Spring Parade

1940

Technical Information:

Studio: Universal
Running Time: 1 hour, 29 minutes
Black and White
Video Availability: Not available on home video

Cast:

Deanna Durbin...Ilonka Tolnay
Robert Cummings...Harry Marten
S.Z. Sakall...the Baker
Butch and Buddy...the Kids
Henry Stephenson...Emperor Franz Joseph
Allyn Joslyn...Count Zorndorf
Mischa Auer...the Peasant
Anne Gwynne...Jenny
Peggy Moran...Irene
Franklin Pangborn...Wiedelmeyer
Reginald Denny...Captain
Walter Catlett...Headwaiter
Samuel S. Hinds...Von Zimmerl
Edward Gargan...Fortune Teller
Wade Boteler...Sergeant

Credits:

Screenplay...Bruce Manning, Felix Jackson
Based on a story by...Ernst Marischka
Director of Photography...Joseph Valentine, A.S.C.
Film Editor...Bernard W. Burton
Assistant Director...Frank Shaw
Art Director...Jack Otterson
Associate...Richard H. Riedel
Set Decorations...R.A. Gausman
Dances by...Larry Ceballos
Technical Advisor...Richard de Opel
Musical Director...Charles Previn
Vocal Coach...Andres de Segurola
Orchestrations...H.J. Salter, Frank Skinner
Sound Supervisor...Bernard B. Brown
Technician...Joe Lapis
Gowns...Vera West
Directed by...Henry Koster
Produced by...Joe Pasternak

Ilonka Tolnay (Deanna Durbin) is a young goatherd living in old Austria-Hungary and working as an assistant at a bakery. She travels to Vienna on a hay wagon and soon falls in love with Harry Marten (Robert Cummings), a handsome army corporal who wishes to become a great composer. She inspires him to write waltzes.

Songs:

[Songs performed by Deanna Durbin in boldface]
"Blue Danube Dream" (Strauss II, Kahn)
"Waltzing in the Clouds" (Kahn, Stolz)
"It's Foolish But It's Fun" (Kahn, Stolz)
"When April Sings" (Kahn, Stolz)
"The Dawn of Love" (Freed, Previn)
"In a Spring Parade" (Kahn, Previn)

Academy Awards and Nominations:

Best Sound, Recording (Bernard B. Brown - nominee)
Best Music, Score (Charles Previn - nominee)
Best Music, Song - "Waltzing in the Clouds" (Gus Kahn, Robert Stolz - nominees)
Best Cinematography, Black and White (Joseph Valentine - nominee)

Notes:

This film gave Deanna Durbin her first (and only, I believe) foreign role.

Picture credits:
1. Movie still scanned by webmaster.
2. Movie still scanned by webmaster.

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