New Moon (1940 film)

New Moon is a 1940 American musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Robert Z. Leonard, with uncredited direction by W. S. Van Dyke.

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• Plot summary
• Cast
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It is the second film adaptation of the operetta The New Moon, which premiered on Broadway in 1928. The stage version featured music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and others. The first film adaptation, also titled New Moon, which premiered in 1930, was less faithful to the stage version.

Plot summary

During the 18th century in New Orleans, Louisiana, a French nobleman in disguise as a bondsman, Charles (Nelson Eddy) leads his fellow bondsman in revolt against his ship's captain, commandeering the ship and heading out to sea.

Cast

Jeanette MacDonald as Marianne de Beaumanoir

Nelson Eddy as Charles (Henri), Duc de Villiers

Mary Boland as Valerie de Rossac

George Zucco as Vicomte Ribaud

H. B. Warner as Father Michel

Grant Mitchell as Governor of New Orleans

Stanley Fields as Tambour

Dick Purcell as Alexander

John Miljan as Pierre Brugnon

Ivan F. Simpson as Guizot

William Tannen as Pierre

Bunty Cutler as Julie

Claude King as Monsieur Dubois

Cecil Cunningham as Governor's Wife

Joe Yule as Maurice