Main Cast: Nelson Eddy, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton, Binnie Barnes, Reginald Owen
Release Year: 1942
Country: US
Run Time: 84 minutes
Plot
The final pairing of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, an adaptation of a Rodgers & Hart musical, stars Eddy as a playboy who fantasizes that he is romancing an angel (MacDonald). ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
Review
Onstage the Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart musical I Married an Angel was a delightful, fun-filled musical comedy. Onscreen, it became the rather sleepy last film for the legendary operetta team of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. Unfortunately, neither star is really suited to the material. MacDonald, who displayed a sense of humor and irony early in her career, had by this point become much too earnest; though she tries hard, she is unable to capture the loveable zaniness necessary for the role, although she of course sounds quite good. Eddy was a notoriously poor actor, but he was an even worse reactor -- especially damaging here, as most of his role demands that he be the straight man and react to the strange proceedings happening around and to him. He, too, is in fine voice, but his stiffness -- acceptable when singing operetta -- is utterly unsuitable for the much looser Rodgers and Hart tunes; indeed, though he is given the sublimely gorgeous "I'll Tell the Man in the Street," his performance of it is bland. For her part, MacDonald misses the mischievous humor in the delightful "A Twinkle in Your Eye." W.S. Van Dyke, perhaps defeated by the gulf between the stars and the basic concept, directs in an uninspired manner, though he does try to keep things moving. ~ Craig Butler, All Movie Guide
Cedric Gibbons - Art Director, Edwin B. Willis - Art Director, John S. Detlie - Art Director, Motley - Art Director, Ernst Matray - Choreography, Robert Kalloch - Costume Designer, Kallach - Costume Designer, Motley - Costume Designer, W.S. Van Dyke - Director, Conrad A. Nervig - Editor, Richard Rodgers - Composer (Music Score), Jack Dawn - Makeup, Ray June - Cinematographer, Hunt Stromberg - Producer, Cedric Gibbons - Set Designer, Edwin B. Willis - Set Designer, Arnold A. Gillespie - Special Effects, Warren Newcombe - Special Effects, Lorenz Hart - Screenwriter, Anita Loos - Screenwriter, Richard Rodgers - Screenwriter, Janos Vaszary - Play Author, Vaszary Jance - Play Author
