"Til the Clouds Roll By" (1946)
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Starring Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland
This is a musical biopic on the career of pioneering Hollywood composer Jerome Kern from 1946
This films highlights include Angela Lansbury's "How D'Ya Like to Spoon With Me," Lena Horne's "Why Was I Born?" Judy Garland's "Look for the Silver Lining" and a short production of "Show Boat."
Cast:
Robert Walker
Van Heflin
Lucille Brener
Dorothy Patrick
Also stars
Judy Garland
Kathryn Grayson
Lena Horne
Tony Martin
Dinah Shore
Frank Sinatra
June Allyson
Angela Lansbury
Cyd Charisse
Virigina O'Brien
Director: Richard Whorf
Producer: Arthur Freed
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: musical; biopic
Director: Richard Whorf
Producer: Arthur Freed
Sponsor: MGM
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Creative Commons license: Public Domain
Run time: 2:15:08
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This tense, relatively well-crafted little thriller dispenses with frills or padding, and tells its story in a straightforward way that works pretty well. Once it sets up the story, it maintains the tension carefully enough to make up for some plot holes and one-dimensional characters. The focus remains almost entirely on the story, and the characters are never developed very deeply. The three main roles are rather well-cast, though, and Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, and James Gleason each deliver what their roles call for. Although implausible at some points, the story is otherwise well-constructed, and it moves at a good pace. Many film-makers are tempted to inject superfluous material into this kind of story, and this is an example showing that it usually works better to keep it simple. While nothing extraordinary, it works more than well enough to be worth watching. --Imdb
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