New Moon (1940)

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Previously filmed in 1930 with Lawrence Tibbett and Grace Moore, the robust Sigmund Romberg operetta New Moon was given another airing in 1940 as Nelson Eddy-Jeanette MacDonald vehicle. Set in 18th century Louisiana, the story concerns the relationship between haughty plantation owner Marianne de Beaumanoir (MacDonald) and her handsome bondservant Charles (Eddy). Actually a French nobleman in disguise, Charles leads his fellow bondsman in revolt, commandeering a ship and heading out to sea. He ends up capturing a vessel carrying Marianne and a cargo of mail-order brides. Though the bondsmen and the brides get along just fine, the romance between Marianne and Charles is noticeably strained, but the French Revolution comes along to solve everyone's problems. The soaring Romberg musical score includes such favorites as "One Kiss", "Stout-Hearted Men" and "Lover Come Back to Me", all performed con brio by the stars. Comedian Buster Keaton, whose supporting role was cut from the final release print of New Moon, can still be glimpsed among the bondsmen.

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Cast

Jeanette MacDonald
as Marianne de Beaumanoir
Nelson Eddy
as Charles, Duc de Villiers
Mary Boland
as Valerie de Rossac
George Zucco
as Vicomte de Ribaud
H.B. Warner
as Father Michel
Dick Purcell
as Alexander
Stanley Fields
as Tambour
Bunty Cutler
as Julie the Maid
Grant Mitchell
as Governor of New Orleans
Ray Walker
as Coco
John Miljan
as Pierre Brugnon, Overseer
Ivan Simpson
as Guizot
George Irving
as Ship Captain
Edwin Maxwell
as Capt. de Jean
Paul E. Burns
as Guard on Ship
Trevor Bardette
as Foulette
LeRoy Mason
as Grant
William Tannen
as Pierre
Cecil Cunningham
as Governor's Wife
Claude King
as Mons. Dubois
Rafael Storm
as De Piron
Winifred Harris
as Lady
Buster Keaton
as Prisoner "LuLu"
Robert Warwick
as Commissar
Sarah Edwards
as Marquise della Rosa
George Lloyd
as Quartermaster
Gayne Whitman
as Mate
Jean Fenwick
as Woman
George Magrill
as Guard
Christian J. Frank
as Bondsman
Arthur Belasco
as Bondsman
Edward Hearn
as Bondsman
Nick Copeland
as Bondsman
Gino Corrado
as Bondsman
Fred Graham
as Bondsman
Ralph Dunn
as Bondsman
Harry Strang
as Bondsman
Ray Teal
as Bondsman
Ted Oliver
as Bondsman
Frank Remsden
as Man
Ed O'Neill
as Lookout
Warren Rock
as Mate
Jewell Jordan Mason
as Woman
Joe Yule
as Maurice
Max Marx
as Officer
Alden 'Stephen' Chase
as Citizen
Jack Perrin
as Officer
Claire Rochelle
as Drunken Girl
Frank Elliott
as Guest
Kenneth Gibson
as Guest
Victor Kendall
as Guest
Gerald Fielding
as Guest
Bea Nigro
as Guest
Hillary Brooke
as Guest
Dorothy Granger
as Fat Bridesmaid
June Gittelson
as Madeline
David Alison
as Troubadour
Joe Dominguez
as Wounded Bondsman
Florence Shirley
as Guest
Forbes Murray
as Commandant
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