Hit Parade of 1943
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Hit Parade of 1943 |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1943 |
| length | 82 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Albert S. Rogell |
| script |
Frank Gill Jr. Frances Hyland |
| production | Albert J. Cohen |
| music | Walter Scharf |
| camera | Jack A. Marta |
| cut | Thomas Richards |
| occupation | |
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Hit Parade of 1943 (alternate title: Change of Heart ) is a musical film that was shot as a Republic Pictures production and directed by Albert S. Rogell .
background
Hit Parade of 1943 was part of a film series of the same title that was based on the Hit Parade radio program sponsored by the cigarette maker Lucky Strike .
action
Susan Hayward operates in her film role as a ghostwriter for the composer John Carroll. Their romantic meetings, which culminate in song and dance scenes, were framed by performances by a number of African American musicians, dancers and bands, including Dorothy Dandridge , Count Basie , Freddy Martin , Ray McKinley , Ernie Morrison , The Golden Gate Quartet , Jack Williams, "Pops & Louie" (Albert Whitman and Louis Williams) and Chinita Marin.
Awards
The song Change of Heart , presented in the film by John Carroll and written by Jule Styne and Harold Adamson , received an Oscar nomination for Best Song in 1944 and was the title of the film's remake in 1949. Walter Scharf also received an Oscar nomination in in the Best Film Music - Musical category .
Songs
In addition to Change of Heart , the Jule Styne songs Take a Chance, Who Took Me Home Last Night ?, Harlem Sandman, That's How to Write a Song, Do These Old Eyes Deceive Me and Tahm-Boom-Bah were presented in the film.
Web links
- Hit Parade of 1943 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The 1944 Oscars in the Internet Movie Data Base
- ↑ The Melody Lingers on: The Great Songwriters and Their Movie musicals, p 359