Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) |
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Cyd Charisse
(as Dance Specialty in 'Roberta')
with Margaret Obrien
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Other InformationPlot SummaryMGM`s Till the Clouds Roll By is the musicalized, and highly fictionalized, life story of beloved composer Jerome Kern, who gave his blessing to the production shortly before his death in 1946. As played by a gray-templed Robert Walker, Kern is a lik... TaglineThe mammoth musical of Jerome Kern`s dramatic life story! DiscographySinglesKa-lu-a Yesterdays Why Was I Born? The Land Where the Good Songs Go Smoke Gets in Your Eyes She Didn`t Say Yes I Won`t Dance One More Dance Who? Sunny Leave it to Jane Till The Clouds Roll By They Didn`t Believe Me The Siren`s Song Look for the Silver Lining Long Ago (and Far Away) How`d You Like to Spoon With Me? Cleopatterer All the Things You Are A Fine Romance The Last Time I Saw Paris Ol` Man River Can`t Help Lovin` Dat Man Life Upon The Wicked Stage Make Believe Where`s The Mate For Me? Cotton Blossom |
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Trivia and QuotesQuotes Victor Herbert: [congratulating Jerome Kern on his composing ability] My boy, you`ve got a song to sing.
Trivia Having become popular as a nightclub songstress, Angela Lansbury`s singing voice had been bypassed in her two previous MGM films - dubbed by Virginia Reece in The Harvey Girls (1946), a sprightly Technicolor musical with Angela scampering through "Oh You Kid" (music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Johnny Mercer); and dubbed by Doreen Tryden in The Hoodlum Saint (1946), a downbeat drama which featured two vocalized evergreens: "If I Had You" (music and lyrics by Ted Shapiro, Jimmy Campbell and Reginald Connelly) plus `How Am I to Know?" (music by Jack King, lyrics by Dorothy Parker). At Miss Lansbury`s insistence, producer Arthur Freed, who already had overseen The Harvey Girls (1946), allowed her, in this Jerome Kern biopic, to use her own singing voice in the jaunty, set-on-swings production number, "How`d You Like to Spoon with Me?" (lyrics by Edward Laska). Because of disagreements Robert Walker was having with his MGM bosses, they billed the rest of the cast first, and then "and Robert Walker as Jerome Kern". Lucille Bremer plays Sally, who is supposed to be many years younger than Robert Walker`s character Jerome Kern. The actress is actually more than a year older than him. At the beginning of 1947, MGM Records began its release schedule, and the Jerome Kern film score became the label`s first soundtrack album. Most, though not all of the singers were represented in the box of four 78-rpm discs. Among those missing artists, both Dinah Shore and Frank Sinatra were under contract to Columbia Records, which had in the marketplace commercial recordings of Dinah`s "They Didn`t Believe Me" (lyrics by Herbert Reynolds) and Frank`s "Ol` Man River" (lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II), a disc having been waxed two years before the movie premiere in Manhattan. The two Columbia sides have been transfered to Sony CDs: Mr. Sinatra`s lament on a box set called "The Best of The Columbia Years: 1943-1952," and Miss Shore`s ballad on her collection of "16 Most Requested Songs." Prominent on the film-score CD from Soundtrack Factory, a Dutch label, are the prerecordings of Dinah and Frank. In the release print, two of the Jerome Kern songs were edited to remove their verses: Judy Garland`s production number "Who?" (lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto A. Harbach), and Virginia O`Brien`s "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" (lyrics by Mr. Hammerstein). Recordings with the verses (but just a partial verse for Miss Garland, and also a less-elaborate last chorus without the film`s choir) were made available on the MGM Records soundtrack album. In the CD era, both prerecordings with their verses are presented on a soundtrack disc from the British label Prism. Deleted from the film were the following Jerome Kern songs: "D`Ye Love Me?" (lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto A. Harbach; sung by Judy Garland; footage available on the DVD from Warner Home Video); "Bill` (lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse`; the first chorus sung by Lena Horne; audio available on the Rhino CD, "Lena Horne at M-G-M: Ain`t It the Truth"); "I`ve Told Every Little Star" (lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; sung by Kathryn Grayson; footage available on the DVD from Warner Home Video) -- segueing into "The Song Is You" (lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II); sung by Kathryn Grayson and Johnny Johnston; footage available on the DVD from Warner Home Video); "Dearly Beloved" (lyrics by Johnny Mercer; sung partially by Johnny Johnston); and "The Way You Look Tonight" (lyrics by Dorothy Fields; sung partially by Lucille Bremer -- dubbed by Trudy Erwin -- plus John and Renee Arnaut). Irene Vernon`s film debut. Judy Garland, who played real-life singer-dancer Marilyn Miller, was pregnant with her first daughter, Liza Minnelli. She was placed behind stacks of dishes while singing "Look For the Silver Lining", but it was not to "hide her belly" as some have thought, because moments before her number, she is shown walking over to the set and even during her song as she is standing behind the dishes, her abdomen is not disguised. When Jerome Kern was told that MGM wanted to make a movie of his life he told them that, frankly, his life had been so boring they would have trouble making an interesting movie from it. In order to add some drama, the writers invented the Hesslers and especially the hunt for Sally Hessler. When MGM originally began planning this film, it asked Jerome Kern what he thought about Robert Walker being cast. He said it sounded all right, but he wanted to hear his wife`s opinion. He phoned her from the office and she told him to stay and play himself and send Walker home to her. Judy Garland sings two numbers in the film: "Look for the Silver Lining" and "Who?". She also sang "Do You Love Me?" but it was cut before release. Her sequences were filmed by her then new husband, Vincente Minnelli. Lena Horne was originally filmed singing both "Can`t Help Lovin` Dat Man" and "Bill" in the "Show Boat" scene, but the studio eventually deleted "Bill". The script for this film had to be rewritten after Jerome Kern died. This film made national headlines in 1973 when it was announced that MGM had neglected to renew its copyright, resulting in the film entering public domain. Because of that, inferior VHS copies appeared a few years later when video became popular. Tony Martin, already identified, via his December 19, 1939 Decca recording, with the incomparable ballad, "All the Things You Are" (lyrics by `Oscar Hammerstein II)` ), waxed another version for Mercury around the time of the film`s Manhattan debut. Mercury paired Tony`s remake with his solo of "Make Believe" (lyrics by Hammerstein) on a 78-rpm single. The MGM Records soundtrack album featured, as part of the "Show Boat" medley, Tony singing "Who Cares If My Boat Goes Up Stream?" (lyrics by Hammerstein) and a Martin-Kathryn Grayson duet of "Make Believe." On CD, Tony`s one Decca side has a place on "Hear My Song" from the British label Flare; his two recordings from December 21, 1946 (first issued on a single one full year later) count among "The Best of Tony Martin: The Mercury Years;" and all of his film vocals are ensconced on the soundtrack release from Sony. The MGM Records soundtrack album made from this film, originally released on a 78-RPM album set, was the first soundtrack album ever made from a live-action film musical. Previously the only movie musical soundtrack released on records was that of Disney`s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) (the authentic soundtrack album of MGM`s The Wizard of Oz (1939), with the film cast, was not released until 1956). | ||
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