Sweethearts

1938

Action / Comedy / Musical / Mystery / Romance

5
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 54% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 808 808

musical divorce

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Plot summary

The team behind a successful Broadway production tries to stop the married stars from transitioning to Hollywood.

Director

W.S. Van Dyke Photo
W.S. Van Dyke

Top cast

Ethelreda Leopold Photo
Ethelreda Leopold as Chorus Girl
Forrester Harvey Photo
Forrester Harvey as Tailor's Assistant
Frank Mills Photo
Frank Mills as Electrician
Barbara Pepper Photo
Barbara Pepper as Telephone Operator
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
1.02 GB
986*720
English 2.0
Passed
23.976 fps
1 hr 54 min
Seeds 2
1.9 GB
1480*1080
English 2.0
Passed
23.976 fps
1 hr 54 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 4 / 10

Boring by todays standards. You'd have to be

boring by todays standards. You'd have to be a nut for musicals to be interested
Reviewed by michael D 6 / 10

While there films are not nearly so popular

While there films are not nearly so popular today, Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy were incredibly hot properties for MGM and this would explain why MGM made "Sweethearts" in full Technicolor...something they'd never done with a full length film. Many studios had made films using cheaper (and inferior) color stock such as Two-Color Technicolor and the new, improved full color from Technicolor was expensive and MGM pulled out all the stops for their big team. MacDonald and Eddy play Gwen Marlowe and Ernest Lane, a pair of Broadway stars who have been packing theaters for years with their latest show, "Sweethearts". Not surprisingly, Hollywood comes knocking...and Marlowe and Lane's handlers do their best to try to hold on to them and prevent their defection to the West Coast. As you watch this, you might think that the Technicolor is a bit garish and intense. This was often the case with early Technicolor...partly because of the film process and partly because its inventor insisted that his ex-wife, Natalie Kalmus, be the color consultant...and she determined the colors of the costumes, sets and the like. And, of the stars, MacDonald comes off the worst because she appears so incredibly ruddy in the film....and rather unnatural. As you'd expect in one of their films, there is a LOT of singing...intense singing and big stage production numbers. This is the style of their films...a style which seemed to grow less and less popular into the 1940s and 50s. You either like it or you don't. As for the rest of the story, it's enjoyable and well made. I didn't mind the story at first, but found it really tanked when MacDonald's character changed...becoming rather demanding and nasty and VERY jealous. This was NOT a welcome story element. I also found the musical numbers difficult to enjoy because it's a style I've never been all that fond of seeing and hearing in films.
Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

The first Technicolor MacDonald/Eddy musical is a witty

The first Technicolor MacDonald/Eddy musical is a witty, plush MGM extravaganza which gives the two stars plenty of singing time; Victor Herbert's score includes "Pretty As a Picture," "On Parade" and the title song.
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