Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) | |
| Director(s) | Richard Whorf, Vincente Minnelli (uncredited), George Sidney (uncredited) |
| Producer(s) | Arthur Freed |
| Top Genres | Biographical, Musical |
| Top Topics | Musicians, Show Business, True Story (based on) |
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Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) was a Biographical - Musical Film directed by George Sidney and Richard Whorf and produced by Arthur Freed.
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Musical Monday: Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
on Jan 30, 2023 From Comet Over HollywoodIt?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: Till the Clouds Roll By (194... Read full article
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Quotes from
Victor Herbert:
[congratulating Jerome Kern on his composing ability] My boy, you've got a song to sing.
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Facts about
The script for this film had to be rewritten after Jerome Kern died.
In the release print, Frank Sinatra does not begin "Ol' Man River" (lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II) with the verse. However, the verse opens both of Mr. Sinatra's commercial recordings -- the first for Columbia, arranged and conducted by Axel Stordahl, waxed on December 3, 1944, and originally released as a 78-rpm single, which featured on the flip side, "Stormy Weather" (music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Ted Koehler); and Frank's second version for Reprise, arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle, cut on February 18, 1963, and part of "The Concert Sinatra" LP, which has been reissued on an import CD, unveiled by Universal Distribution on November 10, 2009.
Released on March 1, 1947, the MGM Records soundtrack album made from this film, originally presented on a 78-RPM album set, was the first soundtrack album ever made from a live-action film musical. Previously the only movie musical soundtrack released on records was that of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (The authentic soundtrack album of MGM's The Wizard of Oz, with the film cast, was not issued until 1956.)
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In the release print, Frank Sinatra does not begin "Ol' Man River" (lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II) with the verse. However, the verse opens both of Mr. Sinatra's commercial recordings -- the first for Columbia, arranged and conducted by Axel Stordahl, waxed on December 3, 1944, and originally released as a 78-rpm single, which featured on the flip side, "Stormy Weather" (music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Ted Koehler); and Frank's second version for Reprise, arranged and conducted by Nelson Riddle, cut on February 18, 1963, and part of "The Concert Sinatra" LP, which has been reissued on an import CD, unveiled by Universal Distribution on November 10, 2009.
Released on March 1, 1947, the MGM Records soundtrack album made from this film, originally presented on a 78-RPM album set, was the first soundtrack album ever made from a live-action film musical. Previously the only movie musical soundtrack released on records was that of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. (The authentic soundtrack album of MGM's The Wizard of Oz, with the film cast, was not issued until 1956.)
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