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Blossom Time (1934)
Director: Paul L Stein
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From Time Out Film Guide
Where Hitchcock's near contemporary Waltzes from Vienna relied on poorly worked-out gimmicks and the rather irrelevant talents of Jessie Matthews, Stein's Berlin/Hollywood apprenticeship enabled him to produce a classic musical biopic. Purists may well sneer at the representation of Franz Schubert as a popular singer/ songwriter, but Tauber's voice is magnificent and his minimally melodramatic acting fits perfectly this Ruritanian world where a fire-eating, snuff-sniffing duchess stands in the path of true love. The story may be flimsy, but the way Stein deftly moves it forward to its wedding-ritual finale is superb.Author: RMy
Cast & crew
Director: Paul L Stein
Producer: Walter C Mycroft
Cast: Richard Tauber, Jane Baxter, Carl Esmond, Athene Seyler, Paul Graetz, Charles Carson full cast
Genre(s): Musicals
Duration: 91 mins
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