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Budget. $0.5-$2 million [1] Box office. $7 million [1] A Song to Remember is a 1945 American biographical film which tells a fictionalised life story of Polish pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin. Directed by Charles Vidor and starring Paul Muni, Merle Oberon, and Cornel Wilde.
Oct 16, 1989 · Cornel Wilde, who starred in a string of swashbuckling film melodramas and was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of Frederic Chopin in "A Song to Remember," died today at 74, a hospital ...
Oct 17, 1989 · Cornel Wilde, whose athletic abilities first brought him to Hollywood and whose elegant physique, good looks and dramatic talent kept him there for nearly 50 years, died in Los Angeles early Monday.
A Song to Remember: Directed by Charles Vidor. With Paul Muni, Merle Oberon, Cornel Wilde, Nina Foch. Biography of Frederic Chopin.
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- Biography, Drama, Music
- Charles Vidor
- 1945-01-18
2. Cornel Wilde (born Kornél Lajos Weisz; October 13, 1912 – October 16, 1989) was a Hungarian-American actor and filmmaker. Wilde's acting career began in 1935, when he made his debut on Broadway. In 1936 he began making small, uncredited appearances in films. By the 1940s he had signed a contract with 20th Century Fox, and by the mid-1940s ...
A Song to Remember looks bad now not because it is 54 years old but because it is bad and, notwithstanding its blockbuster reputation, it was bad in 1945. The story is a falsification of Fredric Chopin's life. The miscasting of muscular Cornel Wilde as the consumptive composer is a travesty.
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Oct 17, 1989 · LOS ANGELES -- Cornel Wilde, 74, who starred in a string of swashbuckling film melodramas and was nominated for a 1945 Oscar for his portrayal of musician Frederic Chopin in "A Song to Remember ...