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Music for Madame: Directed by John G. Blystone. With Nino Martini, Joan Fontaine, Alan Mowbray, Billy Gilbert. A singer arriving in Hollywood is tricked by jewel thieves to distract a wealthy audience.
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- Comedy, Drama, Musical
- John G. Blystone
- 1937-10-08
Feb 20, 2008 · The "suspense" in the RKO Radio musical comedy Music for Madame lies in whether or not golden-voiced Operatic tenor Nino Martini will be permitted to sing. En route to Hollywood, Tonio...
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Music for Madame is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and written by Gertrude Purcell and Robert Harari. The film was released on October 8, 1937 by RKO Pictures.
In Music for Madame, the 19-year old Fontaine plays Jean, an aspiring operetta composer in Hollywood. She meets an Italian immigrant singer, Nino, played by Italian operatic tenor Nino Martini, who is an innocent pawn in a robbery by a pair of jewel thieves.
- John Blystone
- Nino Martini
Overview. An Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of crooks who use his talent to distract everyone at a party while they steal the jewels. John G. Blystone. Director. Robert Harari. Screenplay. Gertrude Purcell. Screenplay.
Music for Madame (1937) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Alan Hale does a good job as the buffoonish music-loving detective, with Grant Mitchell as the frustrated district attorney. Alan Mowbray is the pompous maestro who doesn't want Nino's talent to go to waste behind bars, Billy Gilbert provides sneezy comic relief, and Lee Patrick is Joan Fontaine's pal. 6.5/10.
