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They Shall Have Music (1939)

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This musical drama follows a young ghetto kid who dreams of being a classical musician like his idol Jascha Heifetz. He first hears the renowned violinist after finding a ticket to Carnegie Hall on the sidewalk one day. The young man is so inspired by what he hears that he enrolls in Professor Lawson's inner-city music school. Unfortunately, the school teeters on the brink of bankruptcy. Fortunately the determined young boy convinces his street buddies to help him plead with Heifetz to help them save the school by doing a benefit concert. The master violinist agrees and saves the day. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Starring:: Jascha Heifetz, Andrea Leeds, (more)

Director(s):: Archie Mayo, Irma Von Cube, (more)

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Synopsis of They Shall Have Music

This musical drama follows a young ghetto kid who dreams of being a classical musician like his idol Jascha Heifetz. He first hears the renowned violinist after finding a ticket to Carnegie Hall on the sidewalk one day. The young man is so inspired by what he hears that he enrolls in Professor Lawson's inner-city music school. Unfortunately, the school teeters on the brink of bankruptcy. Fortunately the determined young boy convinces his street buddies to help him plead with Heifetz to help them save the school by doing a benefit concert. The master violinist agrees and saves the day. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Complete Cast of They Shall Have Music

Jascha Heifetz - Himself
Joel McCrea - Peter McCarthy
Walter Brennan - Prof. Lawson
Terry Kilburn - Limey
Chuck Stubbs - Fever Jones
Alfred Newman - Musical director
Marjorie Main - Mrs. Miller
Paul Harvey - Heifetz's Manager
Wade Boteler - Police Lieutenant
Frank Jaquet - Mr. Morgan
Jessie Arnold - Woman in Alley
Louis Mason - Deputy
James Flavin - Police Sergeant
Alexander Schoenberg - Davis
John St. Polis - Davis
Dorothy Christy - Young Woman
Paul Stanton - Inspector Johnson
Lee Phelps - Policeman in Auditorium

Andrea Leeds - Ann Lawson
Gene Reynolds - Frankie
Porter Hall - Mr. Flower
Walter Tetley - Rocks Mulligan
Tommy Kelly - Willie
Mary Ruth - Suzy
Arthur Hohl - Ed Miller
Charles Coleman - Heifetz's Butler
Perry Ivins - Mr. Wallace
Marjorie Wood - Mother
Bryant Washburn - Usher
John Hamilton - Detective
Virginia Brissac - Willie's Mother
Gale Sherwood - Betty
Diana Lynn - Bit Part
John Farrell MacDonald - Police Chief
Dulce Daye - Women in Line
Emmett Vogan - Police Chief's Aide

Director(s):: Irma Von Cube, Archie Mayo

Writer(s):: Anthony Veiller, Irma Von Cube, Robert R. Presnell, Sr.

Producer(s):: Robert Riskin, Samuel Goldwyn

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