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They Shall Have Music is a 1939 musical film directed by Archie Mayo and starring famed violinist Jascha Heifetz (as himself), Joel McCrea, Andrea Leeds, and Gene Reynolds. The screenplay concerns a young runaway who finds his purpose in life after hearing Heifetz play, and the kindly master of a music school in financial difficulty takes him in.
They Shall Have Music: Directed by Archie Mayo. With Jascha Heifetz, Joel McCrea, Andrea Leeds, Gene Reynolds. A boy runs away from home and ends up at a music school for poor children. When the school suffers hard times, he enlists the aid of violinist Heifetz to save the day.
Young Frankie, a victim of a squalid life in the slums, fancies himself a tough guy until hearing a performance by violinist Jascha Heifetz. Inspired by the maestro, Frankie returns to his violin, an instrument his late father had taught him to play as a baby.
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They Shall Have Music. 1939 · 1 hr 42 min. TV-PG. Drama · Music. After being taken in by a children's music school for the poor, a runaway saves the school from hard financial times with help from a famed violinist.
A boy from the streets of New York finds music tickets to a Heifetz concert, which rekindles his earlier interest in the violin. He subsequently runs away from home and happens across a music school for children (played by members of the Peter Meremblum California Youth Symphony Orchestra).
A poverty-stricken child hears a concert by violinist Heifetz and decides to become a musician. He joins Brennan's nearly bankrupt music school and persuades Heifetz to play at a benefit concert.
