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I Dream Too Much

I Dream Too Much

Nov. 29, 1935 USA 97 Min.
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Lily Pons isAnnette Monard
Annette Monard
Henry Fonda isJohnny Street
Johnny Street
Lucille Ball isGwendolyn Dilley
Gwendolyn Dilley
Eric Blore isRoger Briggs
Roger Briggs
Osgood Perkins isPaul Darcy
Paul Darcy
Lucien Littlefield isHubert Dilley
Hubert Dilley
Mischa Auer isDarcy's Pianist
Darcy's Pianist
Paul Porcasi isUncle Tito
Uncle Tito
Scotty Beckett isBoy on Carousel
Boy on Carousel
Billy Gilbert isCook at Cafe (uncredited)
Cook at Cafe (uncredited)
Ferdinand Gottschalk isSnobbish Critic (uncredited)
Snobbish Critic (uncredited)

Synopsis

If Columbia could make an acceptable movie star out of opera-diva Grace Moore, then RKO Radio could do the same with Lily Pons. At least that was producer Pandro S. Berman’s reasoning when he cast Pons in the 1935 musical romance I Dream too Much. The actress plays Annette, a rural French musical student who marries struggling American composer Jonathan (Henry Fonda). Possessed of a splendid singing voice, our heroine rises to fame on the opera stage, while poor Jonathan continues struggling, supporting himself as a tour guide. Annette eventually saves her marriage by transforming her husband’s “masterpiece,” a rather turgid modernistic opera, into a light-hearted musical comedy. Lucille Ball, who’d later co-star with Henry Fonda in The Big Street and Yours, Mine and Ours, has a funny minor role as a gum-snapping tourist. Though Lily Pons was at least 10 years older than Fonda, they make an attractive and believable screen couple, adding credibility to this somewhat contrived yarn

I Dream Too Much
Original title I Dream Too Much
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