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Original title

Bitter Sweet

Year

1940

Running time

94 min.

Country

United States

Director

W.S. Van Dyke

Screenwriter

Lesser Samuels. Play: Noël Coward

Cast

Music

Merrill Pye, Herbert Stothart, Lorraine Bridges, Earl Covert, Murray Cutter, Herbert Stothart

Cinematography

Oliver T. Marsh

Producer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Genre

Drama. Musical. Romance

Movie Groups

Noël Coward Adaptations

Synopsis

In order to avoid an arranged marriage with a man she doesn't love, Sarah Millick runs off to Vienna with her music teacher, Carl Linden, whom she does love. They are married. In Vienna, they struggle to make a living by making music. Carl writes an operetta and tries to get it produced. They are helped along by Viennese Baron, but his intentions are not honorable. He kills Carl in a sword fight. A big producer does put on the operetta, with Sari in the lead -- but without her husband, it is a bittersweet victory.

Awards: 1940: 2 Nominations for Oscar: Best Cinematography color, Art Direction color

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Bitter Sweet

1940

W.S. Van Dyke