A beautiful young concert pianist is torn between her attraction to her arrogant but brilliant maestro and her love for a farm boy she left back home.A beautiful young concert pianist is torn between her attraction to her arrogant but brilliant maestro and her love for a farm boy she left back home.A beautiful young concert pianist is torn between her attraction to her arrogant but brilliant maestro and her love for a farm boy she left back home.
Bill Carter
- George Sampter
- (as William Carter)
Maria Ouspenskaya
- Madame Goronoff
- (as Mme. Maria Ouspenskaya)
Lillian Bronson
- Music Teacher
- (uncredited)
Edgar Caldwell
- Call Boy
- (uncredited)
Paulina Carter
- 12 Year Old Girl
- (uncredited)
Maurice Cass
- Music Teacher
- (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
- Butler
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAt the time this movie was made, Borden Chase was married to Lee Keith, who was a concert pianist and who may have helped inspire the story. Lee brought to their marriage two daughters, Barrie - who became Fred Astaire's dancing partner, and Pat - who became romantically involved with her stepfather, Borden Chase.
- Crazy creditsThe Republic Pictures logo does not appear on this film.
- ConnectionsSpoofed in It's a Grand Old Nag (1947)
Featured review
Catherine McLeod Is Great
Catherine McLeod gives a terrific star performance as the luscious center of this ambitious romance film from Frank Borzage.
McLeod plays a young pianist of promise who comes under the wing of a famous and slightly crazed pianist (Philip Dorn) whose demands are limitless. She leaves behind her father's farm and the man (William Carter) who loves her selflessly. Will she marry the mad musician or the simple farmer? More than a standard "woman's picture" or romance, this film features role reversals among the male characters with the lusty, aggressive pianist battling the effete and quiet farmer for the girl's affections. There's also this weird synergy between the girl and the pianist because they share the same passion for music while she seems to have nothing at all in common with the farmer .... except love.
McLeod gives a star-making performance and looks great, but her career never quite took off. Dorn and Carter are perfect as the men orbiting her. Co-stars include Maria Ouspenskaya, Fritz Feld, Felix Bressart, Elizabeth Patterson, Lewis Howard, Vanessa Brown, and Cora Witherspoon. And yes that's the young Andre Previn as the student Dorn dismisses.
Maybe not a masterpiece, but this film from Republic, filled with great music and filmed in lush Technicolor, shouldn't be among the forgotten.
McLeod plays a young pianist of promise who comes under the wing of a famous and slightly crazed pianist (Philip Dorn) whose demands are limitless. She leaves behind her father's farm and the man (William Carter) who loves her selflessly. Will she marry the mad musician or the simple farmer? More than a standard "woman's picture" or romance, this film features role reversals among the male characters with the lusty, aggressive pianist battling the effete and quiet farmer for the girl's affections. There's also this weird synergy between the girl and the pianist because they share the same passion for music while she seems to have nothing at all in common with the farmer .... except love.
McLeod gives a star-making performance and looks great, but her career never quite took off. Dorn and Carter are perfect as the men orbiting her. Co-stars include Maria Ouspenskaya, Fritz Feld, Felix Bressart, Elizabeth Patterson, Lewis Howard, Vanessa Brown, and Cora Witherspoon. And yes that's the young Andre Previn as the student Dorn dismisses.
Maybe not a masterpiece, but this film from Republic, filled with great music and filmed in lush Technicolor, shouldn't be among the forgotten.
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- drednm
- Dec 13, 2013
Details
- Runtime1 hour 57 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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