The Cat and the Fiddle (film)

The Cat and the Fiddle
Directed byWilliam K. Howard
Sam Wood (uncredited)
Written byOtto A. Harbach (book)
Bella Spewack (screenplay)
Produced byBernard H. Hyman
StarringRamon Novarro
Jeanette MacDonald
CinematographyCharles G. Clarke
Ray Rennahan
Harold Rosson
Edited byFrank Hull
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • February 16, 1934 (1934-02-16)
[1]
Running time
88 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$843,000[3]
Box office$455,000 (Domestic earnings)[3]
$644,000 (Foreign earnings)[3]

The Cat and the Fiddle is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic musical film directed by William K. Howard[4] based on the hit 1931 Broadway musical of the same name by Jerome Kern and Otto A. Harbach, about a romance between a struggling composer and an American singer. The film stars Ramon Novarro and Jeanette MacDonald in her MGM debut.[5]

  1. ^ The Jeanette MacDonald Story ISBN 978-1-537-72714-1 p. 71
  2. ^ "The Cat and the Fiddle". Turner Classic Movies. tcm.com. July 17, 2013. Archived from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Turk, Edward Baron (1998). Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520222533.
  4. ^ A Song in the Dark: The Birth of the Musical Film ISBN 978-0-195-37734-7 p. 424
  5. ^ Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald ISBN 978-0-520-22253-3 p. 93