My Movie Finder - Logo
  • Popular
  • Coming
  • Shuffle
  • Sign Up

Login






Forgot Password
New here? Sign Up.
logo
My Movie Finder - Logo
  • Popular
  • Coming
  • Shuffle
  • Sign Up
  • Profile
  • Logout

Find Your Movie, Your Way

SEARCH BY ARTIST, MOVIE, KEYWORD OR COLLECTION.


Filters coming

I Dream Too Much

I Dream Too Much (1935)

Sign up to create your own list of Movies

Comedy Romance
Tweet

If Columbia could make an acceptable movie star out of opera-diva Grace Moore, then RKO Radio could do the same with Lily Pons. At least that was producer Pandro S. Berman's reasoning when he cast Pons in the 1935 musical romance I Dream too Much. The actress plays Annette, a rural French musical student who marries struggling American composer Jonathan (Henry Fonda). Possessed of a splendid singing voice, our heroine rises to fame on the opera stage, while poor Jonathan continues struggling, supporting himself as a tour guide. Annette eventually saves her marriage by transforming her husband's "masterpiece," a rather turgid modernistic opera, into a light-hearted musical comedy. Lucille Ball, who'd later co-star with Henry Fonda in The Big Street and Yours, Mine and Ours, has a funny minor role as a gum-snapping tourist. Though Lily Pons was at least 10 years older than Fonda, they make an attractive and believable screen couple, adding credibility to this somewhat contrived yarn

Updated May 28 2020

Releases:

US -
1935-11-29
US -
1935-11-29
SU -
1949-03-11

MoreLess Releases

Keywords:

paris, france opera musical movie star cabaret performer

FACTS

Runtime: 97 mins Rating: 4.6
218389



Cast

Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda
Johnny Street
Billy Gilbert
Billy Gilbert
Cook at Cafe (uncredited)
Osgood Perkins
Osgood Perkins
Paul Darcy
Eric Blore
Eric Blore
Roger Briggs
Lucien Littlefield
Lucien Littlefield
Hubert Dilley
Mischa Auer
Mischa Auer
Darcy's Pianist
Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball
Gwendolyn Dilley
Clarence Wilson
Clarence Wilson
The Lawyer (uncredited)
Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda
Johnny Street
Billy Gilbert
Billy Gilbert
Cook at Cafe (uncredited)
Osgood Perkins
Osgood Perkins
Paul Darcy
Eric Blore
Eric Blore
Roger Briggs
Lucien Littlefield
Lucien Littlefield
Hubert Dilley
Mischa Auer
Mischa Auer
Darcy's Pianist
Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball
Gwendolyn Dilley
Clarence Wilson
Clarence Wilson
The Lawyer (uncredited)
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Snobbish Critic (uncredited)
Paul Porcasi
Paul Porcasi
Uncle Tito
Scotty Beckett
Scotty Beckett
Boy on Carousel
Lily Pons
Lily Pons
Annette Monard

MoreLess Cast

Crew

Max Steiner
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Van Nest Polglase
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
Edmund H. North
Edmund H. North
Screenplay
Pandro S. Berman
Pandro S. Berman
Producer
David Abel
David Abel
Director of Photography
John Cromwell
John Cromwell
Director
William Morgan
William Morgan
Editor
Hermes Pan
Hermes Pan
Choreographer
Max Steiner
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Van Nest Polglase
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
Edmund H. North
Edmund H. North
Screenplay
Pandro S. Berman
Pandro S. Berman
Producer
David Abel
David Abel
Director of Photography
John Cromwell
John Cromwell
Director
William Morgan
William Morgan
Editor
Hermes Pan
Hermes Pan
Choreographer
James Gow
James Gow
Screenplay
Bernard Newman
Bernard Newman
Costume Design
Dewey Starkey
Dewey Starkey
Assistant Director

MoreLess Crew

If you liked this then you may like:

Top Hat
3080
Anchors Aweigh
17889
Swing Time
20325
Dixiana
22956
The Gay Divorcee
28288
Follow the Fleet
28292
Flying Down to Rio
28293
Footlight Parade
28432
Carefree
29872
Shall We Dance
31530
Roberta
31798
Dance, Girl, Dance
32196
It Started with Eve
33112
My Favorite Wife
41463
Around the World
43172
Romance on the High Seas
43449
The Sky's the Limit
43515
Thousands Cheer
43518
Broadway Gondolier
43528
The Mad Miss Manton
43855
Joy of Living
46616
Having Wonderful Time
46617
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
53858
Star of Midnight
53863
Hitting a New High
77870
Cracked Nuts
85262
Listen, Darling
90932
Meet the People
94851
Too Many Girls
94854
Moonlight in Hawaii
96478
The Half Naked Truth
97657
Seven Days' Leave
99322
Seven Days Ashore
101292
Irene
109481
The Bride Walks Out
112618
The Kissing Bandit
130425
The Return Of Peter Grimm
137096
Love on a Bet
173378
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
176387
The Life of the Party
177178
Sweepings
184824
Music for Madame
192945
Coronado
193712
That Girl From Paris
218369
Bunker Bean
222732
Professional Sweetheart
223497
Scarlet River
268621
Here Comes the Band
327882
Syncopation
348778
Where Sinners Meet
352353
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Updates
  • Privacy Policy

© 2015 My Movie Finder sister site to The Film Finder. All rights reserved.

  • Google+
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
http://mymoviefinder.info