Rhapsody in Blue
Biography of the composer George Gershwin.
Cast & credits
Cast
- George Gershwin Robert Alda
- Julie Adams Joan Leslie
- Christine Gilbert Alexis Smith
- Max Dreyfus Charles Coburn
- Lee Gershwin Julie Bishop
- Professor Otto Frank Albert Bassermann
- Poppa Morris Gershwin Morris Carnovsky
- Momma Rosa Gershwin Rosemary De Camp
- himself Oscar Levant
- himself Paul Whiteman
- himself Al Jolson
- himself George White
- herself Hazel Scott
- herself Anne Brown
- Ira Gershwin Herbert Rudley
- himself, the commentator John B. Hughes
- George Gershwin as a boy Mickey Roth
- Ira Gershwin as a boy Darryl Hickman
- Mr Kast Charles Halton
- Mr Million Andrew Tombes
- Mr Katzman Gregory Golubeff
- Mr Muscatel Walter Soderling
- Buddy De Sylva Eddie Marr
- William Foley Theodore Von Eltz
- Hubert Stone Bill Kennedy
- Maurice Ravel Oscar Loraine
- dancer Johnny Downs
- Otto Kahn Ernest Golm
- Jascha Heifetz Martin Noble
- Walter Damrosch Hugo Kirchhoffer
- Rachmaninoff Will Wright
- [singer] Tom Patricola
- [Christine's escort] Robert Shayne
- [comic] George Riley
- [cashier] Virginia Sale
- [ragged bum] Tom Stevenson
- [prima donna] Yola D'avril
- [receptionist] Claire Dubrey
- [Swedish janitor] Christian Rub
- [housewife] Esther Michelson
- [piano mover] Robert Wilbur
- [nightclub guest] Ivan Lebedeff
- [Madame DeBreteuil] Odette Myrtil
- [orchestra leader] Jay Novello
- [bootblack] LeRoy Antoine
- [headwaiter] Jack Chefe
- [doctor] Charles D. Waldron
- [telephone operator] Lillian Bronson
- [newsboy] John Henry Morton
- [masseur] Sam Savitsky
- [butler] Broderick O'farrell
- [Sport in 'Porgy and Bess'] Robert Johnson
- [Porgy in 'Porgy and Bess'] William Gillespie
- [customer in bakery] Ernie Adams
- [music critic] John Dilson
- [hotel clerk] Armand Cortes
- [taxi driver] Jacques Lory
- [theatre manager] Edward Harvey
- [tall man] 'Big' Ben Moroz
- [coachman] Jesse Graves
- [painter in gallery] Oliver Blake
- [painter] Carl Neubert
- [man in Turkish bath] Clay Womack
- [man in Turkish bath] Frank Pharr
- [music teacher] Kate Harrington
- [music teacher] Walter White
- [porter] Bernard Deroux
- [porter] Fred Dosh
- [song plugger] Harry Seymour
- [song plugger] Joe Sullivan
- [song plugger] Clarence Badger Jr
- [guest] Frank Reicher
- [guest] George Renavent
- [guest] Lynne Baggett
- [guest] Else Schiff-bassermann
- [party guest] Constance Purdy
- [party guest] Caroline Burke
- [party guest] Milton Mack
- [party guest] Joan Winfield
- [party guest] Ralph McColm
- [other woman] Nelly V. Nichols
- [clarinetist] Al Gallodoro
- [hotel doorman] Gino Corrado
- [themselves] The Warner Choral Singers
- [singer] Mark Stevens
Credits
Direction
- Director Irving Rapper
- [Assistant Director] Robert Vreeland
- [Assistant Director (2nd)] Clarence Eurist
- Dialogue Director Felix Jacoves
- [Script Clerk] Meta Rebner
Production
- Production Company Warner Bros.
- Executive Producer Jack L. Warner
- Producer Jesse L. Lasky
- [Unit Manager] Lou Baum
Writing
- Screenplay Howard Koch
- Screenplay Elliot Paul
- [Contributing Writer] Harry Chandlee
- [Contributing Writer] Clifford Odets
- [Contributing Writer] Robert Rossen
- Original Story by Sonya Levien
Photography
- Director of Photography Sol Polito
- Additional Musical Numbers Photographed Merritt B. Gerstad
- Additional Musical Numbers Photographed Ernest Haller
- [Camera Operator] Al Greene
- [Assistant Camera] Frank Evans
- [Gaffer] Charles O'bannon
- [Best Boy] Jim Peters
- [Grip] Harold Noyes
Stills
- [Stills] William Wallace
- [Stills] Mickey Marigold
Special Effects
- Director of Special Effects Roy Davidson
- Special Effects Willard Van Enger
Editing
- Film Editor Folmer Blangsted
- Montages James Leicester
Design
- Art Director John Hughes
- Art Director Anton F. Grot
- Set Decorator Fred M. Maclean
- [Props] Morris Goldman
Costumes
- Gowns Milo Anderson
- [Wardrobe] Ted Schultz
- [Wardrobe] Einar H. Bourman
- [Wardrobe] Roy Dumont
- [Wardrobe] Katherine Garabedian
- [Wardrobe] Jeanette Storck
Make-up
- Make-up Artist Perc Westmore
- [Make-up] Joseph Stinton
- [Hairstyklist] Tillie Starrett
- [Hairstyklist] Geraldine Cole
Music
- Music and Lyrics by George Gershwin
- Music and Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
- 'Rhapsody in Blue' Piano Solo Recorded b Oscar Levant
- 'Concerto in F' Piano Solo Recorded by Oscar Levant
- Additional Piano Solos Recorded by Ray Turner
- ['Rhapsody in Blue' Clarinet Solo by] Al Gallodoro
- [Vocal Double for Joan Leslie] Sally Sweetland
- [Vocal Double for Joan Leslie] Louanne Hogan
- [Piano Double for Robert Alda] Ray Turner
- [Vocal Double for Mark Stevens] Bill Days
- Music Director Leo F. Forbstein
- 'Rhapsody in Blue' Orchestra Conductor Paul Whiteman
- Orchestral Arrangements Ray Heindorf
- Orchestl Arranger for "Rhapsody in blue" Ferde Grofé
- Vocal Arrangements Dudley Chambers
- Music Adapter Max Steiner
Choreography
- Dance Numbers Created and Directed by LeRoy Prinz
Sound
- Sound David Forrest
- Sound Stanley Jones