Romance ·Music · United States of America · 1934 · 1h 27m

Sweet Adeline

Sweet Adeline poster
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Cast
Irene Dunne as Adeline 'Addie' Schmidt Donald Woods as Sid Barnett Hugh Herbert as Rupert Rockingham Ned Sparks as Dan Herzig Joseph Cawthorn as Oscar Schmidt Wini Shaw as Elysia
Crew
Sol Polito — Director of Photography Ralph Dawson — Editor Harold McLernon — Editor Heinz Roemheld — Original Music Composer Erwin S. Gelsey — Screenplay Jerome Kern — Writer
Synopsis

In 1898, composer Sid Barnett manages to get his sweetheart, Adeline the beer-garden singer, to sing the lead in his new Broadway operetta; this infuriates Elysia, the erstwhile star. But Sid frets as Adeline spends increasing amounts of time with the dashing Major Day.

Key Collaborators
Mervyn LeRoy Director Sol Polito Director of Photography Ralph Dawson Editor Harold McLernon Editor Heinz Roemheld Original Music Composer Erwin S. Gelsey Screenplay Jerome Kern Writer Oscar Hammerstein II Writer Orry-Kelly Costume Design
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