Maytime

Maytime (1937)

The singing sweethearts thrill again!

An aging former opera singer looks back on long life, specially on her relationships with her vocal teacher and a music student.

Date of release
1937-03-26
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (14)
Runtime
2h 12m
Genres
Romance, Drama
Director
Robert Z. Leonard

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Maytime
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 2

Maytime is a 1937 American musical and romantic-drama film produced by MGM. It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard, and stars Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. The screenplay was rewritten from the book for Sigmund Romberg's 1917 operetta Maytime by Rida Johnson Young, Romberg's librettist; however, only one musical number by Romberg was retained. Internationally, with its initial release it was the year's highest grossing film.

Production

The film was prepared by producer Max Siegel. However before filming he left to go to New York and Irving Thalberg asked David Lewis to take over. The original director was Edmund Goulding who Lewis said was constantly rewriting the script. When Thalberg died the project was assigned to producer Hunt Stomberg and the Hacketts did a rewrite; a new director was assigned.

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