I MARRIED AN ANGEL

I Married an Angel
MGM, 1942, B/W, 84 minutes, ***
Released July, 1942

In their final film together, Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy make heavenly music together. Playboy banker Eddy thinks he's found the girl of his dreams in MacDonald, but is she (literally) an angel in disguise? The songs include "Spring Is Here," "Tira Lira La" and the title tune.

Produced by: Hunt Stromberg
Directed by: Maj. W. S. Van Dyke II
Screen Play by: Anita Loos
"Based upon the Broadway stage success produced by Dwight Deere Wiman of the musical adaptation by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart of the play by Vassary Janos."
Songs by: Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Added Lyrics: Bob Wright, Chet Forrest
The Music Score by: Herbert Stothart
Dance Direction: Ernst Matray
Art Director: Cedric Gibbons
Associates: John S. Detlie and Motley
Set Decorations: Edwin B. Willis
Costumes by: Motley
Gowns by: Kalloch
Hair Styles Created by: Sydney Guilaroff
Make-Up Created by: Jack Dawn
Recording Director: Douglas Shearer
Director of Photography: Ray June
Special Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie and Warren Newcombe
Film Editor: Conrad A. Nervig

Cast: Jeanette MacDonald [Anna Zador / Brigitta], Nelson Eddy [Count "Willie" Palaffi], Edward Everett Horton [Peter], Binnie Barnes [Peggy], Reginald Owen ["Whiskers"], Douglas Dumbrille [Baron Szigethy], Mona Maris [Marika], Janis Carter [Sufi], Inez Cooper [Iren], Leonid Kinskey [Zinski], Anne Jeffreys [Polly], Marion Rosamond [Dolly], Additional Cast: Marek Windheim [Marcel], Georges Renavent [Pierre], Max Willenz [Assistant Manager], Francine Bordeaux, Lisl Valetti, Mildred Shay [Maids], Odette Myrtil [Modiste], Tyler Brooke [Lucien], Jacques Vanaire [Max], Luis Alberni [Jean Frederique], Micheline Cheirel [Annette], Rafaela Ottiano [Madelon], Margaret Moffat [Mother Zador], Vaughan Glaser [Father Andreas], Gino Corrado [Valet], Sidney D'Albrook, Mitchell Lewis [Porters], Sig Arno [Waiter], Jacqueline Dalya [Olga], George Humbert [Taxi Driver], Ben Hall [Delivery Boy], Ferdinand Munier [Rich Man], George Davis [Pushcart Vendor], Jack Vlaskin [Milk Wagon Driver], Veda Ann Borg, Carol Hughes [Willie's Morning Ladies], Ludwig Stossel [Janitor], Robert Greig [Major-Domo], Maxine Leslie, Lillian Eggers [Willie's Evening Ladies], Fredrik Vogeding, Charles Judels [Customs Officers], Anthony Blair, Joel Friedkin, Major James H. McNamara, Earle Dewey, Bert Roach [Board Members], Maude Eburne [Juli], Suzanne Kaaren [Simone], Leonard Carey [Servant], Guy Bellis [Servant], Esther Dale [Mrs. Gherkin], Grace Hayle [Mrs. Gabby], Gertrude W. Hoffman [Lady Gimcrack], Maude Allen [Woman], Eva Dennison [Woman], Florence Auer [Mrs. Roquefort], Walter Soderling [Mr. Kipper], Dick Elliott [Mr. Scallion], Oliver Prickett (aka Oliver Blake) [Mr. Gherkin], Almira Sessions [Mrs. Scallion], Lon Poff [Mr. Dodder], Charles Brabin [Mr. Fairmind], Otto Hoffman [Mr. Flit], Beryl Wallace [Fifi], Anita Sharp Bolster [Mrs. Kipper], Frank Reicher [Driver], Rafael Storm [Berti], Cecil Cunningham [Mrs. Fairmind], Jack Lipson [Mr. Roquefort], Harry Worth, James B. Carson [Waiters], Alphonse Martell [Headwaiter], Arthur Dulac, Harry Horwitz [French News Vendors], Sam Savitsky [Doorman], Evelyn Atchinson [Marie Antoinette], Charles Bancroft [Chimney Sweep], Muriel Barr [Mermaid], Edwina Coolidge [Queen Elizabeth], Ruth Adler [Night No. 1], Leda Nicova [Night No. 2], Vivian DuBois [Night No. 3], Betty Hayward [Night No. 4], George Ford [Neptune], Guy Gabriel, Dorothy Hans, Aileen Haley [Infanta], Joe Hartman [Marc Anthony], John Marlowe [Louis XIV], Paul Power [Scottish Highlander], Robert Spencer [Peacock]

Musical Program: The music is heavily integrated into the story and dialogue along with quite a lot of verse -- similar to the way it was done in Hallelujah I'm a Bum, so it is difficult, and quite unneccessary, to time-tag all of it. Listed are the more important songs here, you will find them (and fragments of them) scattered throughout the film:
[0:15] Tira Lira La (sung by Marjorie Briggs, Betty Noyes, and Dorothy Compton dubbing for Mona Maris, Janice Carter, Inez Cooper, Marion Rosamond, and Anne Jeffreys; Twins; Nelson Eddy; Burgren Sisters Childrens Quartet dubbing for the three black children onscreen; at the Count's birthday party); [0:24] "From afar you sent for an angel," to the tune of I Married an Angel (sung by Jeanette MacDonald as she makes her angelic entry into Nelson Eddy's dreams); [0:33] I Married an Angel / I'll Tell the Man in the Street / Hey Butcher (sung by Nelson Eddy, Jeanette MacDonald and Ensemble); [0:44] Spring Is Here (sung by Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy); [0:46] Harp concert: Villanelle (excerpt sung by Jeanette MacDonald); [0:50] May I Present the Girl (sung by Nelson Eddy); [1:01] Oh! Susanna (played by Orchestra as Brigitta endlessly rearranges the table seating); [1:06] But What of Truth (short excerpt sung by Jeannette MacDonald) / A Twinkle in Your Eye (sung and danced by Jeanette MacDonald and Binnie Barnes); [1:11] A Twinkle in Your Eye (part spoken in verse, part sung by Jeanette MacDonald); [1:16] Medley / Montage: Chanson Bohème (from the opera CARMEN / Anges Purs (from the opera FAUST / Aloha Oe (sung by Jeanette MacDonald, sung in counterpoint to Nelson's plea); [1:22] Finale medley: I Married an Angel / Spring Is Here (sung by Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald)