Sweet Adeline (1935)
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The 1929 Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein Broadway musical Sweet Adeline has generally been credited as the vanguard for the "Gay 90s" nostalgia fad of the early 1930s. By the time the film was adapted to the screen in 1935, that fad had pretty much played itself out, making the property seem… More The 1929 Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein Broadway musical Sweet Adeline has generally been credited as the vanguard for the "Gay 90s" nostalgia fad of the early 1930s. By the time the film was adapted to the screen in 1935, that fad had pretty much played itself out, making the property seem more old-fashioned than ever. Irene Dunne takes over from Broadway's Helen Morgan as beer-hall entertainer Adeline Schmidt, whose romance with songwriter Sid Barnett (Donald Woods) undergoes an inordinate number of setbacks in the course of the film's 85 minutes. Much of the play's libretto has been scrapped in favor of an espionage angle, as Adeline tries to avoid assassination at the hands of a Spanish spy named Elysia (Wini Shaw). Contemporary critics carped that Irene Dunne was unable to match Helen Morgan's delivery of such torch songs as "Why Was I Born"; this is true enough, but Warner Bros. deserves credit for endeavoring to cast Dunne against type. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts, Mystery & Suspense
Unrated,
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Cast
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Irene Dunne
as Adeline Schmidt
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Donald Woods
as Sid Barnett
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Hugh Herbert
as Rupert Rockingham
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Ned Sparks
as Dan Herziq
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Joseph Cawthorn
as Oscar Schmidt
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Louis Calhern
as Maj. Jim Day
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Winifred Shaw
as Elysia
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Nydia Westman
as Nellie Schmidt
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Dorothy Dare
as Dot
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Phil Regan
as Singer
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Don Alvarado
as Renaldo
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Jack Mulhall
as Bob
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Noah Beery Sr.
as Sultan
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Joe Bernard
as Waiter
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Nick Copeland
as Prop Man
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Martin Garralaga
as Dark Young Man
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Charles Hickman
as Manx
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Milt Kibbee
as Stagehand
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Howard Mitchell
as Bartender
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William V. Mong
as Cobbler
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Ferdinand Munier
as Gen. Hawks
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David Newell
as Young Man
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Eddie Shubert
as Eddie
- Landers Stevens
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Mary Treen
as Girl
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Harry Tyler
as Louise
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Emmett Vogan
as Captain
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William Arnold
as Man
