Shine on Harvest Moon (1944)

Director:

David Butler

Writers:

Richard Weil (story)
Sam Hellman (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

8 April 1944 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Musical

Plot:

Biographical movie about the early 20th century Broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth. |

Plot Keywords:

Nora Bayes | Jack Norworth | Beautiful Woman | Seal | Magician

Cast

Ann Sheridan	...	Nora Bayes
Dennis Morgan	...	Jack Norworth
Jack Carson	...	The Great Georgetti
Irene Manning	...	Blanche Mallory
S.Z. Sakall	...	Poppa Carl
Marie Wilson	...	Margie
Robert Shayne	...	Dan Costello
Bob Murphy	...	Police Sergeant
The Four Step Brothers	...	Dance Team

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #9520) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Australia:G | Finland:S

Filming Locations:

Columbia/Warner Bros. Ranch - 411 N. Hollywood Way, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Film debut of Merv Griffin.

Quotes:

Nora Bayes: [sings] Shine on, shine on, Harvest Moon, up in the sky / I ain't had no loving since January, February, March, April, May, June or July / Snow time, ain't no time to stay outdoors and spoon / So, shine on, shine on, Harvest Moon, for me and my pal.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Let's Sing a Song About the Moonlight (1948)

Soundtrack:

I've Got a Garden in Sweden

Ann Sheridan with a different voice

The comment posted before mine was unfortunately inaccurate. Lynn Martin did provide the vocals for Ann Sheridan in this film. While the studio had trusted her untrained but acceptable voice in a great number of dramas, thrillers and minor musicals before this, they were not ready to let her tackle a major musical with her own voice. The whole idea of a voice double is to sound as similar as possible to the person on screen. Lynn Martin was the perfect choice, even a certain nasal tone, but a much more polished sound. If you have the chance to hear her in quite a few low-budget musicals she sang in at other studios, you will recognize her immediately. She did not have to change her voice much to be a great match for Ann Sheridan and this is why she was chosen. Personally, as much as I love Ann Sheridan, i think she sounded much better with a professional singing voice.

A lot of well-known actors and actresses sang in scores of films but were dubbed just once or twice - that is not unusual at all. The same happened to Dorothy Lamour, Carole Landis, Shirley Temple and Patricia Morison (of KISS ME KATE fame) among others. So this is not even a factor.

(But it is true that Lynn Martin NEVER dubbed Rita Hayworth at any point.)