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Rhapsody in Blue

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Rhapsody in Blue
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2hrs 19min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1945
Director:
Irving Rapper
Starring:
Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith  ...more
Synopsis: There's slightly more fancy than fact in this lavish film biography of legendary American composer George Gershwin, but oh! That music! Director Irving Rapper had wanted Tyrone Power to play Gershwin, but Power was still serving in the Marines, so Rapper had to settle for Robert Alda--who isn't bad at all, just a trifle over-enthusiastic. The film traces Gershwin's rise from a "song plugger" for a Manhattan music publishing company to the heights of international fame and fortune. Gershwin's first ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Some films, including Rhapsody in Blue succeed very much in spite of themselves. Rhapsody should by no means be as good as it is. Like so many other biopics of the period (and today), Rhapsody plays very fast and very loose with the facts and has very little value as biography. The screenplay is a string of clichés, and filled with uninspired dialogue spouted by characters that, if not cardboard, are ... Full Review
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Robert Alda
George Gershwin
Joan Leslie
Julie Adams
Alexis Smith
Christine Gilbert
Charles Coburn
Max Dreyfus
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Lang Lang and Herbie Hancock share the stage after performing "Rhapsody in Blue" at the Grammy...
Lang Lang and Herbie Hancock share the stage after performing "Rhapsody in Blue" at the Grammy...
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