Heavenly Music

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Heavenly Music is a 1943 American musical fantasy short film that humorously imagines a modern jazz composer defending his art before a jury of classical music greats in the afterlife.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
musical fantasy film
short film
academyAwardsEdition 16th Academy Awards
aspectRatio 1.37:1
award Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel)
awardYear 1944
basedOn original screenplay
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Charles Salerno Jr.
countryOfOrigin United States
director Josef Berne
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editedBy Ralph Dixon
featuresFictionalizedCharacter Franz Liszt
Frederic Chopin
linked to: Frédéric Chopin

Johann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig van Beethoven
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Richard Wagner
format two-reel short
genre comedy film
fantasy film
musical film
hasHumorousTone true
isPartOf MGM short subjects
linked to: MGM cartoon shorts
musicBy Edward Ward
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A modern jazz composer must defend his music before a jury of classical composers in the afterlife.
producer Sam Coslow
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDecade 1940s
releaseYear 1943
runtimeMinutes 21
setting afterlife
soundMix mono
stars Eric Blore
Franklyn Farnum
Fred Brady
Fritz Feld
Lionel Royce
Mary Elliott
Rex Evans
Steven Geray
theme acceptance of modern music
contrast between jazz and classical music
title Heavenly Music
writer George R. Bilson
Sam Coslow

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Reginald Le Borg directed Heavenly Music
Reginald Le Borg nominatedFor Heavenly Music
Heavenly Music title Heavenly Music