Rapsodia in blu (1945)
Il film è una biografia romanzata della vita e della carriera del leggendario compositore statunitense George Gershwin, dalla sua infanzia a New York come figlio di immigrati russi ebrei fino al suo trionfo a Broadway e nel mondo della musica classica. La trama segue la sua ascesa, prima come song plugger (pianista dimostratore) a Tin Pan Alley, poi come autore di successi indimenticabili in collaborazione con il fratello paroliere Ira, e infine come compositore ambizioso che cerca di colmare il divario tra la musica popolare e quella sinfonica. Il racconto intreccia le sue ambizioni professionali con le sue passioni amorose, le sue amicizie (incluso il suo amico e pianista Oscar Levant, che interpreta sé stesso).
Direttore:
Irving Rapper
Scrittori:
Elliot Paul, Howard Koch.
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Robert Alda as George Gershwin |
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Joan Leslie as Julie Adams |
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Alexis Smith as Christine Gilbert |
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Charles Coburn as Max Dreyfus |
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Julie Bishop as Lee Gershwin |
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Albert Bassermann as Prof. Franck |
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Morris Carnovsky as Morris Gershwin |
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Rosemary DeCamp as Rose Gershwin |
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Oscar Levant as Oscar Levant |
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Paul Whiteman as Paul Whiteman |
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Al Jolson as Al Jolson |
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George White as George White |
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Hazel Scott as Hazel Scott |
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Anne Brown as Bess |
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Herbert Rudley as Ira Gershwin |
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John B. Hughes as Hughes |
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Mickey Roth as George Gershwin as a Boy |
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Darryl Hickman as Ira Gershwin as a Boy |
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Charles Halton as Mr. Kast |
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Andrew Tombes as Mr. Million |
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Gregory Golubeff as Mr. Katzman |
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Walter Soderling as Mr. Muscatel |
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Eddie Marr as Buddy De Sylva |
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Theodore von Eltz as Foley |
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Bill Kennedy as Herbert Stone |
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Oscar Loraine as Maurice Ravel |
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Johnny Downs as Dancer |
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Ernest Golm as Otto Kahn |
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Martin Noble as Jascha Heifetz |
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Hugo Kirchhoffer as Walter Damrosch |
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Will Wright as Rachmaninoff |
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Lynn Baggett as Guest (uncredited) |
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Gower Champion as Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited) |
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Elsa Maxwell as Elsa Maxwell (uncredited) |
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Mark Stevens as Steve (uncredited) |
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Charles Waldron as Doctor (uncredited) |
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Bernard DeRoux as Porter (uncredited) |
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Joe Gilbert as Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| Writing | Sonya Levien | Story |
| Directing | Irving Rapper | Director |
| Writing | Elliot Paul | Screenplay |
| Writing | Howard Koch | Screenplay |
| Production | Hal B. Wallis | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jesse L. Lasky | Producer |
| Art | John Hughes | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Milo Anderson | Costume Design |
| Camera | Ernest Haller | Additional Photography |
| Camera | Merritt B. Gerstad | Additional Photography |
| Art | Anton Grot | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Perc Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Sol Polito | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Folmar Blangsted | Editor |
| Crew | Clifford Odets | Additional Writing |
| Crew | Robert Rossen | Additional Writing |
| Crew | Harry Chandlee | Additional Writing |
| Sound | Max Steiner | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | George Gershwin | Songs |
| Writing | Ira Gershwin | Lyricist |
| Sound | George Gershwin | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Ray Heindorf | Original Music Composer |
