Sweethearts (1938)

Directed by

W. S. Van Dyke, Robert Z. Leonard

Genre

musical film, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 55m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A famous singing couple stars in a Broadway operetta about a pair of sweethearts. Offstage, their real life romance mirrors the show they perform.

lightheartedromanticwhimsicalold-fashionedplayfulmelodicglamorousbright

What happens

Sweethearts is a 1938 American Technicolor musical romance film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. The screenplay, by Dorothy Parker and Alan Campbell, uses the “play within a play” device: a Broadway production of the 1913 Victor Herbert operetta is the setting for another pair of sweethearts, the stars of the show. It was the first color film for Nelson or Jeanette (as well as MGM's first three strip Technicolor feature). It was their first film together without uniforms or period costumes. Filming started on June 16, 1938 and concluded on September 13, 1938. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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