New Moon (1940 film)
Clash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP | New Moon | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Robert Z. Leonard W. S. Van Dyke |
| Produced by | Robert Z. Leonard |
| Written by | Robert Arthur Jacques Deval |
| Based on | The New Moon 1928 operetta by Sigmund Romberg Oscar Hammerstein II |
| Starring | Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Mary Boland George Zucco |
| Music by | Herbert Stothart |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
| Edited by | Harold F. Kress |
Production company | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,487,000[1] |
| Box office | $1,290,000 (domestic earnings)[1] $1,237,000 (foreign earnings)[1] |
New Moon is a 1940 American musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Robert Z. Leonard, with uncredited direction by W. S. Van Dyke.
It is the second film adaptation of the operetta The New Moon, which premiered on Broadway in 1928. The stage version featured music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and others. The first film adaptation, also titled New Moon, which premiered in 1930, was less faithful to the stage version.
Contents
1 Plot summary
2 Cast
3 References
4 External links
Plot summary
During the 18th century in New Orleans, Louisiana, a French nobleman in disguise as a bondsman, Charles (Nelson Eddy) leads his fellow bondsman in revolt against his ship's captain, commandeering the ship and heading out to sea.
Cast
Jeanette MacDonald as Marianne de Beaumanoir
Nelson Eddy as Charles (Henri), Duc de Villiers
Mary Boland as Valerie de Rossac
George Zucco as Vicomte Ribaud
H. B. Warner as Father Michel
Grant Mitchell as Governor of New Orleans- Stanley Fields as Tambour
Dick Purcell as Alexander
John Miljan as Pierre Brugnon- Ivan F. Simpson as Guizot
- William Tannen as Pierre
- Bunty Cutler as Julie
- Claude King as Monsieur Dubois
Cecil Cunningham as Governor's Wife
Joe Yule as Maurice
Ray Walker as Coco
Buster Keaton as prisoner Lulu (uncredited)
References
^ abc Turk, Edward Baron (1998). Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-22253-9.
External links
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to New Moon (1940 film). |
New Moon at the American Film Institute Catalog
New Moon (1940) on IMDb
New Moon at AllMovie
New Moon at the TCM Movie Database
