Music Is Magic
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| Music Is Magic | |
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| Directed by | George Marshall |
| Written by | Play: Jesse Lasky Jr. Gladys Unger Screenplay: Lou Breslow Edward Eliscu |
| Produced by | John Stone |
| Starring | Alice Faye Bebe Daniels |
| Cinematography | L. William O'Connell |
| Edited by | Alex Troffey |
| Music by | Oscar Levant |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | 20th Century-Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 66 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Music Is Magic is a 1935 American musical film directed by George Marshall and starring Alice Faye and Bebe Daniels. It is based on a play by Jesse Lasky Jr. and Gladys Unger. The film was Daniels' last American screen appearance.
Plot
[edit]Diane De Valle is an aging theatre actress who can't deal with getting older. Trying to hide it, she has to come to terms she is being replaced by a younger actress. She has to defeat the much younger Peggy Harper for a role of a young woman in an upcoming stage production.
Cast
[edit]- Alice Faye – Peggy Harper
- Bebe Daniels – Diane De Valle
- Ray Walker – Jack Lambert
- Frank Mitchell – Peanuts Harper
- Jack Durant – Eddie Harper
- Rosina Lawrence – Shirley De Valle
- Thomas Beck – Tony Bennett
- Hattie McDaniel – Amanda
- Arline Judge – Theatre Customer (uncredited)
Soundtrack
[edit]- Honey Chile
- by Oscar Levant and Sydney Clare
- Sung by Alice Faye
- Love is Smiling at Me
- by Oscar Levant and Sydney Clare
- Sung by Alice Faye
- Music Is Magic
- by Arthur Johnston and Sydney Clare
- Sung by Alice Faye
- La Locumba
- by Raoul Julien and Sydney Clare
- Sung by Alice Faye
Reception
[edit]In their December, 1935 edition, Modern Screen gave the film a one-star review saying "the results are not so good." Although not mentioning the star, Alice Faye, the reviewer commented on some of the other cast members, saying Ray Walker "does a good job", Frank Mitchell and Jack Durant "do some of their noisy cutting up", Luis Alberni provides "the real laughs" and Bebe Daniels’ "deft impersonation (of a movie star who has seen better days) should cause many a lady about town to wince."[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Music is Magic". Modern Screen. Vol. 12, no. 1. December 1935. p. 100.
External links
[edit]- Music Is Magic at IMDb
- Music Is Magic at the TCM Movie Database (archived)
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