mrs. Willard Louis (Woman in Line), Diana Lynn (Pianist), J. Farrell MacDonald (Police Chief), Louis Mason (Deputy), Anne O’Neal (Woman on Steps), Emory Parnell (Policeman in Rain), Lee Phelps (Policeman in Auditorium), Edwina Pierce (Violinist), Theodore Saidenberg (Heifetz’s Accompanist), Wyndham Standing (Undetermined Role), Paul Stanton (Inspector Johnson), Elizabeth Valentine (Undetermined Role), Emmett Vogan (Police Chief’s Aide), Bryant Washburn Jr. (Usher in Carnegie Hall), Billy Wayne (Film Delivery Man), Marjorie Wood (Betty’s Mother), Mary Louise Zeyen (Cellist in orchestra)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 105 min; B&W
Aka: Melody of Youth; Ragged Angels

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