Fanciful account of how Mendelssohn came to write "The Wedding March."Fanciful account of how Mendelssohn came to write "The Wedding March."Fanciful account of how Mendelssohn came to write "The Wedding March."
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Mary Anderson
- Hilda
- (uncredited)
Vernon Dent
- The Baron
- (uncredited)
Lou Rademan
- The Peasant
- (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
- Wedding Celebrant
- (uncredited)
George Sorel
- Mendelssohn
- (uncredited)
E. Alyn Warren
- Priest
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaPrologue: "Felix Mendelssohn, one of the world's foremost composers, was born of Jewish parents, in Germany, February 3, 1809. His material worries were minimized by family wealth, and consequently he devoted much of his time to helping musicians less fortunate than himself - as illustrated in the following incident, said to have taken place near Leipzig, over a hundred years ago."
Epilogue: "And all this is just to remind us that Mendelssohn lived in a world of blossoms, shared his possessions with his fellowmen and passed on, leaving the truest record of his life in music."
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Title Card: Felix Mendelssohn, one of the world's foremost composers, was born of Jewish parents, in Germany, February 3, 1809. His material worries were minimized by family wealth, and consequently he devoted much of his time to helping musicians less fortunate than himself - as illustrated in the following incident, said to have taken place near Leipzig, over a hundred years ago.
- SoundtracksViolin Concerto in E Minor, Op.64
(1844) (uncredited)
Written by Felix Mendelssohn
Played on violin by a peasant
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Why this short was made in 1939
The three previous reviewers try to guess at why MGM might have made this short, and conclude that it was perhaps to show off Technicolor.
Perhaps.
But the very clear reason this movie was made in 1939, as Hitler devoured central Europe, was to show that Jews had done great things and would, therefore, be worth fighting to save. Why else would the beginning of this short film remind us that Mendelssohn, the composer of the famous Wedding March, was Jewish???? (He was born into a family of Jewish heritage, true, but raised as a Lutheran. He wrote some of greatest of all Lutheran church music.)
Hollywood worked tireless for what was called The War Effort. This is just one small example of it. The best known example is, of course, Warner Brothers' *Casablanca*.
Perhaps.
But the very clear reason this movie was made in 1939, as Hitler devoured central Europe, was to show that Jews had done great things and would, therefore, be worth fighting to save. Why else would the beginning of this short film remind us that Mendelssohn, the composer of the famous Wedding March, was Jewish???? (He was born into a family of Jewish heritage, true, but raised as a Lutheran. He wrote some of greatest of all Lutheran church music.)
Hollywood worked tireless for what was called The War Effort. This is just one small example of it. The best known example is, of course, Warner Brothers' *Casablanca*.
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- richard-1787
- May 29, 2020
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- Mendelssohn's Wedding March: A Musical Romance
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- Runtime9 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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