I Dream Too Much (1935 film)

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I Dream Too Much
I Dream Too Much VideoCover.jpeg
Directed by John Cromwell
Produced by Pandro S. Berman
Written by Elsie Finn
David G. Wittels
Screenplay by James Gow
Edmund H. North
Starring Lily Pons
Henry Fonda
Eric Blore
Lucille Ball
Music by Jerome Kern
Dorothy Fields
Max Steiner (incidental)
Cinematography David Abel
Edited by William Morgan
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates
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  • November 27, 1935 (1935-11-27)
Running time
 97 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $627,000[1]
Box office $640,000[1]

I Dream Too Much is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by John Cromwell. It stars Henry Fonda, Lily Pons, and Lucille Ball in one of her earlier roles. It has been described as a "somewhat wispy operetta."[2] Songs are by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields. The film was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Sound Recording (Carl Dreher).[3]

Plot

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Annette Monard Street (Lily Pons) is an aspiring singer, who falls in love with and marries Jonathan Street (Henry Fonda), a struggling young composer.

Jonathan pushes her into a singing career, and she soon becomes a star. Meanwhile, Jonathan is unable to sell his music, and he finds himself jealous of his wife's success.

Concerned about their relationship, Annette uses her influence to get Jonathan's work turned into a musical comedy. Once she achieves this, she then retires from public life in order to raise a family.

Cast

Reception

Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a poor review. Greene criticized Jerome Kern's musical score as "pompous and middle-aged" in contrast to the times which were more in line with fresh musicians like Cole Porter; he did compare Pons favorably to Grace Moore, describing her personality as "less ponderous". The only portion of the film that Greene found to provide a light touch was that of the performing seal.[4]

The film recorded a loss of $350,000.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television, Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p58
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