They Shall Have Music (1939)
1h 45m
Running Time
August 18, 1939Release Date
They Shall Have Music (1939)
1h 45m
Running Time
August 18, 1939Release Date
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Plot.
The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the basement of a music school for poor children.
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Cast & Crew.
Jascha Heifetz
Jascha Heifetz
Joel McCrea
Peter
Andrea Leeds
Ann Lawson
Gene Reynolds
Frankie
Walter Brennan
Professor Lawson
Terry Kilburn
Limey
Porter Hall
Flower
Walter Tetley
Rocks
Chuck Stubbs
Fever
Tommy Kelly
Willie
Gale Sherwood
Betty
Archie Mayo
Director
Alfred Newman
Musical Director / Music Director
Irma von Cube
Writer
Mary Ruth
Suzie
John St. Polis
Davis
John Howard Lawson
Writer
Alexander Schoenberg
Menken
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Marjorie Main
Mrs. Miller
Gregg Toland
Cinematographer
Sherman Todd
Editor
Arthur Hohl
Miller
Paul Harvey
Heifetz' Manager
Zero
Sucker the Dog
Peter Meremblum
Peter Meremblum
Calvin Leslie
(uncredited)
Effie Anderson
Woman on Steps (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold
Woman in Alley Yelling for Police (uncredited)
Arthur Aylesworth
Detective (uncredited)
Emanuel Bay
Accompanist for 'Hora staccato' (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
Man in Concert Audience (uncredited)
Richard Berres
Cellist in Meremblum Orchestra (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Policeman at Police Station (uncredited)
Morris Boltuch
Kid in Orchestra (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
Bill - Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Raymond D. Bowman
Violinist (uncredited)
Virginia Brissac
Willie's Mother (uncredited)
Dorothy Christy
Woman Angry at Husband Being Late (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
Henry - Heifetz's Butler (uncredited)
Kaye Connor
Girl in Orchestra (uncredited)
Dulcie Day
A Woman in Line (uncredited)
Joe De Stefani
Pawn Broker (uncredited)
Alan Edwards
Concertgoer Throwing Tickets Away (uncredited)
Virginia Ellis
Violinist (uncredited)
Fern Emmett
Woman on Steps (uncredited)
James Flavin
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
John Hamilton
Detective (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Policeman at Barney's Pool Room (uncredited)
Roger Imhof
Michael - Deputy (uncredited)
Perry Ivins
Mr. Morgam (uncredited)
Frank Jaquet
Mr. Wallace (uncredited)
John Kelly
Kelly (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
Film Delivery Man (uncredited)
Maude Louis
Woman in Line (uncredited)
Mitchell Lurie
Clarinetist in Orchestra (uncredited)
Diana Lynn
Pianist (uncredited)
J. Farrell MacDonald
Police Chief (uncredited)
Louis Mason
Deputy (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
Man in Concert Audience
Anne O'Neal
Woman on Steps (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
Policeman in Rain (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Policeman in Auditorium (uncredited)
Edwina Pierce
Violinist (uncredited)
Annette Ruderman
Violinist (uncredited)
Theodore Saidenberg
Heifetz's Accompanist (uncredited)
Wyndham Standing
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Paul Stanton
Inspector Johnson (uncredited)
Elizabeth Valentine
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Police Chief's Aide (uncredited)
Bryant Washburn Jr.
Usher in Carnegie Hall (uncredited)
Billy Wayne
Film Delivery Man (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 18, 1939
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 45m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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Wiki.
They Shall Have Music is a 1939 musical film directed by Archie Mayo and starring famed violinist Jascha Heifetz (as himself), Joel McCrea, Andrea Leeds, and Gene Reynolds. The screenplay concerns a young runaway who finds his purpose in life after hearing Heifetz play, and the kindly master of a music school in financial difficulty takes him in.