| I Dream Too Much | |
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| Directed by | John Cromwell |
| Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
| Written by | Elsie Finn (story) David G. Wittels (story) James Gow Edmund H. North |
| Starring | Lily Pons Henry Fonda Eric Blore Lucille Ball |
| Music by | Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields and Max Steiner (incidental) |
| Cinematography | David Abel |
| Editing by | William Morgan |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 27, 1935 |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
I Dream Too Much is a 1935 romantic comedy film directed by John Cromwell. It stars Henry Fonda, Lily Pons, and Lucille Ball in one of her earliest roles. It has been described as a "somewhat wispy operetta."[1] Songs are by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields. The film was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Sound Recording (Carl Dreher).[2]
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Annette Monard Street (played by Pons) is an aspiring singer, who falls in love with and marries Jonathan Street (played by Fonda), a struggling young composer.
Jonathan pushes her into a singing career, and she soon becomes a star. Meanwhile, Jonathan is unable to sell his music, and he finds himself jealous of his wife's success.
Concerned about their relationship, Annette uses her influence to get Jonathan's work turned into a musical comedy. Once she achieves this, she then retires from public life in order to raise a family.