They Shall Have Music

They Shall Have Music (1939)

The THRILL of great music... the LAUGHTER of youth... the TENDERNESS of age

Family Music Drama

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.

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  • Release Date: 1939-08-18
  • Runtime: 1h 45min
  • Director: Archie Mayo

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Jascha Heifetz

      Himself

    • Joel McCrea

      Peter McCarthy

    • Andrea Leeds

      Ann Lawson

    • Gene Reynolds

      Frankie

    • Walter Brennan

      Professor Lawson

    • Terry Kilburn

      Limey

    • Tommy Kelly

      Willie

    • Porter Hall

      Mr. Flower

    • Walter Tetley

      Rocks Mulligan

    • Chuck Stubbs

      Fever

    • Gale Sherwood

      Betty

    • Alfred Newman

      Musical Director

    • Mary Ruth

      Suzie

    • John St. Polis

      Davis

    • Alexander Schoenberg

      Menken

    • Marjorie Main

      Mrs. Miller

    • Arthur Hohl

      Miller

    • Paul Harvey

      Heifetz' Manager

    • Zero

      Sucker the Dog

    • Peter Meremblum

      Peter Meremblum

    • Calvin Leslie

      (uncredited)

    • Effie Anderson

      Woman on Steps (uncredited)

    • Jessie Arnold

      Woman in Alley Yelling for Police (uncredited)

    • Arthur Aylesworth

      Detective (uncredited)

    • Emanuel Bay

      Accompanist for 'Hora staccato' (uncredited)

    • Brooks Benedict

      Man in Concert Audience (uncredited)

    • Richard Berres

      Cellist in Meremblum Orchestra (uncredited)

    • Stanley Blystone

      Policeman at Police Station (uncredited)

    • Morris Boltuch

      Kid in Orchestra (uncredited)

    • Wade Boteler

      Bill - Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

    • Raymond D. Bowman

      Violinist (uncredited)

    • Virginia Brissac

      Willie's Mother (uncredited)

    • Dorothy Christy

      Woman Angry at Husband Being Late (uncredited)

    • Charles Coleman

      Henry - Heifetz's Butler (uncredited)

    • Kaye Connor

      Girl in Orchestra (uncredited)

    • Dulcie Day

      A Woman in Line (uncredited)

    • Joe De Stefani

      Pawn Broker (uncredited)

    • Alan Edwards

      Concertgoer Throwing Tickets Away (uncredited)

    • Virginia Ellis

      Violinist (uncredited)

    • Fern Emmett

      Woman on Steps (uncredited)

    • James Flavin

      Police Sergeant (uncredited)

    • John Hamilton

      Detective (uncredited)

    • Robert Homans

      Policeman at Barney's Pool Room (uncredited)

    • Roger Imhof

      Michael - Deputy (uncredited)

    • Perry Ivins

      Mr. Morgam (uncredited)

    • Frank Jaquet

      Mr. Wallace (uncredited)

    • John Kelly

      Kelly (uncredited)

    • Ethan Laidlaw

      Film Delivery Man (uncredited)

    • Maude Louis

      Woman in Line (uncredited)

    • Mitchell Lurie

      Clarinetist in Orchestra (uncredited)

    • Diana Lynn

      Pianist (uncredited)

    • J. Farrell MacDonald

      Police Chief (uncredited)

    • Louis Mason

      Deputy (uncredited)

    • Eric Mayne

      Man in Concert Audience

    • Anne O'Neal

      Woman on Steps (uncredited)

    • Emory Parnell

      Policeman in Rain (uncredited)

    • Lee Phelps

      Policeman in Auditorium (uncredited)

    • Edwina Pierce

      Violinist (uncredited)

    • Annette Ruderman

      Violinist (uncredited)

    • Theodore Saidenberg

      Heifetz's Accompanist (uncredited)

    • Wyndham Standing

      Undetermined Role (uncredited)

    • Paul Stanton

      Inspector Johnson (uncredited)

    • Elizabeth Valentine

      Undetermined Role (uncredited)

    • Emmett Vogan

      Police Chief's Aide (uncredited)

    • Bryant Washburn Jr.

      Usher in Carnegie Hall (uncredited)

    • Billy Wayne

      Film Delivery Man (uncredited)

    • Marjorie Wood

      Betty's Mother (uncredited)

    • Mary Louise Zeyen

      Cellist in Orchestra (uncredited)

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