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Rating: 6.8/10 by 9 users

Spring Parade (1940)

In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. It says that she will meet someone important and is destined for a happy marriage. Afterward she gets a job as a baker's assistant. She then meets a handsome army drummer who secretly dreams of becoming a famous composer and conductor. Unfortunately the military forbids the young corporal to create his own music. But then Ilonka secretly sends one of the drummer's waltzes to the Austrian Emperor with his weekly order of pastries. Her act paves the way toward the tuneful and joyous fulfillment of the gypsy's prediction.

Directing:
  • Henry Koster
Writing:
  • Ernst Marischka
  • Bruce Manning
  • Felix Jackson
Stars:
Release Date: Fri, Sep 27, 1940

Rating: 6.8/10 by 9 users

Alternative Title:
Весенний парад - RU
Весенний вальс - SU

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 29 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

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Deanna Durbin
Ilonka Tolnay
Robert Cummings
Corporal Harry Marten
Henry Stephenson
Emperor Franz Joseph
S.Z. Sakall
Latislav Teschek - the Baker
Peggy Moran
Archduchess Irene
Edward Gargan
Inga - the Fortune Teller
Leon Belasco
Violinist Orchestra Leader
Eddie Acuff
Earl (uncredited)
John Banner
Cymbalist (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
Waiter Who Spills Tray (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
Colonel (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
Townswoman (uncredited)
George O'Hanlon
Peasant (uncredited)
Morgan Wallace
Frederick - Aide-de-Camp (uncredited)
Kathryn Adams
Girl with Fortune Teller
Jack Chefe
Josef - Waiter
Dora Clement
Mrs. Tressler
Virginia Engels
Girl in Cafe
William Gould
Chief of Detectives
Grace Hayle
Mrs. Burkhart
Herbert Heywood
Sepp - Wagon Driver
Paul Hurst
Headwaiter
Claire James
Cafe Customer
Leslie Kaye
Townswoman
Eddie Polo
Cafe Proprietor
Ronald R. Rondell
Restaurant Patron
Frank Sully
Bert - Shawl Salesman
Henry Victor
Dutch Officer

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Deanna Durbin signs her heart out here as the Hungarian peasant "Ilonka". She's been told by a fortune teller that happiness is looming - and she reckons that might just have come true when she encounters "Harry" (Robert Cummings) - a drummer in the Imperial army. Meantime, though, he is fond of writing music, a skill prohibited in the military so she determines to somehow get his works in front of the Emperor (Henry Stephenson). Creatively, she takes to hiding them in the salt sticks that her boss the baker (S.Z. Sakall) makes daily for the court. That's quite a risky tactic as those who surround the throne worry that this could be a plot to poison their ruler and so the baker finds himself incarcerated, and "Ilonka" has to make a tough - and brave - decision. It's quite a charming mix of musical and romance this, with a bit of chemistry between Durbin and Cummings and with the scene-stealing Sakall and Stephenson also on good form guiding this gently evolving storyline towards it's inevitable and pleasing conclusion. "Waltzing on the Clouds" has the germ of an ear-worm to it - you might find yourself humming it long after the film has ended!


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