Rhapsody (1954)
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51% of users liked it
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Rhapsody is high-gloss soap opera in the grand MGM manner. Elizabeth Taylor stars as Louise Durant, the beautiful but spoiled daughter of millionaire Nicholas Durant (Louis Calhern). Accustomed to getting whatever she wants, Louise sets her sights on violin student Paul Bronte (Vittorio Gassman).… More Rhapsody is high-gloss soap opera in the grand MGM manner. Elizabeth Taylor stars as Louise Durant, the beautiful but spoiled daughter of millionaire Nicholas Durant (Louis Calhern). Accustomed to getting whatever she wants, Louise sets her sights on violin student Paul Bronte (Vittorio Gassman). Before long, however, she tires of Paul's all-consuming devotion to his music. Pianist James Guest (John Ericson) is the next moth drawn to Louise's flame. He is willing to put his career on the back burner for her sake -- and becomes an irresponsible drunk in the process. Anxious to win back Paul, who is now a famed concert violinist, Louise tries to rehabilitate James so he will be able to resume his concert activities -- thereby allowing Louise free rein to chase after Paul. Someone's going to have to eat humble pie before all this is over, and that someone has black hair and violet eyes. Rhapsody was adapted from Maurice Guest, a novel by Henry Handel Richardson. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Charles Vidor
- Written By
- Fay Kanin, Michael Kanin
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 11, 1954 Wide
- On DVD
- May 26, 1993
- Studio
- MGM
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Tedious soap opera story filled with classical music.
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Cast
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Elizabeth Taylor
as Louise Durant
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Vittorio Gassman
as Paul Bronte
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John Ericson
as James Guest
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Louis Calhern
as Nicholas Durant
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Michael Chekhov
as Prof. Schuman
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Barbara Bates
as Effie Cahill
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Richard Hageman
as Bruno Furst
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Richard Lupino
as Otto Kraft
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Celia Lovsky
as Frau Sigerlist
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Stuart Whitman
as Dove
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Madge Blake
as Mrs. Cahill
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Jacqueline Duval
as Yvonne
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Norma Nevens
as Student Pianist
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Jack Raine
as Edmund Streller
