Fanciful account of how Mendelssohn came to write "The Wedding March."Fanciful account of how Mendelssohn came to write "The Wedding March."Fanciful account of how Mendelssohn came to write "The Wedding March."
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Mary Anderson
- Hilda
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Vernon Dent
- The Baron
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Lou Rademan
- The Peasant
- (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
- Wedding Celebrant
- (uncredited)
George Sorel
- Mendelssohn
- (uncredited)
E. Alyn Warren
- Priest
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaPrologue: "Felix Mendelssohn, one of the world's foremost composers, was born of Jewish parents, in Germany, February 3, 1809. His material worries were minimized by family wealth, and consequently he devoted much of his time to helping musicians less fortunate than himself - as illustrated in the following incident, said to have taken place near Leipzig, over a hundred years ago."
Epilogue: "And all this is just to remind us that Mendelssohn lived in a world of blossoms, shared his possessions with his fellowmen and passed on, leaving the truest record of his life in music."
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Title Card: Felix Mendelssohn, one of the world's foremost composers, was born of Jewish parents, in Germany, February 3, 1809. His material worries were minimized by family wealth, and consequently he devoted much of his time to helping musicians less fortunate than himself - as illustrated in the following incident, said to have taken place near Leipzig, over a hundred years ago.
- SoundtracksViolin Concerto in E Minor, Op.64
(1844) (uncredited)
Written by Felix Mendelssohn
Played on violin by a peasant
Featured review
Worth Watching for the Technicolor
Mendelssohn's Wedding March (1939)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
A pretty straight-forward bio-pic from MGM tells the story of Felix Mendelssohn, a name most won't know but his immortal "Wedding March" is perhaps the best known music ever written. This film tells the story of how he came to write the music and the reason behind it. I don't know a thing about Mendelssohn or his life but for some strange reason nothing I watched here jumped out at me as being true history. Either way, the film is decent enough as a 8-minute time killer but it's certainly nothing deep or overly special. I think the main reason to watch the film is for its Technicolor, which really looks amazing. The film almost looks like a dream as the colors are so beautiful and you'll see how much so in the opening sequence. The greens really jump off the screen and these brief scenes really make the film worth viewing. As for everything else, FitzPatrick handles the material fairly well but he really doesn't do anything special with it. Mary Anderson is the standout here as the woman who will be getting married.
** 1/2 (out of 4)
A pretty straight-forward bio-pic from MGM tells the story of Felix Mendelssohn, a name most won't know but his immortal "Wedding March" is perhaps the best known music ever written. This film tells the story of how he came to write the music and the reason behind it. I don't know a thing about Mendelssohn or his life but for some strange reason nothing I watched here jumped out at me as being true history. Either way, the film is decent enough as a 8-minute time killer but it's certainly nothing deep or overly special. I think the main reason to watch the film is for its Technicolor, which really looks amazing. The film almost looks like a dream as the colors are so beautiful and you'll see how much so in the opening sequence. The greens really jump off the screen and these brief scenes really make the film worth viewing. As for everything else, FitzPatrick handles the material fairly well but he really doesn't do anything special with it. Mary Anderson is the standout here as the woman who will be getting married.
- Michael_Elliott
- Jun 8, 2010
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- Mendelssohn's Wedding March: A Musical Romance
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- Runtime9 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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