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Till the Clouds Roll By

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On opening night of his new Broadway musical, Show Boat, composer Jerome Kern (Robert Walker) reflects on his long career. With the help of his mentor, composer James Hessler (Van Heflin), a young Jerry travels to Europe and soon has one of his tunes placed in a successful production. Back home, Jerry's unceasing efforts result in the production of his first show. Jerry's career blossoms and he works with the best artists of the day while guiding James' wayward but talented daughter, Sally.
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Nell Minow Movie Mom Rated: 3/5 Jun 23, 2004 Full Review Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television OK Jerome Kern musical, with some well done Vincente Minnelli musical numbers added to the mix. Jul 18, 2009 Full Review Steve Crum Video-Reviewmaster.com Star-packed MGM musical is more about Jerome Kern's music than Kern himself. Rated: 4/5 May 25, 2007 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com MGM's bland musical biopics about Kern distorts basic facts, and lacks energy and imagination; the only good sequences feature Judy Garland and are staged by then husband Vincente Minnelli. Rated: C May 12, 2007 Full Review Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Flat biopic of Jerome Kern salvaged by some production numbers. Rated: 3/5 Jan 29, 2004 Full Review Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Rated: 3/5 Dec 5, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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Madam D Fictional plot about a great song writer, with the only saving grace being snippets of his music. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/08/25 Full Review Nora G Jerome Kern songs performed by the best and brightest singers in Hollywood. The first part is about Jerome Kern. It's a bit clunky. Then the singers arrive. Each sings a song and it's a great combination of voice and tune. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/28/25 Full Review Liam D One of the first Hollywood biopics which left the bread crumbs of future ones to come. It does have a starry cast Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/03/24 Full Review Vincent B Too many violins in the sound track. so typical of MGM. dumb story, a a great disservice to the composer whose songs are absolutely top drawer. Luckily we get to see them performed by and array of MGM players. Not all of them successful in their attempts. If you want to see interesting colors and costumes here's some good music go right ahead just go out to use the restroom during Robert Walker's moments. What a shame what a waste of his talent. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/18/24 Full Review Steve D This kind of thing has been done to death and better. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Unfortunately 'Till the Clouds Roll By' is lacklustre in the story department relying too heavily on its lavish musical numbers to get by. This hodgepodge of directors provides a very mixed and uneven film where the use of multiple directs is evident. One star with Judy Garland as this films only saving grace. 'Look for the Silver Lining' is a classically beautiful number Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Richard Whorf

Director

Robert Walker

Jerome Kern

Van Heflin

James I. Hessler

Lucille Bremer

Sally Hessler

Dorothy Patrick

Eva Kern

Judy Garland

Marilyn Miller

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Synopsis On opening night of his new Broadway musical, Show Boat, composer Jerome Kern (Robert Walker) reflects on his long career. With the help of his mentor, composer James Hessler (Van Heflin), a young Jerry travels to Europe and soon has one of his tunes placed in a successful production. Back home, Jerry's unceasing efforts result in the production of his first show. Jerry's career blossoms and he works with the best artists of the day while guiding James' wayward but talented daughter, Sally.
Director
Richard Whorf
Producer
Arthur Freed
Screenwriter
Guy Bolton, George Wells, Myles Connolly, Jean Holloway
Distributor
Madacy Entertainment Group Inc. [us], Reel Media International [us], Master Movies, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Genre
Biography, Musical
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 5, 1946, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 9, 2016
Runtime
2h 12m
Sound Mix
Mono
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