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They Shall Have Music

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Frankie (Gene Reynolds), a New York City street urchin who harbors a love for classical music, finds tickets to a concert by the great violinist Jascha Heifetz. Feeling inspired by the performance, he enrolls at a nearby music academy. The schoolmaster, professor Lawson (Walter Brennan), allows the talented Frankie to sleep in the basement of the troubled school, which is facing bankruptcy. Along with Lawson's daughter Ann (Andrea Leeds), Frankie organizes a benefit concert to save the school.
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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Producer Samuel Goldwyn's attempt to bring classical music to the masses. Rated: C+ Nov 23, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D Sad to see the stars reduced to this. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/11/24 Full Review Audience Member gr8 cast 7 performances make this go Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member I absolutely LOVE AND CHERISH THIS FILM...IT MAKES ME WANT TO CRY. John Lawson is an amazing screenwriter and Jascha Heifetz is one of the greatest violin players to ever exist Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Archie Mayo

Director

Jascha Heifetz

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Joel McCrea

Peter McCarthy

Andrea Leeds

Ann Lawson

Walter Brennan

Professor Lawson

Gene Reynolds

Frankie
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Synopsis Frankie (Gene Reynolds), a New York City street urchin who harbors a love for classical music, finds tickets to a concert by the great violinist Jascha Heifetz. Feeling inspired by the performance, he enrolls at a nearby music academy. The schoolmaster, professor Lawson (Walter Brennan), allows the talented Frankie to sleep in the basement of the troubled school, which is facing bankruptcy. Along with Lawson's daughter Ann (Andrea Leeds), Frankie organizes a benefit concert to save the school.
Director
Archie Mayo
Producer
Samuel Goldwyn, Robert Riskin
Production Co
Howard Productions
Genre
Musical
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 27, 2020
Runtime
1h 41m
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