Moonlight and Pretzels

Moonlight and Pretzels (1933)

The smash musical romance

A song plugger is stranded in a small town. There he meets a girl who later helps him to put on a show on Broadway.

Date of release
1933-08-01
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 23m
Genres
Music, Comedy
Director
Karl Freund

Casting

Interesting facts

Moonlight and Pretzels is a 1933 American Pre-Code musical film directed by Karl Freund, about a vaudeville singer-songwriter who puts on a Broadway show. The film was released by Universal Studios and featured Mary Brian and William Frawley. Lyricist E.Y. Harburg, best known for The Wizard of Oz, penned the words to most of the film’s musical numbers.

Production

The film was not produced in Hollywood, but was filmed at the Astoria Studios in Astoria, Queens, New York City, primarily used by Paramount Pictures. The dances were choreographed by Bobby Connolly.

Universal planned a big publicity effort. "There will be nationwide Mary Brian and Lillian Miles style tie-ups with the greatest department stores; Shirt, hat and neckwear tie-ups on Pryor; pretzel and beer tie-ups; special music ballyhoos and a score of exploitation angles that will be a cinch to put over."

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