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Mad About Music is a american film of genre Drama directed by Norman Taurog released in USA on 27 february 1938 with Deanna Durbin
Mad About Music (1938)
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Add to a movie listMad About Music is a 1938 American musical film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall, and Gail Patrick. Based on a story by Marcella Burke and Frederick Kohner, the film is about a girl at an exclusive boarding school who invents an exciting father. When her schoolmates doubt his existence, she has to produce him. Mad About Music received Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Music, and Best Original Story.
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Gwen Taylor (Gail Patrick) is a famous Hollywood film star and about to become more famous. On her manager's advice, she has concealed from the press the fact that she's a widow with a fouteen year old daughter, Gloria (Deanna Durbin). Gloria lives in a girls-only boarding school in Switzerland.Actors
Deanna Durbin
(Gloria Harkinson)
Herbert Marshall
(Richard Todd)
Gail Patrick
(Gwen Taylor)
Arthur Treacher
(Tripps)
William Frawley
(Dusty Turner)
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