Home
Showtimes & Tickets
Top Box Office
Trailers & More
In Theaters
Coming Soon
New on DVD
Critics' Reviews
Photos
News
Blog
Superfans
Overview
Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Critics' Reviews
User Reviews
Trailers &
Clips
Photos
News
Similar Movies
Showtimes &
Tickets
Awards &
Nominations
On DVD

Humoresque

:

Overview
Humoresque
Critics' Rating:
read review
Avg. User Rating:
1 rating
Your Rating:
write a review
NR,2hrs 3min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1946
Director:
Jean Negulesco
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
John Abbott, Joan Crawford, John Garfield  ...more
Synopsis: Fannie Hurst's novel Humoresque is the lachrymose tale of a famed Jewish-American violinist who forgets all about his friends and family in his rise to fame. Screenwriters Clifford Odets and Zachary Gold refashioned this timeworn material into a first-class, big-budget soap opera, completely dominated by the high-octane talents of Joan Crawford and John Garfield. A gifted musician, Garfield rises from the slums to the upper echelons of society, thanks to the patronage of wealthy, alcoholic Crawford. ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
View Full Reviews
Lucia Bozzola, AMG Review
For the second film adaptation of Fannie Hurst's bestseller about a rising violinist and his forceful mother, screenwriters Clifford Odets and Zachary Gold added a dipsomaniac patroness of the arts, and Humoresque (1946) became a classy Warner Bros. vehicle for Joan Crawford as well as John Garfield. Stylishly directed by Jean Negulesco, Garfield's struggle between art and ambition is played out through ... Full Review
Featured Cast
View More Cast & Crew
John Abbott
Rozner
Joan Crawford
Helen Wright
John Garfield
Paul Boray
Oscar Levant
Sid Jeffers
Similar Movies
View All (5)
advertisement


Privacy
Legal
Advertise
RSS
Site map
Feedback
Help
|
© 2009 Microsoft