Carnegie Hall Director: Walter Damrosch, Olin Downes, Edgar G. Ulmer Cast: Emile Boreo, Marsha Hunt, Joseph Buloff, William Prince
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- DVD Release Date: 08/14/2001
- Original Release: 1947
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- Sales Rank: 36,417
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Features
Digitally mastered from the original Nitrate Negative ; Original theatrical trailer; Gallery of rare behind-the-scenes production stills; Music notes by the National Film Music Council; The "Piano Scene" from Edgar Ulmer's Detour
Full Product DetailsScene Index
Side #1 -- Full Frame Version
0. Scene Selection
1. Opening Titles: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Second Movement [1:55]
2. Rehearsal: Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto In B flat minor [12:27]
3. Opening Night: Beethoven's "Lenore" No. 2 Overture; Tchaikovsky's First Piano [6:49]
4. Dinner Party: Schumann's Quintet in e flat major, Second Movement [3:04]
5. Wedding March: Wagner's Lohengren; Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream [12:25]
6. Wagner's Prelude to Die: Meistersinger [5:42]
7. The Bell Song: Delibes's Lakmé (Lily Pons soloist) [5:53]
8. The Swan: From Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals, Gregor Piatigorsky cello [5:05]
9. Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix: From Saint-Saëns's Samson and Delilah, Second Act; [1:55]
10. Beethoven's Fifth Symphony: Fourth Movement [4:53]
11. Ritual Fire Dance: Chopin's "Polonaise," Opus 53; "Ritual Fire Dance" from DeFa [9:06]
12. Music Lessons: Chopin's Waltz, Opus 64, No. 2; "Nocturne" [5:15]
13. O Sole Mio: diCapua, Jan Peerce solo [2:55]
14. Pinza Does Giovanni: "II Lacerto Spirito" from Verdi's Simon Boccanegra (prolog [1:57]
15. The Pleasure's All Mine: Vaughn Monroe Orchestra [3:07]
16. Beware My Heart: Vaughn Monroe solo [4:29]
17. Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto: in D major, First Movement, Jascha Heifetz violin [13:45]
18. Stokowski Takes the Stand: Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony, Second Movement, Leopo [20:50]
19. "57th Street Rhapsody": ("All the World Is Mine") Harry James [7:41]
Editorial Reviews
Auteur theorists who've charted the career of "cult" director Edgar G. Ulmer have seldom mentioned Carnegie Hall, simply because it was more expensive than most of Ulmer's films and thus can't be regarded a "low-budget masterpiece." The wafer-thin plotline concerns a young immigrant woman (Marsha Hunt) who takes a job as a Carnegie Hall cleaning woman. Her love of music leads her to a better job in the Hall, and after several years she rises to the position of concert organizer. The woman uses her clout to promote her own son's career as a pianist. Carnegie Hall showcases a number of celebrated musicians. Selections include: Arthur Rubinstein performing Chopin's "Polonaise in A Flat," Jascha Heifetz performing "Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in G Major" by Tchaikovsky, Ezio Pinza singing both the drinking song from Don Giovanni and one of the arias from Simon di Boccanegra, Lily Pons singing "The Bell Song" from Lakme by Delibes, and Jan Peerce singing "O Sole Mio."The film also includes musical performances by Bruno Walter,Rise Stevens, Gregor Piatagorsky, Harry James, Vaughn Monroe, Leopold Stokowski, and others. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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