Name: Bitter Sweet - Noel Coward - Jeanette MacDonald - Gordon MacRae - The Railroad Hour
Uploaded: 2021-06-11T01:08:13+00:00
Duration: 44 min 20 s
Description: Set in late 19th century Vienna, the story focuses on the romance between music teacher Carl Linden and his prize pupil Sarah Milick. Bitter Sweet is a 1940 American Technicolor musical film directed

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Set in late 19th century Vienna, the story focuses on the romance between music teacher Carl Linden and his prize pupil Sarah Milick.

Bitter Sweet is a 1940 American Technicolor musical film directed by W. S. Van Dyke, based on the operetta Bitter Sweet by Noël Coward. It was nominated for two Academy Awards, one for Best Cinematography and the other for Best Art Direction.

The film is based on Coward's stage operetta, which was a hit in 1929 in London. It was filmed twice, first in 1933 in black-and-white (in Britain, with Anna Neagle and Fernand Gravet in the leading roles). The 1940 film is much cut and rewritten, removing much of the operetta's irony. The opening and closing scenes are cut, focusing the film squarely upon the relationship between MacDonald's character, Sarah, and her music teacher, Carl Linden.

Originally Broadcast 1/31/1949
Episode 18

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