Rhapsody (1954)


Rhapsody
Release Date11 March 1954
GenreMusical, Drama, Romance
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsPontresina, Kanton Graubünden, Switzerland
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassRomantic Drama, Melodrama
ThemesLove Triangles, Romantic Betrayal
TonesAffectionate, Intimate
TagsDilemma, Love Triangle, Music, Piano, Socialite, Violinist, Wealth
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Rhapsody is a 1954 MGM film directed by Charles Vidor, and produced by Lawrence Weingarten. It is based on the novel Maurice Guest by Henry Handel Richardson


Cast and Crew


Cast

Elizabeth Taylor
Louise Durant

Vittorio Gassman
Paul Bronte

John Ericson
James Guest

Louis Calhern
Nicholas Durant

Michael Chekhov
Prof. Schuman

Barbara Bates
Effie Cahill

Richard Hageman
Bruno Fürst

Richard Lupino
Otto Krafft

Celia Lovsky
Frau Sigerlist

Madge Blake
Mrs. Cahill

Jack Raine
Edmund Streller

Birgit Nielsen
Madeleine

Jacqueline Duval
Yvonne

Norma Nevens
Student Pianist

Frank Arnold
News Vendor

Max Barwyn
Patron

Peter Camlin
Bit Role

André Charlot
Stage Doorman

Gábor Curtiz
Waiter

Guy De Vestel
Bartender

Lisa Golm
Secretary

Stuart Holmes
Man in Audience, Final Concert

Maurice Marsac
French Servant

Leo Mostovoy
Concierge

John Mylong
Doctor

Gordon Richards
English Butler

Richard Richonne
Waiter

Irene Seidner
Landlady

Robert Shafto
Dresser

Konstantin Shayne
Professor Kelber

Max Willenz
Manager of the Inn

Director

Charles Vidor
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Writer

Henry Handel Richardson

Ruth Goetz

Augustus Goetz

Fay Kanin

Michael Kanin

Producer

Lawrence Weingarten
producer

Original Music

Johnny Green
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Cinematographer

Robert H. Planck

Editor

John D. Dunning

Art Director

Cedric Gibbons
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Paul Groesse
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Set Decorator

Hugh Hunt
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Edwin B. Willis
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Costume Designer

Helen Rose

Makeup Department

Sydney Guilaroff
hair stylist

William Tuttle
makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Ridgeway Callow
assistant director

Sound Department

Douglas Shearer
recording supervisor

Special Effects

A. Arnold Gillespie
special effects

Warren Newcombe
special effects

Editorial Department

Peter Ballbusch
montage

Alvord Eiseman
color consultant: Technicolor

Music Department

Claudio Arrau
musician: piano solos

Johnny Green
conductor

Bronislau Kaper
music adaptor

Michael Rabin
musician: violin solos

Other Crew

Morris Brenner
violin supervision

Harold Gelman
piano supervision

Henri Jaffa
technicolor color consultant

Production Company

MGM-International Dist.
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Distributor

MGM-International Dist.

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)