Rhapsody in Blue

Rhapsody in Blue

140 mins | Drama, Romance, Music | June 27, 1945

Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.

Rhapsody in Blue

140 mins | Drama, Romance, Music | June 27, 1945

Rhapsody in Blue
Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title Rhapsody in Blue
Directors Irving Rapper
Writers Elliot Paul, Sonya Levien, Howard Koch

Cast

Robert Alda

as George Gershwin

Joan Leslie

as Julie Adams

Alexis Smith

as Christine Gilbert

Charles Coburn

as Max Dreyfus

Julie Bishop

as Lee Gershwin

Albert Bassermann

as Prof. Franck

Morris Carnovsky

as Morris Gershwin

Rosemary DeCamp

as Rose Gershwin

Oscar Levant

as Himself

Paul Whiteman

as Himself

Al Jolson

as Himself

George White

as Himself

Hazel Scott

as Hazel Scott

Anne Brown

as Bess

Herbert Rudley

as Ira Gershwin

John B. Hughes

as Hughes

Mickey Roth

as George Gershwin as a Boy

Darryl Hickman

as Ira Gershwin as a Boy

Charles Halton

as Mr. Kast

Andrew Tombes

as Mr. Million

Gregory Golubeff

as Mr. Katzman

Walter Soderling

as Mr. Muscatel

Eddie Marr

as Buddy De Sylva

Bill Kennedy

as Herbert Stone

Oscar Loraine

as Maurice Ravel

Johnny Downs

as Dancer

Ernest Golm

as Otto Kahn

Martin Noble

as Jascha Heifetz

Hugo Kirchhoffer

as Walter Damrosch

Will Wright

as Rachmaninoff

Lynn Baggett

as Guest (uncredited)

Gower Champion

as Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited)

Elsa Maxwell

as Elsa Maxwell (uncredited)

Mark Stevens

as Steve (uncredited)

Charles Waldron

as Doctor (uncredited)

Bernard DeRoux

as Porter (uncredited)