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CREDITS
1940, 105 minutes, B&W.
Producer, Robert Z. Leonard; Director, Robert Z. Leonard; Screenplay, Jacques Deval and Robert Arthur; Cinematography, William Daniels; Choreography, Val Raset.
CAST
Marianne de Beaumanoir, Jeanette MacDonald; Charles Mission, Nelson Eddy; Valerie de Rossac; Mary Boland; Vicomte de Ribaud, George Zucco; Father Michel, H.B. Warner; Governor of New Orleans; Grant Mitchell.
SONGS
Lover, Come Back to Me; Softly As In a Morning Sunrise; Stouthearted Men; Dance Your Cares Away; The Way They Do It in Paris; Shoes; One Kiss; Wanting You; Marianne by Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein II; Handel's Largo; La Marseillaise by Claude Rouget de Lisle.
NOTES
"It [had] some bewitching Sigmund Romberg melodies to recommend it, the MGM sheen germane to such occasions, and stalwart support. . ."
- Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical
An earlier version of New Moon had been produced by MGM in 1930, with Lawrence Tibbett and Grace Moore in the title roles.
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