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Till the Clouds Roll By [Repackaged] [DVD] [1946]
SKU:16832705
Release Date:05/13/2008
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MGM's Till the Clouds Roll By is the musicalized, and highly fictionalized, life story of beloved composer Jerome Kern, who gave his blessing to the production shortly before his death in 1946. As played by a gray-templed Robert Walker, Kern is a likeable but none too exciting sort who expresses his emotions through his music. Constructed in the form of an extended flashback, the story proper begins at the turn of the century, as Kern tries to peddle his ditties to disinterested Broadway producers. His efforts to interest impresario Charles Frohman (Harry Hayden) go nowhere because Frohman is convinced that the only good music comes from Europe. Obligingly, Kern moves to London, where he meets and falls in love with his future wife Eva (Dorothy Patrick). On the verge of securing work with Frohman, Kern's hopes are dashed when the producer goes down with the Lusitania in 1915. Fortunately, Kern has developed such powerful U.S. contacts as Victor Herbert (Paul Maxey) and Oscar Hammerstein (Paul Langton), enabling him to find success as the composer of several "intimate" musicals for New York's Princess Theater. The film ends where it begins, with Kern's triumph as composer of the Broadway blockbuster Show Boat. Van Heflin weaves in and out of the proceedings as the obligatory best friend/severest critic, a musical arranger named Jim Hessler (purportedly based on longtime Kern associate Paul Sadler). No one in 1946 really cared about the dramatic passages of Till the Clouds Roll By; the film's biggest drawing card was its lineup of all-star MGM talent, performing Kern's most famous numbers. Judy Garland (as Marilyn Miller) sings "Look for the Silver Lining"; Dinah Shore performs "The Last Time I Saw Paris" before a back-projected "Gay Paree"; Kathryn Grayson does a Rita Hayworth imitation with "Long Ago and Far Away"; Virginia O'Brien deadpans "A Fine Romance"; Tony Martin warbles "All the Things You Are"; June Allyson and Ray McDonald team up for the title number; and Frank Sinatra, incongruously dressed in white tuxedo, runs through "Ol' Man River." In addition, other musical contributions are made by Van Johnson, Angela Lansbury, Cyd Charisse, Gower Champion, and Lucille Bremer (cast as Van Heflin's daughter). The film's high point comes at the very beginning with a Reader's Digest edition of Show Boat, featuring Lena Horne, as Julie (the role she was born to play, but never did again on screen), delivering a powerhouse rendition of "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man." Since lapsing into public domain in 1974, Till the Clouds Roll By has, along with Royal Wedding, become the most readily accessible of all MGM musicals.~Hal Erickson
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New featurettes - Till the Clouds Roll By: Real to Reel
Vintage Fitzpatrick Traveltalk short Glimpes of California
Classic cartoon Henpecked Hoboes
Outtake songs "D'ye Love Me?" and "Music in the Air"
Theatrical trailer
Director
- Richard Whorf
Writers
- Fred F. Finklehoffe
- George Wells
- Guy Bolton
- Jean Holloway
- Myles Connolly
Cast
- June AllysonGuest Performer
- Judy GarlandMarilyn Miller
- Gower ChampionDance Specialty
- Lucille BremerSally
- Cyd CharisseDance Specialty
- Joan WellsSally as a girl
- Bruce CowlingSteve
- Van HeflinJames I. Hessler
- Dorothy PatrickMrs. Jerome Kern
- Paul LangtonOscar Hammerstein II
- Rex EvansCecil Keller
- Byron FoulgerFrohman's Secretary
- William HalliganCapt. Andy
- Harry HaydenCharles Frohman
- Lena HorneJulie
- Johnny JohnstonFinale
- Van JohnsonBand Leader
- Maurice KellyDance Specialties
- Angela LansburyGuest
- Tony MartinRevenal
- Paul MaxeyVictor Herbert
- Ray McDonaldGuest Performer
- Virginia O'BrienEllie
- Caleb PetersonJoe
- William "Bill" PhillipsHennessey
- Dinah ShoreJulie Sanderson
- Frank SinatraFinale
- Ray TealOrchestra Conductor
- John AlbrightCall Boy
- Jean AndrenSecretary
- Stanley AndrewsDoctor
- Lee BennettStage Door Johnnies
- Margaret BertMaid
- Alma Carroll
- Lucille Casey
- Ann CodeeMiss Laroche
- Harry Denny
- Elspeth Dudgeon
- Ralph DunnMoving Man
- James FinlaysonCandy Vendor
- Sally Forrest
- William ForrestMotion Picture Director
- Kathryn GraysonMagnolia
- Mary HatcherChorus Girl
- Herbert HeywoodStagehand
- Russell HicksMotion Picture Producer
- Reed Howes
- Lilyan IreneBarmaid
- Thomas LoudenRural Postman
- Tony Merlo
- Howard MitchellDetective
- Robert E. O'ConnorClerk
- Lee Phelps
- Larry Steers
- Tom StevensonGenius
- Irene Vernon
- Larry Williams
- Herschel Graham
- Fred Hueston
- Dick Earle
- James Darrell
- Charles GriffinOpening Night Critic
- Mary Jane French
- Beryl McCutcheon
- Alice Wallace
- Mickey Malloy
- Wesley BrentShowgirl
- Bob McLean
- Frank McClure
- John Alban
- Louis ManleySwivel Chair Lady
- Don Wayson
Crew
- Arthur FreedProducer
- Guy BoltonScreen Story
- George FolseyCinematographer
- Harry StradlingCinematographer
- Conrad SalingerComposer (Music Score)
- Lennie HaytonComposer (Music Score)
- Lennie HaytonMusical Direction/Supervision
- Robert AltonMusical Direction/Supervision
- Roger EdensComposer (Music Score)
- Albert AkstEditor
- Cedric GibbonsArt Director
- Daniel B. CathcartArt Director
- Edwin B. WillisSet Designer
- Richard A. PefferleSet Designer
- Helen RoseCostume Designer
- Irene VallesCostume Designer
- Warren NewcombeSpecial Effects
- Robert AltonChoreography
- Jack DawnMakeup
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