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The Cat and the Fiddle is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic musical film directed by William K. Howard based on the hit 1931 Broadway musical of the same name by Jerome Kern and Otto A. Harbach, about a romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.
The Cat and the Fiddle: Directed by William K. Howard, Sam Wood. With Ramon Novarro, Jeanette MacDonald, Frank Morgan, Charles Butterworth. A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.
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- Comedy, Drama, Musical
- William K. Howard, Sam Wood
- 1934-02-16
Purchase The Cat and the Fiddle on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Early Hollywood heartthrob Ramon Novarro stars as a dashing, young European composer whose way with women lands him in a desperate situation in the musical The Cat and the Fiddle.
- William K. Howard
- Ramon Novarro
MGM's The Cat and the Fiddle adapts the Jerome Kern-Otto Harbach musical for the silver screen to mostly delightful results, barring the slightly rough first act in which Belgian composer Ramón Novarro pursues American singer-songwriter Jeanette MacDonald with an uber-Chevalier intensity that makes him seem like a real pest (I hesitate to say ...
- William K. Howard
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Summaries. A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer. Victor Florescu is a talented, Brussels-based composer of serious music under the tutelage of respected Professor Bertier at the Music Conservatory. He is hoping to have his yet-uncompleted operetta, "The Cat and the Fiddle", produced by famed impresario Jules Daudet.
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson. Based on the stage musical by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach, The Cat and the Fiddle stars Jeanette MacDonald as a music student and Ramon Novarro as a struggling composer.
