Adventure in Music

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Adventure in Music
Directed byReginald Le Borg
Ernst Matray
Produced byWalter Lowendahl
Rudolph Polk
StarringJosé Iturbi
Emanuel Feuermann
Mildred Dilling
CinematographyPaul Ivano
Harry Jackson
Walter Lundin
Jackson Rose
Edited byTom Biggart
Harvey Pergament
Richard G. Wray
Distributed byCrystal Films (US)[1]
Monarch Film Corporation (UK)
Release date
1944
Running time
62 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Adventure in Music is a 1944 American concert film directed by Reginald Le Borg and Ernst Matray. It stars José Iturbi, Emanuel Feuermann, and Mildred Dilling.[2] The film was advertised as the "first concert in film" and featured compositions by several classical artists, including Alexander Borodin, Antonín Dvořák, Frédéric Chopin, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Liszt, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The film also featured works by contemporary composers.[3] There are ten compositions in total.[4]

Reception[edit]

Showmen's Trade Review wrote that there is no plot, but rather "a collection of musical pieces played as in a concert and caught on celluloid." The review also noted that "only those who are concert devotees will go to see this."[1] Meanwhile, The New York Times wrote that the film "has the static quality of a family album".[4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Lewis, Charles E. (May 27, 1944). "Adventure in Music". Showmen's Trade Review. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  2. ^ "Adventure in Music". TCM. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  3. ^ Wickham, Ina (October 15, 1944). "Catching the Beat in Music World Today". Quad-City Times. p. 30. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "At the Little Carnegie". The New York Times. March 6, 1944. Retrieved October 19, 2023.

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