Spring Is Here
About Spring Is Here
Two sisters want the same man. The rivalry is played out in the songs and in the family's attempts to sort the match.
Cast & crew
More about Spring Is Here
John Francis Dillon directed and produced it. James A. Starr adapted Owen Davis's 1929 musical play. Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart wrote the songs. Lee Garmes photographed it. Cecil Copping is credited with music. First National made it and Warner Bros. released it. Lawrence Gray, Alexander Gray, and Bernice Claire star. Louise Fazenda and Ford Sterling are billed. A shorter version of the play, with another cast, came out in 1933 as the short Yours Sincerely. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Making
Dillon filmed the Davis-Rodgers-Hart show for First National.
Look
Lee Garmes shot the musical numbers and the sisters' rivalry.
Music
Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart wrote the songs. Cecil Copping has a music credit on the film.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The play and the film share the title.
- Inez Courtney, Frank Albertson, and Natalie Moorhead are billed.
- The 1933 short is not a sequel. It is a cut-down of the show.
- Rodgers and Hart are the songwriters, not Copping.
Scenes
- The sisters compete for the same man in the songs.
Influenced by
- Owen Davis's musical Spring Is Here (1929)
