A bandleader must prove he is worthy of entry into the the Hall of Music in heaven.A bandleader must prove he is worthy of entry into the the Hall of Music in heaven.A bandleader must prove he is worthy of entry into the the Hall of Music in heaven.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win total
Frederick Brady
- Ted Barry
- (as Fred Brady)
Fritz Feld
- Niccolò Paganini
- (uncredited)
Halliwell Hobbes
- Franz Liszt
- (uncredited)
Elmer Jerome
- Official Recorder
- (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
- Johannes Brahms
- (uncredited)
Lionel Royce
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky
- (uncredited)
Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas
- Gabriel
- (uncredited)
William Yetter Sr.
- Richard Wagner
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTchaikovsky scolds Ted for having used one of his melodies and then says to the Official Recorder to let him "know when that Freddy Martin checks in here (Heaven)". Freddy Martin's biggest hit was "Tonight We Love" in 1941, which heavily borrowed from Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto Number 1 in B-flat Minor. It was such a big hit that Martin began to incorporate melodies from the classics in follow-up songs.
- ConnectionsVersion of It Was a Gay Ballnight (1939)
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Look at the date, folks. Look at the date.
None of the previous reviewers seem to have put this short in historical context. It was produced and shown in 1943, when things were still going badly for us in the war. Europe was still occupied by the Fascists. The Europe of almost every composer on those risers: Beethoven, Wagner - Hitler's favorite -, Brahms, Paganini, Schubert, LIzst, etc.
And yet their place as the great masters of music is never called into question.
There is more to this short than meets the eye. MGM bothered to hire musicians who could compose versions of the American's song that are really in the styles of the various composers mentioned. A lot more work was done here than for the average short. So yes, this short didn't win that Oscar just by chance.
This is propaganda in the good sense, and that would not have been lost on moviegoers of the time.
And yet their place as the great masters of music is never called into question.
There is more to this short than meets the eye. MGM bothered to hire musicians who could compose versions of the American's song that are really in the styles of the various composers mentioned. A lot more work was done here than for the average short. So yes, this short didn't win that Oscar just by chance.
This is propaganda in the good sense, and that would not have been lost on moviegoers of the time.
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- richard-1787
- Jan 28, 2024
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- Runtime22 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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