The film told a love story with the music of five operas: Bizet's Carmen, Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Rimskyorsakov's May Night, Borodin's Prince Igor and Flotow's Martha.[5][6]
The film tells about the taxi driver Petya Govorkov, who rehearses Lensky's role in the local opera house. His talents are highly appreciated by the elderly singer and conductor Makedonsky, but because Petya leaves to study at the conservatoire, he quarrels with his girlfriend. On his opening night she hears him singing on the radio, and they are reconciled.[7]
In 1947 T. O. McCreadie and his brother Alec arranged for it to be dubbed into English by Australian actors after it was released under the title Memory's Harvest.[9]
It was the first feature-length Continental film to have its dialogue translated by people in Australia.[10]
The Sydney Daily Telegraph said "The technical work was done by Embassy Pictures under the direction of the McCreadie Brothers, who are to be congratulated on their achievement. A foreign film becomes more intelligible and enjoyable when presented in the language of the country in which it is shown."[11]
The Sydney Morning Herald thought "the Australian dialogue is a notable technical achievement" although felt April Ledie "occasionally sounds too much like a debutante for the proletarian role of the film."[12]
Smith's Weekly said "the film realist will find it a refreshing change after the synthetic glamor of the Hollywood musical. However, if you regard pictures as a way of escape from a hum drum existence you won't like it at all. It will remind you too much of your own daily life." The critic added "The dubbing-in of English dialogue has been most skilfully-handled... I would congratulate particularly Peter Finch for his masterly speaking of the hero's part."[13]
^"Advertising". Daily Mirror. No. 1942. New South Wales, Australia. 20 August 1947. p. 29 (Noon Edition). Retrieved 8 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Mirror on the Film World". Daily Mirror. No. 1943. New South Wales, Australia. 21 August 1947. p. 22 (Race Acceptances). Retrieved 8 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^"A Russian Film". Chester Chronicle. 4 April 1942. Retrieved 28 December 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 34, 214. New South Wales, Australia. 19 August 1947. p. 16. Retrieved 8 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^"mirror on the film world". Daily Mirror. No. 1934. New South Wales, Australia. 11 August 1947. p. 25 (Noon Edition). Retrieved 8 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^"FILM REVIEWS". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. VIII, no. 41. New South Wales, Australia. 24 August 1947. p. 36. Retrieved 8 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^"NEW FILMS REVIEWED". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 34, 219. New South Wales, Australia. 25 August 1947. p. 5. Retrieved 8 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
^""MEMORY'S HARVEST "". Smith's Weekly. Vol. XXIX, no. 27. New South Wales, Australia. 30 August 1947. p. 25. Retrieved 8 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
musical, story, russian, Музыкальная, история, romanized, muzykalnaja, istorija, 1940, soviet, musical, comedy, film, directed, aleksandr, ivanovsky, gerbert, rappaport, russian, Музыкальная, историяdirected, byaleksandr, ivanovsky, gerbert, rappaportwritten, . Musical Story Russian Muzykalnaya istoriya romanized Muzykalnaja istorija is a 1940 Soviet musical comedy film directed by Aleksandr Ivanovsky 1 and Gerbert Rappaport 2 3 4 Musical StoryRussian Muzykalnaya istoriyaDirected byAleksandr Ivanovsky Gerbert RappaportWritten byGeorgi Munblit Yevgeni PetrovStarringSergei Lemeshev Zoya Fyodorova Nikolai Konovalov Erast Garin Anatoly Korolkevich Anna Sergeyeva Leontina DyominaCinematographyArkadi Koltsaty Mikhail RotinovEdited byN RazumovaMusic byLev ShvartsCountrySoviet UnionLanguageRussian The film told a love story with the music of five operas Bizet s Carmen Tchaikovsky s Eugene Onegin Rimskyorsakov s May Night Borodin s Prince Igor and Flotow s Martha 5 6 Contents 1 Plot 2 Starring 3 Memory s Harvest 3 1 Australian cast 4 References 5 External linksPlot editThe film tells about the taxi driver Petya Govorkov who rehearses Lensky s role in the local opera house His talents are highly appreciated by the elderly singer and conductor Makedonsky but because Petya leaves to study at the conservatoire he quarrels with his girlfriend On his opening night she hears him singing on the radio and they are reconciled 7 Starring editSergei Lemeshev as Petya Govorkov Zoya Fyodorova as Klava Belkina Nikolai Konovalov as Maestro Makedonsky as N Konovalov Erast Garin as Cabbie Tarahkanov Anatoly Korolkevich as Pankov Cabbie singing Onegin Anna Sergeyeva as Natenka Cabbie singing Olga Leontina Dyomina as Nanny uncredited 8 Memory s Harvest editIn 1947 T O McCreadie and his brother Alec arranged for it to be dubbed into English by Australian actors after it was released under the title Memory s Harvest 9 It was the first feature length Continental film to have its dialogue translated by people in Australia 10 The Sydney Daily Telegraph said The technical work was done by Embassy Pictures under the direction of the McCreadie Brothers who are to be congratulated on their achievement A foreign film becomes more intelligible and enjoyable when presented in the language of the country in which it is shown 11 The Sydney Morning Herald thought the Australian dialogue is a notable technical achievement although felt April Ledie occasionally sounds too much like a debutante for the proletarian role of the film 12 Smith s Weekly said the film realist will find it a refreshing change after the synthetic glamor of the Hollywood musical However if you regard pictures as a way of escape from a hum drum existence you won t like it at all It will remind you too much of your own daily life The critic added The dubbing in of English dialogue has been most skilfully handled I would congratulate particularly Peter Finch for his masterly speaking of the hero s part 13 Australian cast edit Peter Finch Queenie Ashton Ben Lewin John FernsideReferences edit Vperyod k Muzykalnoj istorii Argumenty Nedeli argumenti ru Retrieved 2018 07 04 Na zapade Moskvy pokazhut filmy legendy vernadskogo mos ru Retrieved 2018 07 04 Film Muzykalnaya istoriya 1940 goda vnov vernetsya na mesto semok Caricynskij vestnik gazeta tsaricinsky vestnik ru Retrieved 2018 07 04 Telekanaly otmetyat yubilej Fainy Ranevskoj Rossijskaya gazeta rg ru Retrieved 2018 07 04 Advertising Daily Mirror No 1942 New South Wales Australia 20 August 1947 p 29 Noon Edition Retrieved 8 April 2024 via National Library of Australia Mirror on the Film World Daily Mirror No 1943 New South Wales Australia 21 August 1947 p 22 Race Acceptances Retrieved 8 April 2024 via National Library of Australia A Russian Film Chester Chronicle 4 April 1942 Retrieved 28 December 2018 via British Newspaper Archive Muzykalnaya istoriya 1940 Full Cast amp Crew Advertising The Sydney Morning Herald No 34 214 New South Wales Australia 19 August 1947 p 16 Retrieved 8 April 2024 via National Library of Australia mirror on the film world Daily Mirror No 1934 New South Wales Australia 11 August 1947 p 25 Noon Edition Retrieved 8 April 2024 via National Library of Australia FILM REVIEWS The Daily Telegraph Vol VIII no 41 New South Wales Australia 24 August 1947 p 36 Retrieved 8 April 2024 via National Library of Australia NEW FILMS REVIEWED The Sydney Morning Herald No 34 219 New South Wales Australia 25 August 1947 p 5 Retrieved 8 April 2024 via National Library of Australia MEMORY S HARVEST Smith s Weekly Vol XXIX no 27 New South Wales Australia 30 August 1947 p 25 Retrieved 8 April 2024 via National Library of Australia External links editMusical Story at IMDb nbsp nbsp This article related to a Soviet film of the 1940s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Musical Story amp oldid 1218178999, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
