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Bitter Sweet (1940)

Director: WS Van Dyke

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From Time Out Film Guide

Second screen version of the Noël Coward operetta (adapted by Lesser Samuels) about young love in turn-of-the-century Vienna. MacDonald pips, squeaks and chirps in her melodious fashion as the red-cheeked English rose who elopes to Austria. Eddy is her music teacher and sweetheart. Shot in best MGM Technicolor, the film looks a treat, but there's no disguising the flimsy, winsome storyline.

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Cast & crew

Director: WS Van Dyke

Producer: Victor Saville

Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, George Sanders, Felix Bressart, Lynne Carver, Ian Hunter, Fay Holden, Sig Ruman full cast

Duration: 92 mins


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