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Spring Parade (1940)
In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman 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 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 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.
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In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman 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 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 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.
Rating:NR
Genre:Comedy, Music
Written By:Bruce Manning, Felix Jackson
In Theaters:9/27/1940
Box Office:
Runtime:89 minutes
Studio:Universal Pictures
Cast
Henry Koster
Director
Deanna Durbin
Ilonka Tolnay
Robert Cummings
Corporal Harry Marten
Mischa Auer
Gustav
Henry Stephenson
Emperor Franz Joseph
S.Z. Sakall
Latislav Teschek - the Baker
Walter Catlett
Headwaiter
Anne Gwynne
Jenny
Peggy Moran
Archduchess Irene
Reginald Denny
The Major
Kenneth Brown
Moritz
Billy Lenhart
Max
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