Spring Parade (1940)

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Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Musical
Release: 1940-09-27
Director: Henry Koster
Writers: Bruce Manning , Felix Jackson , Ernst Marischka
Language: English
Stars: Deanna Durbin , Robert Cummings , Mischa Auer (1905–1967) , Henry Stephenson (1871–1956) , S.Z. Sakall , Billy Lenhart , Kenneth Brown , Walter Catlett , Anne Gwynne , Allyn Joslyn
Runtime: 89 min
Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. 4 nominations total
AKA: Chanson d'avril (France, French Republic) , 青きダニューヴの夢 (Japan) , Anoixiatiki parelasis (Greece) , Весенний вальс , Desfile da Primavera (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Spring Parade (Canada) , Udvari bál (Hungary) , Vårparaden (Sweden) , Kevätparaati (Finland) , Forårs-paraden (Denmark) , Parada da Primavera (Brazil) , Princesita (Spain) , Spring Parade (United States of America) , Spring Parade (United Kingdom) , Parata di primavera (Italy) , Desfile de Primavera (Mexico) , Spring Parade
Plot: In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman(Deanna Durbin) attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. It says that she will meet someone important and is destined for a happy marriage. Afterward she gets a job as a baker's assistant. She then meets a handsome army drummer (Robert Cummings) who secretly dreams of becoming a famous composer and conductor. Unfortunately the military forbids the young corporal to create his own music. But then Ilonka (Durbin) secretly sends one of the drummer's waltzes to the Austrian Emperor with his weekly order of pastries. Her act paves the way toward the tuneful and joyous fulfillment of the gypsy's prediction.
IMDB:tt0033095