They Shall Have Music (1939)
The THRILL of great music... the LAUGHTER of youth... the TENDERNESS of age
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.
Rated
NR
Year
1939
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
18 August 1939
TMDB
6.5 (11)
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Ratings
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Jascha Heifetz
Himself
Joel McCrea
Peter McCarthy
Andrea Leeds
Ann Lawson
Gene Reynolds
Frankie
Walter Brennan
Professor Lawson
Terry Kilburn
Limey
T
Tommy Kelly
Willie
Porter Hall
Mr. Flower
Walter Tetley
Rocks Mulligan
C
Chuck Stubbs
Fever
Gale Sherwood
Betty
Alfred Newman
Musical Director
M
Mary Ruth
Suzie
John St. Polis
Davis
A
Alexander Schoenberg
Menken
Marjorie Main
Mrs. Miller
Arthur Hohl
Miller
Paul Harvey
Heifetz' Manager
Z
Zero
Sucker the Dog
P
Peter Meremblum
Peter Meremblum
C
Calvin Leslie
(uncredited)
E
Effie Anderson
Woman on Steps (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold
Woman in Alley Yelling for Police (uncredited)
Arthur Aylesworth
Detective (uncredited)
E
Emanuel Bay
Accompanist for 'Hora staccato' (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict
Man in Concert Audience (uncredited)
R
Richard Berres
Cellist in Meremblum Orchestra (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Policeman at Police Station (uncredited)
M
Morris Boltuch
Kid in Orchestra (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
Bill - Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
R
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)
K
Kaye Connor
Girl in Orchestra (uncredited)
D
Dulcie Day
A Woman in Line (uncredited)
Joe De Stefani
Pawn Broker (uncredited)
Alan Edwards
Concertgoer Throwing Tickets Away (uncredited)
V
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)
P
Perry Ivins
Mr. Morgam (uncredited)
Frank Jaquet
Mr. Wallace (uncredited)
John Kelly
Kelly (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
Film Delivery Man (uncredited)
M
Maude Louis
Woman in Line (uncredited)
M
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
A
Anne O'Neal
Woman on Steps (uncredited)
Emory Parnell
Policeman in Rain (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Policeman in Auditorium (uncredited)
E
Edwina Pierce
Violinist (uncredited)
A
Annette Ruderman
Violinist (uncredited)
T
Theodore Saidenberg
Heifetz's Accompanist (uncredited)
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