The Cat and the Fiddle is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic musical film directed by William K. Howard. It is based on the hit 1931 Broadway musical of the same name by Jerome Kern and Otto A. Harbach
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Jeanette MacDonald
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Jeanette Anna MacDonald was an American soprano and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier and Nelson Eddy. During the 1930s and 1940s she starred in 29 feat
The Cat and the Fiddle (film)
…same name by Jerome Kern and Otto A. Harbach, about a romance between a struggling composer and an American singer. The film stars Ramon Novarro and Jeanette MacDonald in her MGM debut. The film plot is substantially changed from that of the Broadway musical. Victor Florescu is a composer desperately trying to get his…
MacDonald in 1934
MacDonald backstage in a costume for the Broadway show Sunny Days (1928)
MacDonald with Maurice Chevalier in a promotional still for The Merry Widow (1934)
From the trailer for The Merry Widow (1934)