They Shall Have Music (1939)

Released: 1939-08-18 Duration: 1hr 45min

Genres: Family Music Drama

Rating 6.0

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The THRILL of great music... the LAUGHTER of youth... the TENDERNESS of age

Overview

The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the basement of a music school for poor children.

Production Companies

Howard Productions

Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Additional Info

Budget	$0.00
Revenue	$0.00
Original Language	en
Popularity	1.461

Directed By

Archie Mayo

Crew

Director
Archie Mayo

Screenplay
Irma von Cube

Screenplay
John Howard Lawson

Producer
Samuel Goldwyn

Editor
Sherman Todd

Art Direction
James Basevi

Set Decoration
Julia Heron

Costume Design
Jeanne Beakhurst

Assistant Director
Walter Mayo

Sound Recordist
Paul Neal

Director of Photography
Gregg Toland

Original Music Composer
Alfred Newman

Music Director
Alfred Newman

Associate Producer
Robert Riskin

TOP CAST

Jessie Arnold

Woman in Alley Yelling for Police (uncredited)

Emanuel Bay

Accompanist for 'Hora staccato' (uncredited)

Richard Berres

Cellist in Meremblum Orchestra (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

Policeman at Police Station (uncredited)

Dorothy Christy

Woman Angry at Husband Being Late (uncredited)

Alan Edwards

Concertgoer Throwing Tickets Away (uncredited)

Robert Homans

Policeman at Barney's Pool Room (uncredited)

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