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They Shall Have Music

They Shall Have Music1939

★6.5105 minFamilyMusicDrama

The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the basement of a music school for poor children.

Director

Writer

Irma von Cube John Howard Lawson

Score

Stars

Jascha Heifetz Joel McCrea Andrea Leeds

Cast68

Jascha Heifetz
as Himself
Joel McCrea
as Peter McCarthy
Andrea Leeds
as Ann Lawson
Gene Reynolds
as Frankie
Walter Brennan
as Professor Lawson
Terry Kilburn
as Limey
T
Tommy Kelly
as Willie
Porter Hall
as Mr. Flower
Walter Tetley
as Rocks Mulligan
C
Chuck Stubbs
as Fever
Gale Sherwood
as Betty
Alfred Newman
as Musical Director
M
Mary Ruth
as Suzie
John St. Polis
as Davis
A
Alexander Schoenberg
as Menken
Marjorie Main
as Mrs. Miller
Arthur Hohl
as Miller
Paul Harvey
as Heifetz' Manager
Z
Zero
as Sucker the Dog
P
Peter Meremblum
as Peter Meremblum
C
Calvin Leslie
as (uncredited)
E
Effie Anderson
as Woman on Steps (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold
as Woman in Alley Yelling for Police (uncredited)
Arthur Aylesworth
as Detective (uncredited)
E
Emanuel Bay
as Accompanist for 'Hora staccato' (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
as Man in Concert Audience (uncredited)
R
Richard Berres
as Cellist in Meremblum Orchestra (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
as Policeman at Police Station (uncredited)
M
Morris Boltuch
as Kid in Orchestra (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
as Bill - Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
R
Raymond D. Bowman
as Violinist (uncredited)
Virginia Brissac
as Willie's Mother (uncredited)
Dorothy Christy
as Woman Angry at Husband Being Late (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
as Henry - Heifetz's Butler (uncredited)
K
Kaye Connor
as Girl in Orchestra (uncredited)
D
Dulcie Day
as A Woman in Line (uncredited)
Joe De Stefani
as Pawn Broker (uncredited)
Alan Edwards
as Concertgoer Throwing Tickets Away (uncredited)
V
Virginia Ellis
as Violinist (uncredited)
Fern Emmett
as Woman on Steps (uncredited)
James Flavin
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
John Hamilton
as Detective (uncredited)
Robert Homans
as Policeman at Barney's Pool Room (uncredited)
Roger Imhof
as Michael - Deputy (uncredited)
P
Perry Ivins
as Mr. Morgam (uncredited)
Frank Jaquet
as Mr. Wallace (uncredited)
John Kelly
as Kelly (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
as Film Delivery Man (uncredited)
M
Maude Louis
as Woman in Line (uncredited)
M
Mitchell Lurie
as Clarinetist in Orchestra (uncredited)
Diana Lynn
as Pianist (uncredited)
J. Farrell MacDonald
as Police Chief (uncredited)
Louis Mason
as Deputy (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
as Man in Concert Audience
A
Anne O'Neal
as Woman on Steps (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
as Policeman in Rain (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
as Policeman in Auditorium (uncredited)
E
Edwina Pierce
as Violinist (uncredited)
A
Annette Ruderman
as Violinist (uncredited)
T
Theodore Saidenberg
as Heifetz's Accompanist (uncredited)
Wyndham Standing
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Paul Stanton
as Inspector Johnson (uncredited)
Elizabeth Valentine
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
as Police Chief's Aide (uncredited)
B
Bryant Washburn Jr.
as Usher in Carnegie Hall (uncredited)
Billy Wayne
as Film Delivery Man (uncredited)
Marjorie Wood
as Betty's Mother (uncredited)
M
Mary Louise Zeyen
as Cellist in Orchestra (uncredited)

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