Sweet Adeline (film)
| Sweet Adeline | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mervyn LeRoy |
| Written by | Erwin S. Gelsey |
| Based on |
the 1929 musical Sweet Adeline by Jerome Kern (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (book and lyrics) |
| Starring |
Irene Dunne Donald Woods |
| Music by | Heinz Roemheld (uncredited) |
| Cinematography | Sol Polito |
| Edited by |
Ralph Dawson Harold McLernon (uncredited) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. / The Vitaphone Corp. |
Release date |
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Running time | 82-95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Sweet Adeline is a 1934 musical film adaptation of the 1929 Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II Broadway play of the same title. It stars Irene Dunne and Donald Woods and was directed by Mervyn LeRoy.
Cast
- Irene Dunne as Adeline [Schmidt]
- Donald Woods as Sid Barnett
- Hugh Herbert as Rupert Rockingham
- Ned Sparks as Dan Herzig
- Joseph Cawthorn as Oscar Schmidt
- Wini Shaw as Elysia (as Winifred Shaw)
- Louis Calhern as Major Day
- Nydia Westman as Nellie
- Dorothy Dare as Dot
- Phil Regan as Singer
Songs
- Music by Kern and lyrics by Hammerstein, unless otherwise indicated.
- "Sweet Adeline", music by Henry W. Armstrong, lyrics by Richard Husch Gerard, sung by Hugh Herbert and Donald Wood
- "We Were So Young", sung by Irene Dunne, then a second time by Dunne, Phil Regan and a chorus
- "Play Us a Polka Dot", sung by Dorothy Dare and others
- "Here Am I", sung by Dunne
- "A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight", music by Theodore Metz, lyrics by Joe Hayden, sung by beer garden patrons
- "Why Was I Born?", sung first by Wini Shaw, then by Dunne
- "Oriental Moon", sung by Noah Beery
- "Molly O'Donahue", sung by Regan
- "Lonely Feet", sung by Dunne alone, then later by Dunne and a chorus
- "I'd Leave My Happy Home For You", music by Harry Von Tilzer, lyrics by Will A. Heelan, sung by Johnny Eppelite
- "'Twas Not So Long Ago", sung by Joseph Cawthorn, Dunne, Regan, Herbert and Nydia Westman
- "Pretty Little Jenny Lee", sung by a barbershop quartet
- "Don't Ever Leave Me", sung by Dunne
Reception
The New York Times critic Andre Sennwald panned the film, writing, "except for the lovely Kern-Hammerstein music and one or two blazing production numbers in the best Warner Brothers style of extravaganza, 'Sweet Adeline' appears to snore in dulcet measures".[1]
References
- ↑ Andre Sennwald (January 7, 1935). "The Paramount Presents Irene Dunne in "Sweet Adeline"". The New York Times.
External links
- Sweet Adeline on IMDb
- Sweet Adeline at the TCM Movie Database
- Sweet Adeline at AllMovie
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