Tin Pan Alley (film)

Movie
Original title	Tin Pan Alley
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1940
length	94 minutes
Rod
Director	Walter Lang
script	Robert Ellis Helen Logan
production	Kenneth MacGowan 20th Century Fox
music	Alfred Newman Francis Wheeler C. Franz Reisner Geoffrey O'Hara Billy Baskette Ted Snyder
camera	Leon Shamroy
cut	Walter Thompson
occupation
Alice Faye : Katie Blane Betty Grable : Lily Blane Jack Oakie : Harry Calhoun John Payne : Skeets Harrigan Allen Jenkins : Casey Esther Ralston : Nora Bayes Nicholas Brothers : special dances Ben Carter : Boy John Loder : Reggie Carstair Elisha Cook Jr .: Joe Codd Fred Keating : Harvey Raymond Billy Gilbert : Sheik

Tin Pan Alley is an American feature film of 1940 , in which Walter Lang directed. Alice Faye , Betty Grable , Jack Oakie and John Payne starred in this drama with vocals . The film won an Oscar for "Best Film Music" . In 1950, I'll Get By, a remake was released.

According to information from 20th Century Fox, the plot of the film is based on an unpublished story by Pamela Harris entitled Life is a Song .

action

New York in 1915 on Tin Pan Alley , 46th Street and 8th Avenue, where most of the US music publishers are based: this is where the former vaudeville artist Harry Calhoun and his partner Skeets Harrigan are fighting for survival. Your capital cover is more than tight, it is thin to tear apart. Harrigan gets into the boxing ring at more or less regular intervals in order to even be able to raise the rent.

Looking for another way out of their financial misery, they recruit the singing sisters Blane. When Katie Blane and Skeets Harrigan fall in love, Katie grants Harrigan a loan to buy a song for the sisters to sing and lead to success. However, for Harrigan success at work comes first and so he gives the song that he had promised Katie to the well-known singer Nora Bayes. This leads to a rift between the two, so that Harrigan has to step into the boxing ring again in order to raise the money for unpaid bills.

Then the First World War breaks out and Calhoun and Harrigan are also drafted. Harrigan and Katie don't find each other again until there is a truce . On this day the sisters Blane as well as Harry Calhoun and Skeets Harrigan are happily reunited in New York.

Production and Background

Filming began in late August 1940. The film premiered around November 22, 1940 in New York.

The censors criticized several scenes of the finished film, which they justified primarily with too revealing costumes. The relevant scenes have been cut out, some of them that have not been permanently deleted can be seen in Hidden Hollywood: Treasures From The 20th Century Fox Vaults .

As Tin Pan Alley (ger .: brass / Zinnpfannengasse) the 28th Street between Fifth Avenue and Broadway is in New York's Manhattan called. Most of the US music publishers were based here between 1900 and 1930.

criticism

Variety was of the opinion that Jackie Oakie as Harry Calhoun offered an outstanding characterization of a vaudeville artist . Alice Fay as Katie Blane, who has the greater burden in this sisterduo, plays her role high-ranking and Betty Grable as Lily Blane, flaunts her shapely figure in tight and eye-flattering costumes. About John Payne as Skeets Harrigan, Variety said that he attracts attention with his serious portrayal and also convinces in the romantic scenes.

New York Times reviewer Bosley Crowther said the film offered popular entertainment because it had verve and a skillful set-up by the director. In addition, the song 'America, I Love You,' is a very rousing melody, even if you can forget the lyrics. Crowther praised the fact that the authors had made space for cleverly arranged songs such as 'Moonlight Bay', 'Goodbye Broadway', 'Hello France' or 'KKK-Katy'. 'Tin Pan Alley' is made from familiar material, but the film knows how to entertain and amuse nonetheless. Good show.

Awards

At the Academy Awards in 1941 , Alfred Newmann won the Oscar for "Best Film Music" for the film Tin Pan Alley . It was his first Oscar of nine.

Web links

• Tin Pan Alley in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Tin Pan Alley at TCM - Turner Classic Movies (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tin Pan Alley (1940) Notes at TCM - Turner Classic Movies (English).
2. ↑ Tin Pan Alley (1940) Overview at TCM - Turner Classic Movies (English).
3. ↑ Tin Pan Alley (1940) Trivia at TCM - Turner Classic Movies (English).
4. ↑ Review: Tin Pan Alley at Variety, December 31, 1939. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
5. ↑ Bosley Crowther: Tin Pan Alley A Medley of Old Songs and Sentiment In: The New York Times, November 22, 1940. Retrieved January 6, 2014.