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A Lady's Morals
A Lady's Morals is a 1930 American pre-Code film offering a highly fictionalized account of opera singer Jenny Lind. The movie features Grace Moore as Lind, Reginald Denny as a lover, and Wallace Beery as P. T. Barnum. The film contains some opera arias by Moore and was directed by Sidney Franklin.
| A Lady's Morals | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sidney Franklin |
| Written by | Dorothy Farnum Hanns Kräly John Meehan Arthur Richman Claudine West |
| Produced by | Irving Thalberg |
| Starring | Grace Moore Reginald Denny Wallace Beery Gilbert Emery |
| Cinematography | George Barnes |
| Edited by | Margaret Booth |
| Music by | Vincenzo Bellini |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date | November 8, 1930 |
Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Wallace Beery would play Barnum again four years later in The Mighty Barnum (1934), with Virginia Bruce as Jenny Lind.
Cast Edit
- Grace Moore as Jenny Lind
- Reginald Denny as Paul Brandt
- Wallace Beery as P. T. Barnum
- Jobyna Howland as Josephine
- Gus Shy as Olaf
- Gilbert Emery as Broughm
- George F. Marion as Innkeeper
- Paul Porcasi as Innkeeper
Soundtrack Edit
- "It Is Destiny"
- Lyrics by Clifford Grey
- Music by Oscar Straus
- Copyright 1930 by Harms Inc.
- Played by Reginald Denny on piano and sung by Grace Moore
- Reprised by Grace Moore singing and on piano
- "Rataplan"
- from "La fille du régiment"
- Music by Gaetano Donizetti
- Played at an opera house with Grace Moore singing as Marie
- "Student's Song"
- Music by Oscar Straus
- Lyrics by Clifford Grey
- Sung by students escorting Grace Moore home
- "Oh Why"
- Lyrics by Arthur Freed
- Music by Herbert Stothart and Harry M. Woods
- Copyright 1930 Harms Inc.
- Played by Grace Moore singing and on piano
- "Casta Diva"
- from "Norma"
- Music by Vincenzo Bellini
- Played at an opera house and sung by Grace Moore as Norma
- "Swedish Pastorale"
- Written by Howard Johnson and Herbert Stothart
- Sung by a group in Sweden
- "Lovely Hour"
- Words and Music by Carrie Jacobs Bond
- Copyright 1929 by Carrie Jacobs-Bond & Son
- Sung first by Grace Moore off-screen
- Reprised by her at P.T.Barnum's show in New York City
- "I Hear Your Voice"
- Music by Oscar Straus
- Lyrics by Clifford Grey
Remake Edit
The film was remade as the 1932 American French-language film titled Jenny Lind.