THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE

CREDITS

1934, 90 minutes, B&W with Technicolor Sequence.
Producer, Bernie Hyman; Director, William K. Howard; Screenplay, Samuel and Bella Spewack; Cinematography, Charles G. Clarke, Ray Rennahan and Harold Rosson; Music Director, Herbert Stothart.

CAST

Shirley, Jeanette MacDonald; Victor, Ramon Novarro; Charles, Charles Butterworth; Daudet, Frank Morgan; Professor, Jean Hersholt; Odette, Vivienne Segal; Taxi Driver, Henry Armetta; Theatre Owner, Frank Conroy.

SONGS

The Night Was Made for Love; The Breeze Kissed Your Hair; One Moment Alone; Impressions in a Harlem Flat; Poor Pierrot; She Didn't Say Yes; Don't Tell Us Not to Sing; I Watch the Love Parade; A New Love Is Old; The Crystal Candelabra; Ha! Cha Cha; Try to Forget by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach.

PLOT SYNOPSIS

"MacDonald and Ramon Novarro portray struggling composers and live-in companions. Her The Night Was Made For Love becomes a huge hit. . .but his career flounders. To escape the hubbub surrounding her, he packs up his suitcase and wounded pride and departs. But when the debut of his operetta is threatened, MacDonald shows up to save the show and rekindle their love."
- Liner Notes from MGM/Turner Videotape

NOTES

"Producer Bernie Hyman hoped that the 'living in sin' aspect of the storyline would not fall foul of the Hays code or upset the studio hierarchy, who were being pressured, as a result of the moralistic climate of the times, to concentrate on wholesome family entertainment."
- Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical

"The only remaining thing of merit is the music."
-Variety

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