Spring parade
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Spring parade |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1940 |
| length | 84 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Henry Koster |
| script |
Bruce Manning Felix Jackson based on an original idea by Ernst Marischka |
| production |
Joe Pasternak for Universal Pictures |
| music | Charles Previn |
| camera | Joseph A. Valentine |
| cut | Bernard W. Burton |
| occupation | |
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Spring Parade is a 1940 American film starring Deanna Durbin . Henry Koster directed the film . The composer Robert Stolz composed the Waltz Waltzing in the Clouds originally for the German film Spring Parade of 1934, on the Spring Parade is based.
action
Ilonka Tolnay has a practical disposition. When a fortune teller predicts that she will find the love of her life in nearby Vienna, she thinks it's nonsense. But less than 24 hours later, by chance, she is already on her way to the metropolis. As soon as she got there, she befriends the confectioner Ladislaus Tescheck, who hires the pretty young woman to work as a temporary worker in his bakery. Through a misunderstanding, Ilonka met the drummer Harry Marten, who actually had a completely different young lady in mind. The two young people get to know each other better in a wine tavern and finally fall in love. In the end, Ilonka is allowed to sing a composition by Harry in front of Emperor Franz Josef. After the emperor has given them his blessing, they both become very happy together.
background
Since her success in Three Smart Girls in 1936, Deanna Durbin had risen to become Universal Pictures' biggest star . Her films were all very successful financially and the studio had succeeded in enabling Durbin to make the leap from teenager to young adult profession on screen without her phenomenal popularity on either side of the Atlantic suffered as a result of the change.
Awards
At the Academy Awards in 1941 , the film received nominations in the following categories:
- Best Cinematography (black and white) - Joseph A. Valentine
- Best Score - Charles Previn
- Best note - Bernard B. Brown
- Best song - Waltzing in the Clouds - Robert Stolz