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Carnegie Hall (1947)

Carnegie Hall (1947)

Drama Music

Never Before...Never Again...So Magnificent an Array of Artists on One Screen!

Release Date: 1947, February 28
Directors: Edgar G. Ulmer
Countries: United States of America
Production: Federal Films (II), United Artists
Cast: Marsha Hunt, Leopold Stokowski, William Prince, Joseph Buloff, Harry James, Jascha Heifetz, Martha O'Driscoll, Fritz Reiner, Bruno Walter, Arthur Rubinstein, Hans Járay, Gregor Piatigorsky

Overview:

A young Irishwoman comes to the United States to live and work with her mother as a cleaning lady at Carnegie Hall. She becomes attached to the place as the people she meets there gradually shape her life. The film also includes a variety of performances from some of the foremost musical artists of the times: conductors Bruno Walter & Leopold Stokowski, solists Arthur Rubinstein & Jascha Haifetz, singers Lily Pons & Jan Peerce and bandleader Vaughn Monroe among many others.

Keywords:

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