Spring Parade (1940)
In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. It says that she will meet someone important and is destined for a happy marriage. Afterward she gets a job as a baker's assistant. She then meets a handsome army drummer who secretly dreams of becoming a famous composer and conductor. Unfortunately the military forbids the young corporal to create his own music. But then Ilonka secretly sends one of the drummer's waltzes to the Austrian Emperor with his weekly order of pastries. Her act paves the way toward the tuneful and joyous fulfillment of the gypsy's prediction.
Director:
Henry Koster
Writers:
Felix Jackson, Bruce Manning.
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Deanna Durbin as Ilonka Tolnay |
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Robert Cummings as Corporal Harry Marten |
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Mischa Auer as Gustav |
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Henry Stephenson as Emperor Franz Joseph |
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S.Z. Sakall as Latislav Teschek - the Baker |
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Walter Catlett as Headwaiter |
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Anne Gwynne as Jenny |
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Peggy Moran as Archduchess Irene |
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Reginald Denny as The Major |
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Kenneth Brown as Moritz |
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Billy Lenhart as Max |
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Franklin Pangborn as Wiedlemeyer |
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Edward Gargan as Inga - the Fortune Teller |
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Wade Boteler as Sergeant |
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Samuel S. Hinds as Von Zimmel |
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Leon Belasco as Violinist Orchestra Leader |
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Eddie Acuff as Earl (uncredited) |
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John Banner as Cymbalist (uncredited) |
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Bobby Barber as Waiter Who Spills Tray (uncredited) |
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Howard Hickman as Colonel (uncredited) |
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Ethelreda Leopold as Townswoman (uncredited) |
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George O'Hanlon as Peasant (uncredited) |
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Morgan Wallace as Frederick - Aide-de-Camp (uncredited) |
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Kathryn Adams as Girl with Fortune Teller |
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Herbert Ashley as Detective |
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Michael Audley as Hans |
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Frank Austin as Customer |
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Polly Bailey as Minnie |
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Vangie Beilby as Townswoman |
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Stanley Blystone as Detective |
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Harry C. Bradley as Mandate |
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Jack Chefe as Josef - Waiter |
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Dora Clement as Mrs. Tressler |
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Polly Connell as Townswoman |
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Virginia Engels as Girl in Cafe |
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William Gould as Chief of Detectives |
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Ernest Grooney as Townsman |
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Grace Hayle as Mrs. Burkhart |
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Herbert Heywood as Sepp - Wagon Driver |
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Fay Holderness as Townswoman |
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Maynard Holmes as Bugler |
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Paul Hurst as Headwaiter |
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Claire James as Cafe Customer |
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Frank Jaquet as Detective |
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Sheldon Jett as Policeman |
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Sidney Kibrick as Boy |
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Leslie Kaye as Townswoman |
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Carl M. Leviness as Townsman |
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Jack Lomas as Customer |
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Aubrey Mather as Baron |
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Eric Mayne as Nobleman |
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Gene Morgan as Waiter |
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Tony Paton as Waiter |
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Joe Ploski as Townsman |
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Thomas Pogue as Customer |
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Eddie Polo as Cafe Proprietor |
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Ronald R. Rondell as Restaurant Patron |
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Sam Savitsky as Nobleman |
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Frank Sully as Bert - Shawl Salesman |
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Henry Victor as Dutch Officer |
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Douglas Wood as General |
| Directing | Henry Koster | Director |
| Editing | Bernard W. Burton | Editor |
| Sound | Hans J. Salter | Music |
| Camera | Joseph A. Valentine | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Ernst Marischka | Original Story |
| Writing | Felix Jackson | Screenplay |
| Writing | Bruce Manning | Screenplay |
| Production | Joe Pasternak | Producer |
