Music Is Magic

Music Is Magic
Directed byGeorge Marshall
Written byPlay:
Jesse Lasky Jr.
Gladys Unger
Screenplay:
Lou Breslow
Edward Eliscu
Produced byJohn Stone
StarringAlice Faye
Bebe Daniels
CinematographyL. William O'Connell
Edited byAlex Troffey
Music byOscar Levant
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century-Fox
Release date
  • November 1, 1935 (1935-11-01)
Running time
66 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Music Is Magic is a 1935 American musical film directed by George Marshall and starring Alice Faye and Bebe Daniels. It is based on a play by Jesse Lasky Jr. and Gladys Unger. The film was Daniels' last American screen appearance.

Plot

Diane De Valle is an aging theatre actress who can't deal with getting older. Trying to hide it, she has to come to terms she is being replaced by a younger actress. She has to defeat the much younger Peggy Harper for a role of a young woman in an upcoming stage production.

Cast

Soundtrack

Reception

In their December, 1935 edition, Modern Screen gave the film a one-star review saying "the results are not so good." Although not mentioning the star, Alice Faye, the reviewer commented on some of the other cast members, saying Ray Walker "does a good job", Frank Mitchell and Jack Durant "do some of their noisy cutting up", Luis Alberni provides "the real laughs" and Bebe Daniels’ "deft impersonation (of a movie star who has seen better days) should cause many a lady about town to wince."

References

  1. ↑ "Music is Magic". Modern Screen. Vol. 12, no. 1. December 1935. p. 100.