Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.
Cast
Robert Alda
George Gershwin
Joan Leslie
Julie Adams
Alexis Smith
Christine Gilbert
Charles Coburn
Max Dreyfus
Julie Bishop
Lee Gershwin
Albert Bassermann
Prof. Franck
Morris Carnovsky
Morris Gershwin
Rosemary DeCamp
Rose Gershwin
Oscar Levant
Oscar Levant
Paul Whiteman
Paul Whiteman
Al Jolson
Al Jolson
George White
George White
Hazel Scott
Hazel Scott
Anne Brown
Bess
Herbert Rudley
Ira Gershwin
John B. Hughes
Hughes
Mickey Roth
George Gershwin as a Boy
Darryl Hickman
Ira Gershwin as a Boy
Charles Halton
Mr. Kast
Andrew Tombes
Mr. Million
Gregory Golubeff
Mr. Katzman
Walter Soderling
Mr. Muscatel
Eddie Marr
Buddy De Sylva
Theodore von Eltz
Foley
Bill Kennedy
Herbert Stone
Oscar Loraine
Maurice Ravel
Johnny Downs
Dancer
Ernest Golm
Otto Kahn
Martin Noble
Jascha Heifetz
Hugo Kirchhoffer
Walter Damrosch
Will Wright
Rachmaninoff
Lynn Baggett
Guest (uncredited)
Gower Champion
Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)
Elsa Maxwell
Elsa Maxwell (uncredited)
Mark Stevens
Steve (uncredited)
Charles Waldron
Doctor (uncredited)
Bernard DeRoux
Porter (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Crew
Irving Rapper
Director
Elliot Paul
Screenplay
Howard Koch
Screenplay
Sonya Levien
Story
Folmar Blangsted
Editor
Sol Polito
Director of Photography
Hal B. Wallis
Executive Producer
Jesse L. Lasky
Producer
Milo Anderson
Costume Design
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
George Gershwin
Original Music Composer, Songs
Ray Heindorf
Original Music Composer
Ira Gershwin
Lyricist
Ernest Haller
Additional Photography
Merritt B. Gerstad
Additional Photography
Clifford Odets
Additional Writing
Harry Chandlee
Additional Writing
Robert Rossen
Additional Writing
John Hughes
Art Direction
Anton Grot
Art Direction
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