
Music in the Air
Music in the Air is a 1934 American romantic comedy musical film based on Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's Broadway musical of the same name. It was part of the popular subgenre of operetta films made during the era. The film was a commercial failure on its release, losing $389,000. This was the worst performing release by Fox Film that year.
Plot
Aspiring songwriter Karl Roder (Douglass Montgomery) travels to the big city, along with a girl he is in love with, Sieglinde Lessing (June Lang), and her Father Walter Lessing (Al Shean) who has just written a new song that he thinks will take the world by storm (with lyrics by Karl).
More details
author | Billy Wilder Jerome Kern |
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contentLocation | Bavaria |
director | Joe May |
genre | comedy |
keywords | big city break cast and crew end fight listen make up opening night opera star than the |
musicBy | Jerome Kern |
producer | Erich Pommer |
publisher | Fox Film Corporation |
theme | musical musical comedy operetta romantic comedy romantic musical |