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  • denscul
  • 3/7/13

  This film should have been 5 stars. Great directors, award winning cast, and even real artists like Rubenstein and Eurgene Ormandy, the writer of Stardust which at one time at least was sung and reproduced more than any other popular song. The problem with the film can probably be laid at the feet of the screenwriter. For me, the plot was too illogical and made the whole thing a long borr. Films about young composers, artists and writers usually fall flat. Films about the great, from Gershwin to Scott Fitzgerald are so far from the truth, they confused the illiterate and those who can't spell. On the other hand, my wife loved it - she had no problem with logic.,

• NIGHT SONG

  • Roger O. Williams
  • 5/5/10

  Like the previous reviewer, michael chavez, I saw this film a long time ago, actually in 1948, the year it was released. I was 18 years old and just beginning to think about music as a career. I particularly enjoyed Leith Stevens' concerto and the fact that Artur Rubinstein (of whom I was big fan) played the work in the film. Having the excellent cast was also a big plus. I later got a degree in piano and composition and have worked as a musician and a motion picture film archivist. My own collection is mostly 16mm (and 8mm) films about music and musicians. I own a nice 16mm original print of this film and it's one of my favorites. I also would like to have a nice DVD. Other films that deal with classical music and feature pianists are The Seventh Veil, Suicide Squadron, A Song To Remember, Song Without End, Song of My Heart, and quite a few more.

• If You Ever Missed this !

  • michael chavez
  • 10/2/09

  I am 63 years old. I first saw this movie about 1958 and languished over the fact that I had no access to it. Many years later, the film was shown on Turner, and I was lucky enough to ready to copy it on VHS. The music of Leith Stevens is suppurb. I am still seeking to obtain the score to the Concerto, with the idea to re-present the work to the contempory public. It is a modern work, and very appropriate for the new audiences of today (2009). I hope to be able to copy of this film someday on DVD and I will continue to research Leith stevens and his work as the time goes on.

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