The Cat and the Fiddle (film)

The Cat and the Fiddle
Original sheet music
Directed by	William K. Howard Sam Wood (uncredited)
Produced by	Bernard H. Hyman
Written by	Otto A. Harbach (book) Bella Spewack (screenplay)
Starring	Ramon Novarro Jeanette MacDonald
Cinematography	Charles G. Clarke Ray Rennahan Harold Rosson
Edited by	Frank Hull
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	February 16, 1934
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$843,000[1]
Box office	$455,000 (Domestic earnings)[1] $644,000 (Foreign earnings)[1]

The Cat and the Fiddle is a 1934 American Pre-Code romantic musical film directed by William K. Howard based on the hit 1931 Broadway musical of the same name by Jerome Kern and Otto A. Harbach, about a romance between a struggling composer and an American singer. The film stars Ramon Novarro and Jeanette MacDonald in her MGM debut.

The final reel was filmed in the then newly perfected three-strip Technicolor process, previously used only in Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies cartoons.

Cast

• Ramon Novarro as Victor Florescu
• Jeanette MacDonald as Shirley Sheridan
• Frank Morgan as Jules Daudet
• Charles Butterworth as Charles
• Jean Hersholt as Professor Bertier
• Vivienne Segal as Odette Brieux
• Frank Conroy as The Theatre Owner
• Henry Armetta as the Taxi Driver
• Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Concierge
• Joseph Cawthorn as Rodolphe 'Rudy' Brieux

Box office

The film grossed a total (domestic and foreign) of $1,099,000: $455,000 from the US and Canada and $644,000 elsewhere resulting in a loss of $142,000.^[2]

External links

• The Cat and the Fiddle at the Internet Movie Database
• The Cat and the Fiddle at AllMovie

Notes

1. Turk, Edward Baron "Hollywood Diva: A Biography of Jeanette MacDonald" (University of California Press, 1998)