Sweethearts
from the original trailer
Directed by	W.S. Van Dyke
Produced by	Hunt Stromberg
Written by	Dorothy Parker Alan Campbell
Starring	Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Frank Morgan
Music by	Victor Herbert Herbert Stothart
Cinematography	Oliver T. Marsh Allen M. Davey
Editing by	Robert Kern
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	December 22, 1938
Running time	114 min.
Country	U.S.A.
Language	English
IMDb profile

Sweethearts is a 1938 musical romance, MGM's first feature-length Technicolor film. It was directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starred Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. The screenplay, though based loosely on the 1913 operetta by Herbert, differed greatly from the stage version.

Cast

• Jeanette MacDonald as Gwen Marlow
• Nelson Eddy as Ernest Lane
• Frank Morgan as Felix Lehman
• Ray Bolger as Hans
• Florence Rice as Kay Jordan
• Mischa Auer as Leo Kronk
• Herman Bing as Oscar Engel

Awards

• Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring (nominated)
• Academy Award for Best Sound, Recording (nomitated)
• Academy Honorary Award for Color Cinematography

External links

• Sweethearts at the Internet Movie Database
• Sweethearts at Allmovie
• Sweethearts at the TCM Movie Database
• Sweethearts at Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy: A Tribute

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