Bitter Sweet
Summary:
Previously filmed in 1933, Noel Coward's sentimental operetta Bitter Sweet was transformed by MGM seven years later into a Jeanette MacDonald-Nelson Eddy vehicle, complete with Technicolor. Set in late 19th century Vienna, the story focuses on the romance between music teacher Carl Linden (Eddy) and his prize pupil Sarah Milick (MacDonald). Eloping with Sarah, Carl w... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Jeanette MacDonald - (Sarah Millick)
Nelson Eddy - (Carl Linden)
George Sanders - (Baron Von Tranisch)
Ian Hunter - (Lord Shayne)
Felix Bressart - (Max)
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Review:
Bitter Sweet is visually sumptuous and contains some wonderful music sung very well, but overall it's a disappointing and rather leaden operetta. A great deal of the blame goes with scenarist Lesser Samuels, who took far too many liberties in adapting Noel Coward's musical. Granted, the original source was not perfect, but it had more life... Continue >>
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