Till the Clouds Roll By

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Robert Walker as youthful bio-pic subject Jerome Kern has invited himself into the home of fictional admired classical composer James Hessler (Van Heflin), New York early 1900?s, Joan Wells as daughter Sally, in the MGM Freed Unit?s musical Till The Clouds Roll By, 1947.

One of the best ever matches of a star with a song in an MGM musical biography variety feature, the number directed by the star's husband Vincente Minnelli, Judy Garland plays Marilyn Miller, singing the Jerome Kern-Buddy DeSylva standard, in the Kern bio-pic from the Freed Unit, Till The Clouds Roll By, 1946.

From the opening Broadway-show within-a-movie segment, a 1927 production of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II?s Show Boat, Lena Horne in the role of Julie, and the song she was not chosen to sing in the next MGM version, from the Kern bio-pic Till The Clouds Roll By, 1946.

Just a short clip from what would be the standout hit from the soundtrack, Dinah Shore, for narrative purposes playing the Broadway star Julia Sanderson, with the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II composition, from the MGM Freed Unit Kern bio-pic, Till The Clouds Roll By, 1946.

Robert Walker stars in the true story of composer Jerome Kern's rise to the top on Broadway and in Hollywood - Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), co-starring Van Heflin and Judy Garland.