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They Shall Have Music

They Shall Have Music (1939)

August 18, 1939 (US) • Family, Music, Drama • 105m

Overview

The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the basement of a music school for poor children.

Director

Archie Mayo

Top Billed

Jascha Heifetz

Keywords

concert slum violin great depression poverty orphan music school
Where to watch

Top Billed Cast

Jascha Heifetz
Jascha Heifetz

Himself

Joel McCrea
Joel McCrea

Peter McCarthy

Andrea Leeds
Andrea Leeds

Ann Lawson

Gene Reynolds
Gene Reynolds

Frankie

Walter Brennan
Walter Brennan

Professor Lawson

Terry Kilburn
Terry Kilburn

Limey

Tommy Kelly
Tommy Kelly

Willie

Porter Hall
Porter Hall

Mr. Flower

Walter Tetley
Walter Tetley

Rocks Mulligan

Chuck Stubbs
Chuck Stubbs

Fever

Gale Sherwood
Gale Sherwood

Betty

Alfred Newman
Alfred Newman

Musical Director

Mary Ruth
Mary Ruth

Suzie

John St. Polis
John St. Polis

Davis

Alexander Schoenberg
Alexander Schoenberg

Menken

Marjorie Main
Marjorie Main

Mrs. Miller

Arthur Hohl
Arthur Hohl

Miller

Paul Harvey
Paul Harvey

Heifetz' Manager

Zero
Zero

Sucker the Dog

Peter Meremblum
Peter Meremblum

Peter Meremblum

Calvin Leslie
Calvin Leslie

(uncredited)

Effie Anderson
Effie Anderson

Woman on Steps (uncredited)

Jessie Arnold
Jessie Arnold

Woman in Alley Yelling for Police (uncredited)

Arthur Aylesworth
Arthur Aylesworth

Detective (uncredited)

Emanuel Bay
Emanuel Bay

Accompanist for 'Hora staccato' (uncredited)

Brooks Benedict
Brooks Benedict

Man in Concert Audience (uncredited)

Richard Berres
Richard Berres

Cellist in Meremblum Orchestra (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone
Stanley Blystone

Policeman at Police Station (uncredited)

Morris Boltuch
Morris Boltuch

Kid in Orchestra (uncredited)

Wade Boteler
Wade Boteler

Bill - Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Raymond D. Bowman
Raymond D. Bowman

Violinist (uncredited)

Virginia Brissac
Virginia Brissac

Willie's Mother (uncredited)

Dorothy Christy
Dorothy Christy

Woman Angry at Husband Being Late (uncredited)

Charles Coleman
Charles Coleman

Henry - Heifetz's Butler (uncredited)

Kaye Connor
Kaye Connor

Girl in Orchestra (uncredited)

Dulcie Day
Dulcie Day

A Woman in Line (uncredited)

Joe De Stefani
Joe De Stefani

Pawn Broker (uncredited)

Alan Edwards
Alan Edwards

Concertgoer Throwing Tickets Away (uncredited)

Virginia Ellis
Virginia Ellis

Violinist (uncredited)

Fern Emmett
Fern Emmett

Woman on Steps (uncredited)

James Flavin
James Flavin

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

John Hamilton
John Hamilton

Detective (uncredited)

Robert Homans
Robert Homans

Policeman at Barney's Pool Room (uncredited)

Roger Imhof
Roger Imhof

Michael - Deputy (uncredited)

Perry Ivins
Perry Ivins

Mr. Morgam (uncredited)

Frank Jaquet
Frank Jaquet

Mr. Wallace (uncredited)

John Kelly
John Kelly

Kelly (uncredited)

Ethan Laidlaw
Ethan Laidlaw

Film Delivery Man (uncredited)

Maude Louis
Maude Louis

Woman in Line (uncredited)

Mitchell Lurie
Mitchell Lurie

Clarinetist in Orchestra (uncredited)

Diana Lynn
Diana Lynn

Pianist (uncredited)

J. Farrell MacDonald
J. Farrell MacDonald

Police Chief (uncredited)

Louis Mason
Louis Mason

Deputy (uncredited)

Eric Mayne
Eric Mayne

Man in Concert Audience

Anne O'Neal
Anne O'Neal

Woman on Steps (uncredited)

Emory Parnell
Emory Parnell

Policeman in Rain (uncredited)

Lee Phelps
Lee Phelps

Policeman in Auditorium (uncredited)

Edwina Pierce
Edwina Pierce

Violinist (uncredited)

Annette Ruderman
Annette Ruderman

Violinist (uncredited)

Theodore Saidenberg
Theodore Saidenberg

Heifetz's Accompanist (uncredited)

Wyndham Standing
Wyndham Standing

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Paul Stanton
Paul Stanton

Inspector Johnson (uncredited)

Elizabeth Valentine
Elizabeth Valentine

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan
Emmett Vogan

Police Chief's Aide (uncredited)

Bryant Washburn Jr.
Bryant Washburn Jr.

Usher in Carnegie Hall (uncredited)

Billy Wayne
Billy Wayne

Film Delivery Man (uncredited)

Marjorie Wood
Marjorie Wood

Betty's Mother (uncredited)

Mary Louise Zeyen
Mary Louise Zeyen

Cellist in Orchestra (uncredited)

Crew
Archie Mayo
Archie Mayo

Director

Irma von Cube
Irma von Cube

Screenplay

John Howard Lawson
John Howard Lawson

Screenplay

Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn

Producer

Sherman Todd
Sherman Todd

Editor

James Basevi
James Basevi

Art Direction

Julia Heron
Julia Heron

Set Decoration

Jeanne Beakhurst
Jeanne Beakhurst

Costume Design

Walter Mayo
Walter Mayo

Assistant Director

Paul Neal
Paul Neal

Sound Recordist

Gregg Toland
Gregg Toland

Director of Photography

Alfred Newman
Alfred Newman

Original Music Composer

Alfred Newman
Alfred Newman

Music Director

Robert Riskin
Robert Riskin

Associate Producer



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Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

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