Product Details

• Actors: Ramon Novarro, Jeanette MacDonald, Frank Morgan, Charles Butterworth, Jean Hersholt
• Directors: Sam Wood, William K. Howard
• Writers: Anita Loos, Bella Spewack, Eve Greene, James Kevin McGuinness, Otto A. Harbach
• Format: Black & White, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Warner)
• VHS Release Date: December 11, 1992
• Run Time: 88 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302593301
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #10,188 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A PLEASANTLY CHARMING SURPRISE., January 28, 2003

By	"scotsladdie" (GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Although mostly forgotten, this is a really fun excursion back into 1934. In Brussels, failed composer Victor (Silent star Ramon Navarro, in a finely etched performance) is running from a restaurateur when he hops into a taxi occupied by Shirley (Jeanette). [That's what they used to call "cute-meet" in screenwriter parlance]. She haughtily asks him to find his own cab but he turns on the charm. They find they are living next door to each other in matching 'pensions'...The Kern-Harbach score is lovely: the most memorable tune being ONE MOMENT ALONE. There is also an eclectic ditty entitled IMPRESSIONS IN A HARLEM FLAT...While not considered a completely successful transfer of the orignal Broadway show - which ran 395 performances - it's more than pleasant enough. Also worth noting is the rare screen appearance of Vivienne Segal as the vampish leading lady Odette. Novarro, whom I've never seen sans in the Garbo flick MATA HARI does a really admirable job here. This would be his last part of any consequence in films. Some trivia: Jeanette's costume in the finale was worn by Joan Crawford in the LET'S GO BAVARIAN number in her 1933 hit DANCING LADY.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pleasant Musical with Pre-Code Innuendos, August 23, 2002

By	Fernando Silva "fedo" (Santiago de Chile.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Besides "Mata-Hari" this is the only talkie starring Ramon Novarro, available, in vhs or dvd format, on the market, and thus one of the only chances to hear his pleasant voice and to check what a fine actor he was . Personally, I'd only seen previously, the aforementioned "Mata Hari" and the blockbuster silent "Ben-Hur" (1926). Here Novarro plays Victor, a young struggling composer who lives in Brussels, where he meets and falls in love with american Shirley, played by Jeanette MacDonald, in her first feature at new home MGM, singing along the way (both), some nice Jerome Kern songs, most notably "The Night was made for Love" and "She didn't say Yes".

Fine character actors Frank Morgan (as MacDonald's powerful and rich suitor), Charles Butterworth (playing an absent minded friend of Novarro), Jean Hersholt (as Novarro's music professor) and Henry Armetta (extremely funny as a bad-tempered cab driver- he's named his taxi "Teresa"!), add charm to this lovely musical with the "european" flavour, and the technicolored ending was a nice surprise.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars classic movie, July 30, 2000

By A Customer

A great 'relaxing in the afternoon' movie. Jeanette McDonald is as delightful as ever. Frank Morgan adds great character depth. But Ramon Novarro, the (other) latin lover of silent movies, shows just how he can still win it all in this 'talkie' Still looking every inch the romantic lead, he reveals a great comedic ability here. The movie had some troubles with the censors in the 30's, they objected to Ramon's and Jeanette's characters being shown 'cohabiting' without getting married. Naughty Naughty Its a fun movie, you'll like it