Music in the Air

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Music in the Air

"The LOVE they LAUGH they SING they QUARREL... but always there's MUSIC in the AIR"

1934

1h 25m

5.6(7 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Music

Overview

A songwriter's young daughter (June Lang) begins to dream of stardom when she's offered the lead role in a new operetta.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Gloria Swanson

Frieda Hotzfelt

John Boles

Bruno Mahler

Douglass Montgomery

Karl Roder

June Lang

Sieglinde Lessing

Al Shean

Dr. Walter Lessing

Reginald Owen

Ernst Weber

Joseph Cawthorn

Hans Uppman

Hobart Bosworth

Cornelius

Sara Haden

Martha

Roger Imhof

Burgomaster

Creative team

Directed by: Joe May
Written by: Billy Wilder
Howard Irving Young
Produced by: Erich Pommer

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