Carnegie Hall (1947)

5.8/10 144 min Music Drama

Overview

A young Irishwoman comes to the United States to live and work with her mother as a cleaning lady at Carnegie Hall. She becomes attached to the place as the people she meets there gradually shape her life. The film also includes a variety of performances from some of the foremost musical artists of the times: conductors Bruno Walter & Leopold Stokowski, solists Arthur Rubinstein & Jascha Haifetz, singers Lily Pons & Jan Peerce and bandleader Vaughn Monroe among many others.

Cast

Marsha Hunt

Nora Ryan

William Prince

Tony Salerno Jr.

Frank McHugh

John Donovan

Martha O'Driscoll

Ruth Haines

Hans Járay

Tony Salerno Sr.

Olin Downes

Olin Downes

Joseph Buloff

Anton Tribik

Walter Damrosch

Walter Damrosch

Bruno Walter

Bruno Walter

Lily Pons

Lily Pons

Arthur Rubinstein

Arthur Rubinstein

Ezio Pinza

Ezio Pinza

Jascha Heifetz

Jascha Heifetz

Fritz Reiner

Fritz Reiner

Vaughn Monroe

Vaughn Monroe

Leopold Stokowski

Leopold Stokowski

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