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Director
  
Joe May

Music director
  
Jerome Kern

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

8.4/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Musical, Romance

Producer
  
Erich Pommer

Language
  
English

Music in the Air (film) movie poster
Writer
  
Jerome Kern
,
Oscar Hammerstein II
,
Billy Wilder

Release date
  
December 13, 1934 (1934-12-13)

Cast
  
Gloria Swanson
(Frieda Hotzfelt),
John Boles
(Bruno Mahler),
Douglass Montgomery
(Karl Roder),
June Lang
(Sieglinde Lessing),
Reginald Owen
(Ernst Weber),
Al Shearer
(Dr. Walter Lessing)

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Melodic Bavarians bound for Munich meet a bickering librettist (John Boles) and a prima donna (Gloria Swanson).

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Music in the Air (film) movie scenes Inspired by Busby Berkeley s success at Warner Brothers Thalberg decided to film a lavish sound version of The Merry Widow 1934

Music in the Air is a 1934 American romantic comedy musical film based on Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein IIs Broadway musical of the same name. It was part of the popular subgenre of operetta films made during the era.

The Broadway musical Music in the Air opened at the Alvin Theatre in New York City on November 8, 1932 and ran for 342 performances.

Constantly quarrelling couple decide to try the jealousy angle when a naive young couple comes along.

Plot

Opera star Frieda Hotzfelt (Gloria Swanson) spars with librettist Bruno Mahler (John Boles). Aspiring songwriter Karl Roder (Douglass Montgomery) stumbles into their stormy relationship.

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John Boles appears in Music in the Air and Thousands Cheer. The White Horse Inn (1960). John Boles appears in Music in the Air and Bottoms Up. Metropolitan (1935). That Midnight Kiss (1949).

Cast

  • Gloria Swanson as Frieda Hotzfelt
  • John Boles as Bruno Mahler
  • Douglass Montgomery as Karl Roder
  • June Lang as Sieglinde Lessing
  • Al Shean as Dr. Walter Lessing
  • Reginald Owen as Ernst Weber
  • Joseph Cawthorn as Hans Uppman
  • Hobart Bosworth as Cornelius
  • Sara Haden as Martha
  • Marjorie Main as Anna
  • Roger Imhof as Burgomaster
  • Jed Prouty as Kirschner
  • Christian Rub as Zipfelhuber
  • Fuzzy Knight as Nick
  • References

    Music in the Air (film) Wikipedia
    Music in the Air (film) IMDb Music in the Air (film) themoviedb.org