Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) | |
| Director(s) | Henry King |
| Producer(s) | Harry Joe Brown (associate) |
| Top Genres | Drama, Musical, Romance |
| Top Topics | San Francisco |
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Alexander's Ragtime Band Overview:
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) was a Musical - Drama Film directed by Henry King and produced by Harry Joe Brown.
SYNOPSIS
A sumptuous showcase for 28 fantastic Berlin tunes. Aristocratic Power flouts family convention and takes up ragtime. He starts a band with composer Ameche and singer Faye. Over the next 30 years, two fall in love, a different two get married, one goes away to war, the band breaks up then gets back together. One of the original and still one of the best "let's put on a show" films of all time. Love, loyalty, fame, jealousy - even duty, honor, and country - all play alongside the spectacular cast in this breathtakingly appointed showbiz epic.
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Academy Awards 1938 --- Ceremony Number 11 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Art Direction | Bernard Herzbrun, Boris Leven | Nominated |
| Best Film Editing | Barbara McLean | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Alfred Newman | Won |
| Best Picture | 20th Century-Fox | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Irving Berlin | Nominated |
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Stella Kirby:
You haven't left me with a word to say.
Charlie Dwyer: That's good. People talk too much anyway.
Stella's Sailor freind: So, did you ever learn long division?
Stella Kirby: I never even learned short division!
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Charlie Dwyer: That's good. People talk too much anyway.
Stella's Sailor freind: So, did you ever learn long division?
Stella Kirby: I never even learned short division!
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Facts about
Three deleted musical numbers survive in pristine condition: "Some Sunny Day" sung by Don Ameche, "In My Harem" sung by Jack Haley, with Wally Vernon and Chick Chandler and "Marching Along With Time" sung by Ethel Merman; all three numbers are included as special features in the DVD release.
Grady Sutton (Babe), James Gordon (Equity President) and Joan Castle (Equity Secretary) were in studio records/casting call lists for those roles, but they did not appear in the film.
After the preview in Los Angeles on 24 May 1938, there were sporadic openings across the United States before the national release on 16 August 1938. Some of these were 5 August in New York City, New York; 11 August in Boston, Massachusetts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and San Francisco, California; 12 August in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Illinois and Dallas, Texas; and 13 August in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Grady Sutton (Babe), James Gordon (Equity President) and Joan Castle (Equity Secretary) were in studio records/casting call lists for those roles, but they did not appear in the film.
After the preview in Los Angeles on 24 May 1938, there were sporadic openings across the United States before the national release on 16 August 1938. Some of these were 5 August in New York City, New York; 11 August in Boston, Massachusetts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and San Francisco, California; 12 August in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Illinois and Dallas, Texas; and 13 August in Cleveland, Ohio.
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