The Great Victor Herbert

The Great Victor Herbert is a 1939 American musical film directed by Andrew L. Stone.^[1] During production, the movie was slated to be called The Gay Days of Victor Herbert.^[2][3][4]

This 78 RPM record released by EMI in Australia, included the movie's original title.

The Great Victor Herbert
Film poster
Directed by	Andrew L. Stone
Written by	Russel Crouse Robert Lively Andrew L. Stone
Produced by	Andrew L. Stone
Starring	Allan Jones Mary Martin Walter Connolly
Cinematography	Victor Milner
Edited by	James Smith
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 29, 1939 (1939-12-29)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Biography of the Irish composer for American theater, Victor Herbert (1859-1924), the first major figure in popular music since Stephen Foster, in addition to his successful Broadway plays. He is said to have written "some of the finest American songs ever heard on the stage."^[5]

Cast

• Allan Jones as John Ramsey
• Mary Martin as Louise Hall
• Walter Connolly as Victor Herbert
• Lee Bowman as Dr. Richard Moore
• Susanna Foster as Peggy
• Judith Barrett as Marie Clark
• Jerome Cowan as Barney Harris
• John Garrick as Warner Bryant
• Pierre Watkin as Albert Martin
• Richard Tucker as Michael Brown
• Hal K. Dawson as George Faller
• Emmett Vogan as Forbes
• Mary Currier as Mrs. Victor Herbert
• James Finlayson as Lamplighter

Awards

The film was nominated for two Academy Awards:^[6]

• Music (Scoring) – Phil Boutelje, Arthur Lange
• Sound Recording – Loren L. Ryder

It was also on a preliminary list of submissions from the studios for Cinematography (Black-and-White) but was not nominated.^[7]