Bitter Sweet

Bitter Sweet

94 mins | Drama, Romance, Music | Nov. 8, 1940

In order to avoid an arranged marriage with a man she doesn't love, Sarah Millick runs off to Vienna with her music teacher, Carl Linden, whom she does love. They are married. In Vienna, they struggle to make a living by making music. Carl writes an operetta and tries to get it produced. They are helped along by Viennese Baron, but his intentions are not honorable. He kills Carl in a sword fight. A big producer does put on the operetta, with Sari in the lead -- but without her husband, it is a bittersweet victory.

Bitter Sweet

94 mins | Drama, Romance, Music | Nov. 8, 1940

Bitter Sweet
In order to avoid an arranged marriage with a man she doesn't love, Sarah Millick runs off to Vienna with her music teacher, Carl Linden, whom she does love. They are married. In Vienna, they struggle to make a living by making music. Carl writes an operetta and tries to get it produced. They are helped along by Viennese Baron, but his intentions are not honorable. He kills Carl in a sword fight. A big producer does put on the operetta, with Sari in the lead -- but without her husband, it is a bittersweet victory.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Bitter Sweet
Directors W.S. Van Dyke
Writers Lesser Samuels, Noël Coward

Cast

Jeanette MacDonald

as Sarah Millick

Nelson Eddy

as Carl Linden

George Sanders

as Baron Von Tranisch

Ian Hunter

as Lord Shayne

Edward Ashley

as Harry Daventry

Lynne Carver

as Dolly

Diana Lewis

as Jane

Curt Bois

as Ernst

Fay Holden

as Mrs. Millick

Sig Ruman

as Herr Schlick

Janet Beecher

as Lady Daventry

Charles Judels

as Herr Wyler

Veda Ann Borg

as Manon

Herman Bing

as Market Keeper

Greta Meyer

as Mama Luden

King Baggot

as Cafe Patron (uncredited)

Max Barwyn

as Bartender (uncredited)

Art Berry Sr.

as Cabbie (uncredited)

Margaret Bert

as Woman on Stairs (uncredited)

Paul E. Burns

as Lathered Man (uncredited)

George Calliga

as Cafe Patron (uncredited)

Colin Campbell

as Sir Arthur Feuchurch (uncredited)

James Carlisle

as Cafe Patron (uncredited)

Jack Chefe

as Waiter (uncredited)

Davison Clark

as Casino Attendant (uncredited)

Hans Conried

as Rudolph - Man at Mama Luden's (uncredited)

Jeff Corey

as Second Man on Stairs (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

as Waiter (uncredited)

Jean De Briac

as Croupier (uncredited)

Muriel Goodspeed

as Singer (uncredited)

Dick Gordon

as Cafe Patron (uncredited)

Robert Haines

as Cafe Patron (uncredited)

Sam Harris

as Cafe Patron (uncredited)

John Hendricks

as Fritz - at Mama Luden's (uncredited)

William Irving

as Man in Mud Bath (uncredited)

Delos Jewkes

as Singer (uncredited)

Hans Joby

as Third Man on Stairs (uncredited)

Armand Kaliz

as Headwaiter (uncredited)

Eric Mayne

as Cafe Patron (uncredited)

Frank McLure

as Cafe Patron (uncredited)

Hans Moebus

as Cafe Patron (uncredited)

Louis Natheaux

as Officer Catching Von Tranisch (uncredited)

Paul Oman

as Violinist (uncredited)

Charles Prescott Jr.

as Singer (uncredited)

Pamela Randall

as Singer (uncredited)

Sam Savitsky

as Bearded Man (uncredited)

Lester Sharpe

as First Man on Stairs (uncredited)

Julius Tannen

as Schlick's Companion (uncredited)

Ruth Tobey

as Market Keeper's Daughter (uncredited)

Ernö Verebes

as Orderly (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon

as Cafe Patron (uncredited)

Philip Winter

as Edgar - Sarah's Dancing Partner (uncredited)