Deep in My Heart (1954 film)
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| Deep in My Heart | |
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| Directed by | Stanley Donen |
| Produced by | Roger Edens |
| Written by | Leonard Spigelglass Elliott Arnold |
| Starring | José Ferrer Helen Traubel Merle Oberon |
| Music by | Sigmund Romberg |
| Cinematography | George J. Folsey |
| Editing by | Adrienne Fazan |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) |  December 9, 1954 |
| Running time | 132 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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Deep in My Heart is a 1954 MGM biographical musical film about the life of composer Sigmund Romberg. Leonard Spigelglass adapted the film from Elliott Arnold's 1949 biography of the same name. Stanley Donen directed and Eugene Loring choreographed. José Ferrer played Romberg, with support from Helen Traubel as a fictional character and Merle Oberon as Dorothy Donnelly.
The film primarily consists of a series of cameo turns by nearly every significant singer or dancer on the MGM lot at the time, including Cyd Charisse, Rosemary Clooney, Vic Damone, Howard Keel, Gene Kelly and his brother Fred Kelly (their only on-screen appearance together), Tony Martin, Ann Miller, James Mitchell, Jane Powell, and the ballerina Tamara Toumanova. Robert Easton and Russ Tamblyn both make uncredited appearances.
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[edit] Cast
- José Ferrer as Sigmund Romberg
- Merle Oberon as Dorothy Donnelly
- Helen Traubel as Anna Mueller
- Doe Avedon as Lillian Romberg
- Walter Pidgeon as J. J. Shubert
- Paul Henreid as Florenz Ziegfeld
- Tamara Toumanova as Gaby Deslys
- Paul Stewart as Bert Townsend
- Isobel Elsom as Mrs. Harris
- David Burns as Lazar Berrison, Sr.
- Jim Backus as Ben Judson
[edit] Reception and distribution
The film was not a critical success. According to the reviewer for the New York Times, Deep in My Heart "calls for a strong digestive system and a considerable tolerance for clichés." [1] Although the film is out of print in VHS and laserdisc formats, it is scheduled for its first American DVD release in April 2008.[2] The soundtrack, earlier released on LP, was made available on iTunes in 2006.
[edit] References
- ^ Bosley Crowther, "The Screen in Review; Romberg Film, Mostly Music, at Radio City" (10-12-1954). Retrieved 15-07-2007.
- ^ "Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory Volume 3" (10-12-2007). Retrieved 17-12-2007.
[edit] Further reading
- Silverman, Stephen M. Dancing on the Ceiling: Stanley Donen and his Movies. New York: Knopf, 1996. ISBN 0-679-41412-6.
- Tibbets, John C. Composers in the Movies: Studies in Musical Biography. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005. 115-22. ISBN 0-300-10674-2.
[edit] External links
- Deep in My Heart (1954 film) at the Internet Movie Database
- Deep in My Heart at Allmovie
- Cyd Charisse and James Mitchell in Deep in My Heart
