Sweethearts (film)
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- For the stage operetta, see Sweethearts (musical)
| Sweethearts | |
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 from the original trailer |
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| Directed by | W.S. Van Dyke |
| Produced by | Hunt Stromberg |
| Written by | Dorothy Parker Alan Campbell |
| Starring | Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Frank Morgan |
| Music by | Victor Herbert Herbert Stothart |
| Cinematography | Oliver T. Marsh Allen M. Davey |
| Editing by | Robert Kern |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | December 22, 1938 |
| Running time | 114 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Sweethearts is a 1938 musical romance, MGM's first feature-length Technicolor film. It was directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starred Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. The screenplay, though based loosely on the 1913 operetta by Herbert, differed greatly from the stage version.
[edit] Cast
- Jeanette MacDonald as Gwen Marlow
- Nelson Eddy as Ernest Lane
- Frank Morgan as Felix Lehman
- Ray Bolger as Hans
- Florence Rice as Kay Jordan
- Mischa Auer as Leo Kronk
- Herman Bing as Oscar Engel
[edit] Awards
- Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring (nominated)
- Academy Award for Best Sound, Recording (nomitated)
- Academy Honorary Award for Color Cinematography
[edit] External links
- Sweethearts at the Internet Movie Database
- Sweethearts at Allmovie
- Sweethearts at the TCM Movie Database
- Sweethearts at Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy: A Tribute
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