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The Melody Lingers On (film)






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The Melody Lingers On
Directed byDavid Burton
Written byLillian Hellman
Ralph Block
Philip Dunne
Produced byEdward Small
StarringJosephine Hutchinson

Production
company

Reliance Pictures

Distributed byUnited Artists

Release date

  • 1935 (1935)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Melody Lingers On is a 1935 American film.

Plot[edit]

A piano virtuoso has a child out of wedlock to her fiance, who is killed trying to save her life. Their son is brought up by foster parents and becomes a musician.

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

Edward Small bought the rights to the novel in November 1934.[1] Lillian Hellman wrote an early draft of the script.[2] Philip Dunne was then hired to work on it with Ralph Block.

Reception[edit]

According to Dunne "The Melody Lingers On lingered not at all in theaters but died a swift and merciful death".[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Screen Notes". The New York Times. November 24, 1934.
  • ^ "Screen Notes". The New York Times. December 13, 1934.
  • ^ Philip Dunne, Take Two: A Life in Movies and Politics, Limelight, 1992, p. 33
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