Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

Tonight We Sing

 
Movies:

Tonight We Sing

  • Director: Mitchell Leisen
  • AMG Rating: starstar
  • Genre: Musical
  • Movie Type: Biopic
  • Main Cast: David Wayne, Ezio Pinza, Roberta Peters, Tamara Toumanova, Anne Bancroft
  • Release Year: 1953
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 109 minutes

Plot

Tonight we Sing is the life story of legendary impresario Sol Hurok, impersonated herein by David Wayne. A lover of the arts, young immigrant Hurok despairs when he realizes he has no musical or artistic talents. Thus it is that, despite great personal and financial sacrifice, Hurok devotes his life to discovering and nurturing other performers and bringing them to Broadway. Among his more celebrated protégés are Russian opera-singer Feodor Chaliapin (Ezio Pinza) and violinist Eugene Ysaye (Isaac Stern). Other notables making guest appearances are singer Jan Peerce and Roberta Peters and ballerina Tamara Toumanova. Anne Bancroft co-stars as Hurok's gentle, patient wife Emma. Based on the autobiography by Sol Horuk (co-written with Ruth Goode), Tonight We Sing was produced for 20th Century-Fox by George Jessel. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Isaac Stern - Eugene Ysaye; Byron Palmer - Gregory Lawrence; Oscar Karlweis - Benjamin Golder; Mikhail Rasumny - Nicolai; Steven Geray - Prager; Walter Woolf King - Gritti; Alexander Steinert - Conductor; Oscar Beregi - Dr. Markoff; Leo Mostovoy - Petlukoff; Raymond Largay - Charles Dillingham; Eda Reiss Merin - Mrs. Golder; Jan Peerce

Credit

George W. Davis - Art Director, Lyle Wheeler - Art Director, David Lichine - Choreography, Renie - Costume Designer, Mitchell Leisen - Director, Dorothy Spencer - Editor, Alfred Newman - Composer (Music Score), Alfred Newman - Musical Direction/Supervision, Leon Shamroy - Cinematographer, George Jessel - Producer, Harry Kurnitz - Screenwriter, George Oppenheimer - Screenwriter, Ruth Goode - Book Author, Sol Hurok - Book Author
Search unanswered questions...
Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics
 
 
Learn More
Sol Hurok (American businessman & entertainer)
Songs from the Black Mountain Music Project (2003 Album by Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn & Ginger Brooks Takahashi)
Tamara Toumanova (person)

Who sings the song Be your Baby Tonight? Read answer...
What language is Michael Buble and Ivan Lins singing in in Wonderful Tonight? Read answer...
Who sings i just die in your arms tonight? Read answer...

Help us answer these
Who sings wonderful tonight?
Who sings 'comedy tonight'?
Who sings you look wonderful tonight?

Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:

 

Copyrights:

Movies. Copyright © 2009 All Media Guide, LLC. Content provided by All Movie Guide ®, a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC. All rights reserved.  Read more

 
TV Listings
Tonight We Sing at LocateTV.com

Mentioned in