They Shall Have Music

They Shall Have Music

105 mins | Drama, Family, Music | Aug. 18, 1939

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.

They Shall Have Music

105 mins | Drama, Family, Music | Aug. 18, 1939

They Shall Have Music
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Howard Productions, Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Original title They Shall Have Music
Directors Archie Mayo, Walter Mayo
Writers Irma von Cube, John Howard Lawson

Cast

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

Tommy Kelly

as Willie

Porter Hall

as Mr. Flower

Walter Tetley

as Rocks Mulligan

Chuck Stubbs

as Fever

Gale Sherwood

as Betty

Alfred Newman

as Musical Director

Mary Ruth

as Suzie

John St. Polis

as Davis

Marjorie Main

as Mrs. Miller

Arthur Hohl

as Miller

Paul Harvey

as Heifetz' Manager

Zero

as Sucker the Dog

Peter Meremblum

as Peter Meremblum

Calvin Leslie

as (uncredited)

Effie Anderson

as Woman on Steps (uncredited)

Jessie Arnold

as Woman in Alley Yelling for Police (uncredited)

Arthur Aylesworth

as Detective (uncredited)

Emanuel Bay

as Accompanist for 'Hora staccato' (uncredited)

Brooks Benedict

as Man in Concert Audience (uncredited)

Richard Berres

as Cellist in Meremblum Orchestra (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

as Policeman at Police Station (uncredited)

Morris Boltuch

as Kid in Orchestra (uncredited)

Wade Boteler

as Bill - Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

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)

Kaye Connor

as Girl in Orchestra (uncredited)

Dulcie Day

as A Woman in Line (uncredited)

Joe De Stefani

as Pawn Broker (uncredited)

Alan Edwards

as Concertgoer Throwing Tickets Away (uncredited)

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)

Perry Ivins

as Mr. Morgam (uncredited)

Frank Jaquet

as Mr. Wallace (uncredited)

John Kelly

as Kelly (uncredited)

Ethan Laidlaw

as Film Delivery Man (uncredited)

Maude Louis

as Woman in Line (uncredited)

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

Anne O'Neal

as Woman on Steps (uncredited)

Emory Parnell

as Policeman in Rain (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

as Policeman in Auditorium (uncredited)

Edwina Pierce

as Violinist (uncredited)

Annette Ruderman

as Violinist (uncredited)

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)

Bryant Washburn Jr.

as Usher in Carnegie Hall (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

as Film Delivery Man (uncredited)

Marjorie Wood

as Betty's Mother (uncredited)

Mary Louise Zeyen

as Cellist in Orchestra (uncredited)