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Rhapsody in Blue

George Gershwin is a driven composer whose need to succeed destroys his relationship with singer Julie Adams and socialite Christine Gilbert.

Director

Irving Rapper

Year

Genre

biography, drama, musical

Box Office

N/A

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 3 nominations total

George Gershwin

Julie Adams

Christine Gilbert

Max Dreyfus

Lee Gershwin

Prof. Franck

Albert Bassermann

Morris Gershwin

Morris Carnovsky

Rose Gershwin

Rosemary DeCamp

Oscar Levant

Paul Whiteman

Al Jolson

George White

Hazel Scott

Bess

Ira Gershwin

Hughes

George Gershwin as a Boy

Ira Gershwin as a Boy

Mr. Kast

Mr. Million

Mr. Katzman

Gregory Golubeff

Mr. Muscatel

Walter Soderling

Buddy De Sylva

Foley

Theodore von Eltz

Herbert Stone

Maurice Ravel

Dancer

Otto Kahn

Jascha Heifetz

Walter Damrosch

Hugo Kirchhoffer

Rachmaninoff

Customer in Bakery

Theatre Patron

Singer

Party Guest

Bootblack

Concert Spectator

Concert Spectator

George Atkinson

Song Plugger

Clarence Badger Jr.

Guest

Theatre Patron

Guest

Elsa Bassermann

Party Guest

Theatre Patron

Party Guest

Brooks Benedict

Party Guest

Painter

Nightclub Patron

William A. Boardway

Restaurant Patron

Concert Spectator

Party Guest

Henry Busse

Concert Spectator

Tap Dancer at Remick's

Headwaiter

Concert Spectator

Hotel Concierge

Hotel Clerk

Party Guest

Party Guest

Porter

Music Critic

Chorus Boy

Porter

Theatre Patron

Party Guest

Party Guest

Adolph Faylauer

Theatre Patron

Waiter

Guest at Party

Party Guest

Clarinetist

Theatre Patron

Concert Spectator

Nightclub Patron

Nightclub Patron

Porgy

William Gillespie

Coachman

Restaurant Patron

Music Teacher

Kate Harrington

Theatre Manager

Chorus Boy

Sport

Nightclub Guest

Guest at Party

Party Guest

Robert Locke Lorraine

Taxicab Driver

Party Guest

Waiter

Blue Monday Dancer

Elsa Maxwell

Party Guest

Woman in window combing little girl's hair

Esther Michelson

Party Guest

Vi in Blue Monday Number

Concert Spectator

Tall Man

'Big' Ben Moroz

Trombonist

Newsboy

Madame DeBreteuil

Painter

Other Woman

Nellie V. Nichols

Observer on Street

Anton Northpole

Orchestra Leader

Concert Spectator

Wedgwood Nowell

Waiter

William H. O'Brien

Waiter

William J. O'Brien

Butler

Broderick O'Farrell

Ballet Dancer

Michael Panaieff

Theatre Patron

Tom Patyricola - Somebody Love Me Number

Man in Turkish Bath

Telephone Operator

Party Guest

Party Guest

Catherine Price

Party Guest

Constance Purdy

Guest

Guest

Georges Renavent

Comic

Card Player in 'Summertime' Sequence

Louise Robinson

Swedish Janitor

Restaurant Patron

Loretta Russell

Cashier

Party Guest

Masseur

Concert Spectator

Piano Player

Christine's Escort

Theatre Patron

Theatre Patron

Count Stefenelli

Nightclub Patron

Steve

Blackface Singer

Harry Stockwell

Card Player in 'Summertime' Sequence

Madame Sul-Te-Wan

Song Plugger

Pianist

Joe in Blue Monday Number

Willard Van Simmons

Doctor

Charles Waldron

Music Teacher

Walter White Jr.

Stagehand

Party Guest

Card Player in 'Summertime' Sequence

Bertha Woolford

Ballet Dancer

Tinker

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Jack, can I trade
this in for a nickel? - Rhapsody in Blue

Jack, can I trade this in for a nickel?

A little more to the left. - Rhapsody in Blue

A little more to the left.

Anyhow a piano in the house is a sign of culture - Rhapsody in Blue

Anyhow a piano in the house is a sign of culture

There, now. - Rhapsody in Blue

Don't try to improve upon
the classics, Mr. Gershwin. - Rhapsody in Blue

Don't try to improve upon the classics, Mr. Gershwin.

What are you fixing now - Rhapsody in Blue

What are you fixing now

Well what do you know At last I got the job - Rhapsody in Blue

Well what do you know At last I got the job

Don't pay any attention to me, son.
I just work here. - Rhapsody in Blue

Don't pay any attention to me, son. I just work here.

So for whom will you compose - Rhapsody in Blue

So for whom will you compose

You don't have to say anything. - Rhapsody in Blue

You don't have to say anything.

No, pick it up, pick it up. - Rhapsody in Blue

No, pick it up, pick it up.

I've got ideas that are different - Rhapsody in Blue

I've got ideas that are different

Oh my name is Julie Adams and I live at the studio art club - Rhapsody in Blue

Oh my name is Julie Adams and I live at the studio art club

Mr. Kast, please. - Rhapsody in Blue

Mr. Kast, please.

And tell Max I've only
got 10 more minutes, - Rhapsody in Blue

And tell Max I've only got 10 more minutes,

How long have you known Mr Dreyfus What's he like - Rhapsody in Blue

How long have you known Mr Dreyfus What's he like

If I had your talent I'd be a pretty obnoxious fella - Rhapsody in Blue

If I had your talent I'd be a pretty obnoxious fella

Are you still here - Rhapsody in Blue

Are you still here

Well well how do you like my music - Rhapsody in Blue

Well well how do you like my music

Why, Mr. Gershwin!
Oh, I'm Julie-- Julie Adams. - Rhapsody in Blue

Why, Mr. Gershwin! Oh, I'm Julie-- Julie Adams.

The birds are singing it is song time - Rhapsody in Blue

The birds are singing it is song time

You should be happy, Rose. - Rhapsody in Blue

You should be happy, Rose.

Look - Rhapsody in Blue

Professor Franck - Rhapsody in Blue

Professor Franck

George you can give America her voice - Rhapsody in Blue

George you can give America her voice

That help you, Georgie? - Rhapsody in Blue

That help you, Georgie?

Boys, that song is for
a new singer he found. - Rhapsody in Blue

Boys, that song is for a new singer he found.

♪ S'wonderful ♪ - Rhapsody in Blue

♪ S'wonderful ♪

You were swell, Julie. Swell. - Rhapsody in Blue

You were swell, Julie. Swell.

What if this show is a flop We'll do others - Rhapsody in Blue

What if this show is a flop We'll do others

I'm afraid you'll burn yourself out - Rhapsody in Blue

I'm afraid you'll burn yourself out

Hi George Mr Dreyfus and a friend of his are in the steam room - Rhapsody in Blue

Hi George Mr Dreyfus and a friend of his are in the steam...

This is going to be the swellest show the town ever saw - Rhapsody in Blue

This is going to be the swellest show the town ever saw

For every girl who passes me - Rhapsody in Blue

For every girl who passes me

♪ Somebody loves me ♪ - Rhapsody in Blue

♪ Somebody loves me ♪

♪ I'll build a stairway to paradise ♪ - Rhapsody in Blue

♪ I'll build a stairway to paradise ♪

♪ I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood ♪ - Rhapsody in Blue

♪ I'm just a lonesome babe in the wood ♪

♪ That's when a gal
will pull a trigger ♪ - Rhapsody in Blue

♪ That's when a gal will pull a trigger ♪

"Hurry home, Joe.
Mother has died. Sis." - Rhapsody in Blue

"Hurry home, Joe. Mother has died. Sis."

Gershwin must have lost his mind. - Rhapsody in Blue

Gershwin must have lost his mind.

The number was really wonderful - Rhapsody in Blue

The number was really wonderful

No I think I'm going to give a jazz concert smack dab - Rhapsody in Blue

No I think I'm going to give a jazz concert smack dab

Let's drink a toast to Max Dreyfus our host - Rhapsody in Blue

Let's drink a toast to Max Dreyfus our host

Julie darling if George listens to the voice within himself - Rhapsody in Blue

Julie darling if George listens to the voice within himself

Mr. Dreyfus, how do you
spell your name, - Rhapsody in Blue

Mr. Dreyfus, how do you spell your name,

14 minutes and 5... - Rhapsody in Blue

14 minutes and 5...

Hello? - Rhapsody in Blue

He told me to give you
this manuscript of Brahms'. - Rhapsody in Blue

He told me to give you this manuscript of Brahms'.

Welcome to Paris, Mr. Gershwin. - Rhapsody in Blue

Welcome to Paris, Mr. Gershwin.

Who did you say it was - Rhapsody in Blue

Who did you say it was

How is it, Mr. Gerswhin,
that you are so young? - Rhapsody in Blue

How is it, Mr. Gerswhin, that you are so young?

Madame de breteuil. - Rhapsody in Blue

Madame de breteuil.

Merci. - Rhapsody in Blue

Monsieur ravel monsieur Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

Monsieur ravel monsieur Gershwin

Chris you'll come to New York - Rhapsody in Blue

Chris you'll come to New York

There's a taxi.
It's George! - Rhapsody in Blue

There's a taxi. It's George!

I see you've learned to play with both hands - Rhapsody in Blue

I see you've learned to play with both hands

Tell me something George - Rhapsody in Blue

Tell me something George

If it wasn't for Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

If it wasn't for Gershwin

You're not happy in New York - Rhapsody in Blue

You're not happy in New York

George you're the perfect bachelor - Rhapsody in Blue

George you're the perfect bachelor

You can make up songs but you can't make up life - Rhapsody in Blue

You can make up songs but you can't make up life

Please go on with your painting. - Rhapsody in Blue

Please go on with your painting.

Chris-- - Rhapsody in Blue

You have the wrong idea
about me, George. - Rhapsody in Blue

You have the wrong idea about me, George.

I've been all mixed up, Julie. - Rhapsody in Blue

I've been all mixed up, Julie.

Mmm! Such a mechanism. - Rhapsody in Blue

Mmm! Such a mechanism.

Here are the laboratory
reports, doctor. - Rhapsody in Blue

Here are the laboratory reports, doctor.

Piece of peppermint, doctor? - Rhapsody in Blue

Piece of peppermint, doctor?

A trick before high heaven - Rhapsody in Blue

A trick before high heaven

With a little more suffering I could become a great singer - Rhapsody in Blue

With a little more suffering I could become a great singer

I got a date with my insomnia - Rhapsody in Blue

I got a date with my insomnia

Well George what is it you're trying to forget - Rhapsody in Blue

Well George what is it you're trying to forget

Maybe way down deep I'm just a family man - Rhapsody in Blue

Maybe way down deep I'm just a family man

I've found you can live in a penthouse - Rhapsody in Blue

I've found you can live in a penthouse

Julie, darling,
what'd you tell him that for? - Rhapsody in Blue

Julie, darling, what'd you tell him that for?

Most of the audience loved it. - Rhapsody in Blue

Most of the audience loved it.

The difference between an
upper berth and a lower berth - Rhapsody in Blue

The difference between an upper berth and a lower berth

Ira, these lyrics are wonderful. - Rhapsody in Blue

Ira, these lyrics are wonderful.

I'm getting scared, Oscar. - Rhapsody in Blue

I'm getting scared, Oscar.

Work is a compulsion It's an obsession - Rhapsody in Blue

Work is a compulsion It's an obsession

Hello? - Rhapsody in Blue

George... - Rhapsody in Blue

Tinker, wake up.
Wake up, tinker. - Rhapsody in Blue

Tinker, wake up. Wake up, tinker.

I'm alright My headache is gone and I can play - Rhapsody in Blue

I'm alright My headache is gone and I can play

This is Walter Damrosch speaking. - Rhapsody in Blue

This is Walter Damrosch speaking.

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George Gershwin is a driven composer whose need to succeed destroys his relationship with singer Julie Adams and socialite Christine Gilbert.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Irving Rapper

Writer: Sonya Levien, Howard Koch, Elliot Paul

Production: Warner Bros. Pictures

Genre: biography, drama, musical

Year: 1945

MetaScore: 55/100

ImdbRating: 7.0

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 22 Sep 1945

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 3 nominations total

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