He assembled a top roster of talent for the goldwyn follies 1938, from george and ira gershwin writing the songs to george balanchine as choreographer and. Oliver merlin cant buy common sense, so he asks sincere and sweet hazel dawes to tell him the truth about his latest movie. Well, 1938s the goldwyn follies has the latter, but as an extravaganza, its a bit of a misfire. Potter with adolphe menjou, jimmy ritz, harry ritz, al ritz, year. Is the goldwyn follies going to be on the mount rushmore of best musicals.
Other songs written for the goldwyn follies currently included in the cafe songbook catalog of the great american songbook 1. Rent the goldwyn follies 1938 starring adolphe menjou and ritz bros on dvd and bluray. Metro goldwyn mayer mgm is a leading entertainment company focused on the production and global distribution of film and tv content across all platforms. Music and lyrics by george gershwin and ira gershwin. Movie producer chooses a simple girl to be miss humanity and to critically evalute his movies from the point of view of the ordinary person.
The goldwyn follies 1938 passed 2h 2min comedy, musical, romance 4 february 1938 usa movie producer chooses a simple girl to be miss humanity and to critically evalute his movies from the point of view of the ordinary person. Vera zorina in balanchines undine water nymph ballet. He passed away on july 11, 1937, and, on iras recommendation. Of these, 161 are theatrical shorts, two are madefortv shorts and one is a 2minute sketch shown as part of a telethon.
The goldwyn follies the astute samuel goldwyn has assembled top names from grand opera, class terpsichore, music, radio and films. She tells martin that the movies suffer from unbelievable storylines, cliched dialogue and wooden acting. The ritz brothers and vera zorina are starring, alongside kenny baker, andrea leeds, edgar bergen and charlie mccarthy. Impressed, martin hires hazel as miss humanity, allowing her to judge the. The goldwyn follies united artists, 1938, directed by george marshall, produced by samuel goldwyn, who doesnt appear, is a lavish scale musical revue with a slight plot focused on oliver merlin adolphe menjou a prominent movie producer. The goldwyn follies has always been considered a mess since it first opened and lost a considerable amount of money for the studio. For a complete listing of songs used in the movie, the goldwyn follies, see imdb soundtrack. After gershwins death, vernon duke cowrote the song spring again with gershwins brother ira, as well as. The goldwyn follies 1938 independent producer sam goldwyn jumped on the allstar musical bandwagon in 1938, determined he could be hollywoods answer to broadway impresario florenz ziegfeld. Vera zorina in what is known as the water nymph ballet undine in the goldwyn follies 1938. Ballet dancers from the american ballet of the metropolitan opera. Goldwyns dream began and ended with 1938s goldwyn follies, a film centering on goldwynlike movie producer oliver martin adolphe menjou.
This was george gershwins last film project, because he died of a brain tumor during production. Unless one is a fan of the ritz brothers or ventriloquist edgar bergen the only reasons to see the goldwyn follies are the fifteen minutes or so of choreography contributed by george balanchine and the color cinematography of gregg toland in the relatively new threestrip version of technicolor. Cuts are detailed for each respective version found under related works. The goldwyn follies dvd, 2015 for sale online ebay. Charlie mccarthy, vera zorina, kenny baker, andrea leeds, adolphe menjou, the ritz brothers, 1938. They became a radio program in 1932 and 1936 as the ziegfeld follies of the air. Packaging should be the same as what is found in a retail store, unless the item is handmade or was packaged by the manufacturer in nonretail packaging, such as an unprinted box or plastic bag.
This was the last film score written by george gershwin before his death on 11 july 1937. The lowestpriced brandnew, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging where packaging is applicable. The big problem with the goldwyn follies is its idiot plot. The main story is about a show producer who overhears a. Cast included adolphe menjou, the ritz brothers, vera zorina, kenny baker, ella logan, bobby clark, and edgar. Follies live at kennedy center revival cast complete. Love is here to stay, song from the goldwyn follies, film share on. Goldwyn follies used the backstage format to weave acts by radio and stage performers into a loose story line, a model that had proved successful for paramounts similar film, the big broadcast 1932. The film is more interesting now as a timepiece of the thirties than it was when it was new, and anyone with a fondness for the era should enjoy it. Directors george marshall cast includes adolph menjou, andrea leeds, kenny baker, the ritz brothers, vera zorina, helen jepson. The goldwyn follies 1938 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Love is here to stay, song from the goldwyn follies, film.
Directed by george marshall and written by an endless procession of fired writers before a final rewrite by ben hecht, its faults lie mostly with goldwyn himself. Lyrics to love is here to stay, song from the goldwyn follies, film by boston pops orchestra from the an arthur fiedler valentine album including song. It seems that martins films havent been turning a profit lately, and he wants to find out why by eliciting the advice of the average filmgoer. Ritz brothers, released in the usa on january 28 of 1938. In the late 70s, harry medved and randy dreyfuss dubbed 1938s the goldwyn follies one of the fifty worst films of all time in their book of the same name, but that claim certainly does the goldwyn follies warner archive collection. The goldwyn follies was the last film of george gershwin, who died at the age of 38 on july 11, 1937 following an operation to remove a brain tumor. Vernon duke stepped in and helped complete the songs. A longtime admirer of broadway impresario flo ziegfeld, hollywood producer sam goldwyn hoped to emulate the success of the ziegfeld follies by producing an annual moviemusical revue. The goldwyn follies is a film directed by george marshall, h. The result was an episodic narrative for which subtle color motifs would have been out of place.
The songs in the goldwyn follies was also written by george and ira gershwin. I was doing all right, song from the goldwyn follies, film. The movie was nominated for an oscar for best score as orchestrated by edward b. Redirected from mice follies 1954 film this is a complete list of the 164 shorts in the tom and jerry series produced and released between 1940 and 2014. The complete video of the 2011 kennedy centers revival of follies, a stephen sondheim musical. Cut versions one or more versions of this work have been cut. According to hollywood reporter news items, his illness was at first perceived to be a nervous breakdown, for which he was hospitalized.
Goldwyn s dream began and ended with 1938s goldwyn follies, a film centering on goldwyn like movie producer oliver martin adolphe menjou. The goldwyn follies 1938, a film by george marshall. Adolph menjou leads the cast as a picky producer who plucks a young woman from the sticks andrea leeds and makes her a consultant on his latest movie musical, which is a. The technicolor transfer looks sensational, remarkably sharp. The goldwyn follies british board of film classification. But when gershwin had to be hospitalized, doctors discovered he had a brain tumor. The goldwyn follies 1938 cast and crew distressed when his last few films fail, movie producer oliver merlin adolphe menjou decides to trust the commonsense opinion of. Already, in may 1937, george began to complain of fatigue, and by june he was suffering frequent headaches and spells of dizziness. To obtain this category cuts were required but the details are not available.
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