New Moon (1940)

Directed by

Robert Z. Leonard, W. S. Van Dyke

Genre

musical film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A nobleman and a common woman fall in love during the French Revolution. They sing and dance as they navigate their different social positions and the political turmoil around them.

lightheartedromanticupbeatmusicalwarmold-fashionedcheerfullively

What happens

New Moon is a 1940 American musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Robert Z. Leonard, with uncredited direction by W. S. Van Dyke. It is the second film adaptation of the operetta The New Moon, which premiered on Broadway in 1928. The stage version featured music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and others. The first film adaptation, also titled New Moon, which premiered in 1930, was less faithful to the stage version. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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