One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | PAL | 4:3 | 720x576 | 7000kbps | 4.3Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 256Kbps
01:21:00 | USA | Comedy, Music
DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | PAL | 4:3 | 720x576 | 7000kbps | 4.3Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 256Kbps
01:21:00 | USA | Comedy, Music
The daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed friends and through persistence, charm and a few misunderstandings, is able to get Leopold Stokowski to lead them in a concert that leads to a radio contract.
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Leopold Stokowski, Adolphe Menjou, Alice Brady, Eugene Pallette, Mischa Auer, Billy Gilbert, Alma Kruger, J. Scott Smart, Jed Prouty, Jameson Thomas, Howard C. Hickman, Frank Jenks, Christian Rub, Gerald Oliver Smith, Jack Mulhall, The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, Hooper Atchley, Wilson Benge, James Bush, Charles Coleman, James Conaty, Heinie Conklin, Clyde Cook, Bess Flowers, Mary Forbes, Jack George, John Hamilton, Leyland Hodgson, Leonid Kinskey
SYNOPSIS:
Unemployed trombone player John Cardwell begs conductor Leopold Stokowski for a job, but his manager throws him out into the street, where he finds a lady's purse. When he attempts to return the purse, the doorman slams the door in his face, and so he returns to his apartment, using the money in the purse to pay his rent. John tells his daughter, Patsy, he did get a job with the orchestra, but when she finds out he was lying, insists on returning the purse herself to socialite Mrs. Frost, after finding her address in the purse. Mrs. Frost is delighted with Patsy, who makes an impassioned speech to her wealthy guests about all the out-of-work musicians in town. On a suggestion from a guest, Patsy decides to form her own orchestra, and Mrs. Frost blithely agrees to be the financial backer. Patsy's father and friends form a one-hundred man orchestra and begin rehearsals in a garage, but when Patsy discovers Mrs. Frost has left for Europe and forgotten her promise, she calls on her husband, John R. Frost, who thinks the whole thing is a practical joke until John punches him for leading them on. Refusing to give up, Patsy hides in Stokowski's office in the auditorium where he rehearses, and when a newspaper editor telephones, she tells him that Stokowski will be conducting an orchestra of unemployed men sponsored by Frost. After Patsy sneaks into the auditorium and sings with the orchestra, Stokowski takes her more seriously, but refuses to conduct her orchestra to give it legitimacy. Patsy becomes disillusioned until the newspaper prints the story she gave the editor and Frost realizes the orchestra is a great publicity stunt for his company. To convince Stokowski to conduct for them, Patsy sneaks the entire orchestra into his house to play for him. He is so moved by their performance, that he cancels a European trip to conduct the orchestra, after which Patsy is called on stage to sing
IMDB
One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
