poster

1940

NR (09/27/1940) (US)

Comedy, Music,

1h 29m

67

User Score

LIVE, LAUGH and LOVE! With a Dancing, Romancing Deanna!

Overview

In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. It says that she will meet someone important and is destined for a happy marriage. Afterward she gets a job as a baker's assistant. She then meets a handsome army drummer who secretly dreams of becoming a famous composer and conductor. Unfortunately the military forbids the young corporal to create his own music. But then Ilonka secretly sends one of the drummer's waltzes to the Austrian Emperor with his weekly order of pastries. Her act paves the way toward the tuneful and joyous fulfillment of the gypsy's prediction.

1940

67

User Score

NR (09/27/1940) (US)

Comedy, Music,

1h 29m

LIVE, LAUGH and LOVE! With a Dancing, Romancing Deanna!

Overview

In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. It says that she will meet someone important and is destined for a happy marriage. Afterward she gets a job as a baker's assistant. She then meets a handsome army drummer who secretly dreams of becoming a famous composer and conductor. Unfortunately the military forbids the young corporal to create his own music. But then Ilonka secretly sends one of the drummer's waltzes to the Austrian Emperor with his weekly order of pastries. Her act paves the way toward the tuneful and joyous fulfillment of the gypsy's prediction.

Cast

Deanna Durbin

Deanna Durbin

Ilonka Tolnay

Robert Cummings

Robert Cummings

Corporal Harry Marten

Henry Stephenson

Henry Stephenson

Emperor Franz Joseph

S.Z. Sakall

S.Z. Sakall

Latislav Teschek - the Baker

Walter Catlett

Walter Catlett

Headwaiter

Peggy Moran

Peggy Moran

Archduchess Irene

Edward Gargan

Edward Gargan

Inga - the Fortune Teller

Wade Boteler

Wade Boteler

Sergeant

Samuel S. Hinds

Samuel S. Hinds

Von Zimmel

Leon Belasco

Leon Belasco

Violinist Orchestra Leader

Eddie Acuff

Eddie Acuff

Earl (uncredited)

John Banner

John Banner

Cymbalist (uncredited)

Bobby Barber

Bobby Barber

Waiter Who Spills Tray (uncredited)

Howard Hickman

Howard Hickman

Colonel (uncredited)