Adventure in Music is a 1944 American concert film directed by Reginald Le Borg and Ernst Matray. It stars José Iturbi, Emanuel Feuermann, and Mildred Dilling.[2][3]
| Adventure in Music | |
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| Directed by | Reginald Le Borg Ernst Matray |
| Produced by | Walter Lowendahl Rudolph Polk |
| Starring | José Iturbi Emanuel Feuermann Mildred Dilling |
| Cinematography | Paul Ivano Harry Jackson Walter Lundin Jackson Rose |
| Edited by | Tom Biggart Harvey Pergament Richard G. Wray |
| Distributed by | Crystal Films (US)[1] Monarch Film Corporation (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 62 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The film was advertised as the "first concert in film" and featured compositions by several classical artists, including Alexander Borodin, Antonín Dvořák, Frédéric Chopin, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Liszt, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The film also featured works by contemporary composers.[4] There are ten compositions in total.[5][6]
Reception
editShowmen's Trade Review wrote that there is no plot, but rather "a collection of musical pieces played as in a concert and caught on celluloid." The review also noted that "only those who are concert devotees will go to see this."[1] Meanwhile, The New York Times wrote that the film "has the static quality of a family album".[5]
Director Reginald LeBorg, in his own retrospective appraisal, dismissed the film as unworthy of serious analysis. Film critic Wheeler Winston Dixon reports that “the film opened in New York to dismissive reviews, and swiftly sank from sight.”[7]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ a b c Lewis, Charles E. (May 27, 1944). "Adventure in Music". Showmen's Trade Review. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
- ^ "Adventure in Music". TCM. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- ^ Dixon, 1992 p. 131: Directorial Credits
- ^ Wickham, Ina (October 15, 1944). "Catching the Beat in Music World Today". Quad-City Times. p. 30. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
- ^ a b "At the Little Carnegie". The New York Times. March 6, 1944. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
- ^ Dixon, 1992 p. 12: “The film is comprised of three 20-minute musical shorts strung together to give the illusion of a feature presentation…
- ^ Dixon, 1992 p. 12: LeBorg informed Dixon in a 1988 interview that the film was “not worth extended discussion.”
References
edit- Dixon, Wheeler Winston. 1992. The Films of Reginald LeBorg: Interviews, Essays, and Filmography. Filmmakers No. 31 The Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, New Jersey. ISBN 0-8108-2550-3
External links
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