I dream to much

I Dream Too Much (1935)

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19351935
PassedPassed
1h 37m

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5.3/10

595

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MusicalRomance

Jonathan Street is a struggling composer when he meets and marries Annette. The problem is that Jonathan was drunk and does not want to be married. Annette does go with him to Paris and does... Read allJonathan Street is a struggling composer when he meets and marries Annette. The problem is that Jonathan was drunk and does not want to be married. Annette does go with him to Paris and does the cooking and cleaning. To get his music published, Annette takes it to Paul and he is ... Read allJonathan Street is a struggling composer when he meets and marries Annette. The problem is that Jonathan was drunk and does not want to be married. Annette does go with him to Paris and does the cooking and cleaning. To get his music published, Annette takes it to Paul and he is won over - by her voice and not the music. So he manages her career and she becomes a star... Read all

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- John Cromwell
Writers
- Edmund H. North(screen play)
- James Gow(screen play)
- Elsie Finn(from a story by)
Stars
- Lily Pons
- Henry Fonda
- Eric Blore

- John Cromwell
Writers
- Edmund H. North(screen play)
- James Gow(screen play)
- Elsie Finn(from a story by)
Stars
- Lily Pons
- Henry Fonda
- Eric Blore

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total

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Lily Pons

Annette Monard

Henry Fonda

'Johnny' Street

Eric Blore

Roger Briggs

Osgood Perkins

Paul Darcy

Lucien Littlefield

Hubert Dilley

Lucille Ball

Gwendolyn Dilley

Mischa Auer

Darcy's Pianist

Paul Porcasi

Uncle Tito

Scotty Beckett

Boy on Carousel
(as Scott Beckett)

Oscar Apfel

Cafe Owner
(uncredited)

Richard Carle

Snobbish Critic
(uncredited)

Elise Cavanna

Darcy's Secretary
(uncredited)

James Conaty

Audience Extra
(uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Waiter in Cafe
(uncredited)

Esther Dale

Mrs. Dilley
(uncredited)

Billy Gilbert

Cook at Cafe
(uncredited)

Ferdinand Gottschalk

Snobbish Critic
(uncredited)

Kirby Grant

Violinist
(uncredited)

- John Cromwell
Writers
- Edmund H. North(screen play)
- James Gow(screen play)
- Elsie Finn(from a story by)
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Lily Pons hits some nice high notes...that's about it...

The very concept of HENRY FONDA (the "aw shucks" guy from the sticks) as the husband of an opera singer (LILY PONS) is a weak idea that must have posed quite a problem for the scriptwriters. You have to wonder how audiences accepted this idea way back then because Fonda's youthful image was strictly the unsophisticated farm boy type.

But that's not the only improbable thing about I DREAM TOO MUCH. The slight story is silly (as most musicals of the '30s were), and enjoyment of the film will depend entirely on whether or not you like to hear Miss Pons give out with her flute-like operatic voice on several well chosen arias. She certainly had an amazing vocal range and her rendition of "The Bell Song" from L'Akme is a highlight of this otherwise rather ordinary film.

ERIC BLORE is there for a few standard comic routines and you can even catch a glimpse of LUCILLE BALL as a tourist in one of her early roles at RKO. But there's nothing much one can say about the film itself except that it gave audiences a chance to hear why Pons was such a favorite at the Met for a period amounting to something like thirty years. Otherwise, it's strictly routine stuff as romantic comedy, coming to life only when Pons sings.

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Doylenf
Feb 14, 2007

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Release date
- November 29, 1935 (United States)
- United States
- English
Also known as
- Cancíon de amor
Filming locations
- RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production company
- RKO Radio Pictures
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Technical specs

1 hour 37 minutes
- Black and White
- 1. 37 : 1

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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