The Cat and the Fiddle (film)
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Budget 843,000 USD Duration Country United States | 6.8/10 Genre Comedy, Musical, Romance Production Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Director William K. Howard
Sam Wood (uncredited) Writer Otto A. Harbach , Bella Spewack Release date February 16, 1934 (1934-02-16) Directors William K. Howard, Sam Wood Cast Ramon Novarro (Victor Florescu), Jeanette MacDonald (Shirley Sheridan), Frank Morgan (Jules Daudet), Charles Butterworth (Charles), Jean Hersholt (Professor Bertier), Vivienne Segal (Odette Brieux)Similar movies Pitch Perfect 2 , Birdman , Frozen , Aladdin , Cinderella , Tangled |
The Cat and the Fiddle is a 1934 American Pre-Code romantic musical film directed by William K. Howard based on the hit 1931 Broadway musical of the same name by Jerome Kern and Otto A. Harbach, about a romance between a struggling composer and an American singer. The film stars Ramon Novarro and Jeanette MacDonald in her MGM debut.
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The final reel was filmed in the then newly perfected three-strip Technicolor process, previously used only in Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies cartoons.
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The film grossed a total (domestic and foreign) of $1,099,000: $455,000 from the US and Canada and $644,000 elsewhere resulting in a loss of $142,000. The film was a box office disappointment for MGM.
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