The March of Time (film)
(Redirected from
The March of Time (MGM musical)
)| The March of Time | |
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| Directed by | Charles Reisner |
| Produced by | Harry Rapf |
Production company | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The March of Time is the title of an unreleased 1930 American
Pre-Code musical film directed by Charles Reisner.[1] The film was originally scheduled to be released in September 1930 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer but was shelved. The March of Time would have been one of the many musicals partially filmed in two-color Technicolor
.
Production
The unfinished film was originally titled Hollywood Revue of 1930 and was conceived by producer
The Hollywood Revue of 1929, which he had also produced.[2] The film was retitled The March of Time, as it was to consist of three sections which featured past performers from the stage and the vaudeville circuit, then-present-day performers and up-and-coming performers.[3] Production began in Fall 1929, but by October 1930 MGM had decided to shelve the project as interest for musicals or musical revues had waned.[2][3]
Among the performers who filmed scenes for The March of Time were
DeWolf Hopper Sr., Buster Keaton, Albertina Rasch and her dancers, Polly Moran, Cliff Edwards, Benny Rubin, Ramon Novarro performing "Long Ago in Alcala," Bing Crosby performing "Poor Little G-String,"the Duncan Sisters performing "Graduation Day," Barney Fagan performing a soft shoe routine, and Raquel Torres performing "The Story of An Old Spanish Clock".[2]
In order to salvage the
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 in France eliminated that possibility. The Technicolor finale of March of Time along with some black-and-white sequences were included in Broadway to Hollywood (1933).[4] Footage from the unfinished film also appears in That's Entertainment! III (1994).[3]
See also
References
- ISBN 0-786-40520-1.
- ^ a b c Bradley, Edwin M. (2002). The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 Through 1932. McFarland. p. 261.
- ^ ISBN 0-786-42029-4.
- ISBN 978-1-6047-3458-4. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
External links
- The March of Time at IMDb
