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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Quotes from
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
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie onJune 3, 1940 with Alice Faye reprising her film role.
A British Movietone Newsreel survives of the London premiere at the Regal Cinema, believed to be some time in Fall 1938. Leslie Mitchell describes the events, and Irving Berlin is present. Mitchell asks Berlin what is his favorite song that he wrote, and Berlin responds: "Well, what do you think!" indicating the title of this film. Also present is George Sanders, Clive Brook, Bobby Howes, Mary Maguire, Margaret Lockwood and Flora Robson.
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.
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A British Movietone Newsreel survives of the London premiere at the Regal Cinema, believed to be some time in Fall 1938. Leslie Mitchell describes the events, and Irving Berlin is present. Mitchell asks Berlin what is his favorite song that he wrote, and Berlin responds: "Well, what do you think!" indicating the title of this film. Also present is George Sanders, Clive Brook, Bobby Howes, Mary Maguire, Margaret Lockwood and Flora Robson.
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.
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