| A Lady's Morals | |
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| Directed by | Sidney Franklin |
| Produced by | Irving Thalberg |
| Written by | Dorothy Farnum Hanns Kräly John Meehan Arthur Richman Claudine West |
| Starring | Grace Moore Reginald Denny Wallace Beery Gilbert Emery |
| Music by | Vincenzo Bellini |
| Cinematography | George Barnes |
| Edited by | Margaret Booth |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date | November 8, 1930 |
Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A Lady's Morals is a 1930 American pre-Code film offering a highly fictionalized account of opera singer Jenny Lind. The movie features Grace Moore as Lind, Reginald Denny as a lover, and Wallace Beery as P. T. Barnum. The film contains some opera arias by Moore and was directed by Sidney Franklin.
Wallace Beery would play Barnum again four years later in The Mighty Barnum (1934), with Virginia Bruce as Jenny Lind.
Cast
- Grace Moore as Jenny Lind
- Reginald Denny as Paul Brandt
- Wallace Beery as P. T. Barnum
- Jobyna Howland as Josephine
- Gus Shy as Olaf
- Gilbert Emery as Broughm
- George F. Marion as Innkeeper
- Paul Porcasi as Innkeeper
Soundtrack
- "It Is Destiny"
- Lyrics by Clifford Grey
- Music by Oscar Straus
- Copyright 1930 by Harms Inc.
- Played by Reginald Denny on piano and sung by Grace Moore
- Reprised by Grace Moore singing and on piano
- "Rataplan"
- from "La fille du régiment"
- Music by Gaetano Donizetti
- Played at an opera house with Grace Moore singing as Marie
- "Student's Song"
- Music by Oscar Straus
- Lyrics by Clifford Grey
- Sung by students escorting Grace Moore home
- "Oh Why"
- Lyrics by Arthur Freed
- Music by Herbert Stothart and Harry M. Woods
- Copyright 1930 Harms Inc.
- Played by Grace Moore singing and on piano
- "Casta Diva"
- from "Norma"
- Music by Vincenzo Bellini
- Played at an opera house and sung by Grace Moore as Norma
- "Swedish Pastorale"
- Written by Howard Johnson and Herbert Stothart
- Sung by a group in Sweden
- "Lovely Hour"
- Words and Music by Carrie Jacobs Bond
- Copyright 1929 by Carrie Jacobs-Bond & Son
- Sung first by Grace Moore off-screen
- Reprised by her at P.T.Barnum's show in New York City
- "I Hear Your Voice"
- Music by Oscar Straus
- Lyrics by Clifford Grey
Remake
The film was remade as the 1932 American French-language film titled Jenny Lind.
External links
- A Lady's Morals at IMDb
- A Lady's Morals at AllMovie
- A Lady's Morals plot by Sanderson Beck (1999)