The Melody Man (1930)
1h 8m
Running Time
January 15, 1930Release Date
Plot.
A Viennese composer Von Kemper (John St.Polis), who after murdering both his unfaithful wife and royal lover, flees to America with his young daughter Elsa (Alice Day).
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Cast & Crew.
William Collier Jr.
Al Tyler
Alice Day
Elsa
John St. Polis
Von Kemper
Johnnie Walker
Joe Yates
Roy William Neill
Director
Albert Conti
Prince Friedrich
Tenen Holtz
Gustav
Lee Kohlmar
Adolph
Details.
Release DateJanuary 15, 1930
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 8m
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Wiki.
The Melody Man is a 1930 American pre-Code all-talking drama musical sound film produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. This film is important historically as being Columbia's first sound feature to feature color. The first reel of the film was photographed in the Technicolor process. It was directed by Roy William Neill and starred John St. Polis, Alice Day and William Collier, Jr. The story is based on a Broadway play by Herbert Fields.
The film is preserved in the Library of Congress.