With a Song in My Heart (film)

With a Song in My Heart
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWalter Lang
Written byLamar Trotti
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyLeon Shamroy
Edited byJ. Watson Webb Jr.
Music byAlfred Newman
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • April 4, 1952 (1952-04-04) (United States)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$3.2 million[1][2]

With a Song in My Heart is a 1952 American biographical musical drama film that tells the story of actress and singer Jane Froman, who was crippled by an airplane crash on February 22, 1943, when the Boeing 314 Pan American Clipper flying boat she was on suffered a crash landing in the Tagus River near Lisbon, Portugal. She entertained the troops in World War II despite having to walk with crutches. The film stars Susan Hayward, Rory Calhoun, David Wayne, Thelma Ritter, Robert Wagner, Helen Westcott, and Una Merkel. Froman herself supplied Hayward's singing voice.

The film was written and produced by Lamar Trotti and directed by Walter Lang. The title song, "With a Song in My Heart" (Rodgers and Hart, 1929), became famous in the United Kingdom as the theme to the long-running BBC radio show Family Favourites.

  1. ^ Solomon, Aubrey (1989). Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History. The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1.
  2. ^ "Top Box-Office Hits of 1952". Variety. January 7, 1953. ISSN 0042-2738.