Makers of Melody (1929)

Name: Makers of Melody
Director: S. Jay Kaufman
Genre: Musical
Released: 1929-06-01
Duration: 18 min
Cast: Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Robert Cloy

1929 · Short film · 18 min · dir. S. Jay Kaufman

Musical

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Synopsis

Miss Merrill wants to know how the lads got the ideas for some of their songs, so Dick and Larry proceed to offer some examples. Here, the film cuts to a series of flashbacks which are allegedly true incidents from Rodgers and Hart's scuffling days.

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Details

Director: S. Jay Kaufman
Released: 1929-06-01
Running time: 18 minutes

Cast & crew

S. Jay Kaufman Director
Richard Rodgers
Lorenz Hart
Robert Cloy

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★★ · Charming · LadyThorne · 2025-01-07

Good quality audio and image. A great little film with Rogers and Hart and interspersed with performances; above all of “We’Ll Take Manhattan”.