Deep in My Heart (1954)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Stanley Donen

Writers:

Elliott Arnold (book)
Leonard Spigelgass (writer)

Release Date:

24 December 1954 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Comedy | Musical

Plot:

Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg. |

Plot Keywords:

Composer | Ballet | Song | Florenz Ziegfeld | Operetta

Cast

José Ferrer	...	Sigmund Romberg
Merle Oberon	...	Dorothy Donnelly
Helen Traubel	...	Anna Mueller
Doe Avedon	...	Lillian Harris Romberg
Walter Pidgeon	...	J.J. Shubert
Paul Henreid	...	Florenz Ziegfeld
Tamara Toumanova	...	Gaby Deslys
Paul Stewart	...	Bert Townsend
Isobel Elsom	...	Mrs. Harris
David Burns	...	Lazar Berrison, Sr.
Jim Backus	...	Ben Judson
Rosemary Clooney	...	Specialty in 'The Midnight Girl'
Gene Kelly	...	Specialty in 'Dancing Around'
Fred Kelly	...	Specialty in 'Dancing Around'
Jane Powell	...	Ottilie van Zandt in 'Maytime'
Vic Damone	...	Richard Wayne in 'Maytime'
Ann Miller	...	Dance specialty in 'Artists and Models'
William Olvis	...	Prince Karl Franz in 'The Student Prince'
Cyd Charisse	...	Specialty in 'The Desert Song'
James Mitchell	...	Dance specialty in 'The Desert Song'
Howard Keel	...	Specialty in 'My Maryland'
Tony Martin	...	Robert Mission in 'The New Moon'
Joan Weldon	...	Marianne in 'The New Moon'
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Douglas Fowley	...	Harold Butterfield
Aladdin	...	Violinist (uncredited)
John Alvin	...	Mr. Mulvaney (uncredited)
Margaret Bacon	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Richard Beavers	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Lulu Mae Bohrman	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Gail Bonney	...	Lodge guest (uncredited)
Tailor Boswell	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Robert Carson	...	Lodge Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Jeanne Dante	...	Lodge guest (uncredited)
Dulcie Day	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Robert Easton	...	Cumberly (uncredited)
Mary Alan Hokanson	...	Miss Cranbrook (uncredited)
Mitchell Kowall	...	Oscar Hammerstein II (uncredited)
Henri Letondal	...	François (uncredited)
Margie Liszt	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Susan Luckey	...	Arabella Bell (uncredited)
Torben Meyer	...	Card player (uncredited)
Gloria Moore	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Lane Nakano	...	Japanese butler (uncredited)
Elsie Neft	...	Mrs. Novak (uncredited)
Maudie Prickett	...	Lodge manager (uncredited)
Joe Roach	...	Groom in 'Louis XIV' (uncredited)
Franz Roehn	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Norbert Schiller	...	Card player (uncredited)
Ludwig Stössel	...	Mr. Novak (uncredited)
Henry Sylvester	...	Judge (uncredited)
Russ Tamblyn	...	Lazar Berrison, Jr. (uncredited)
Dee Turnell	...	Bride in 'Louis XIV' (uncredited)
Jean Vander Pyl	...	Miss Zimmermann (uncredited)
Bobby Watson	...	Florist (uncredited)
Leola Wendorff	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Ruben Wendorf	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Gordon Wynn	...	Treasurer (uncredited)

Directed by
Stanley Donen

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Elliott Arnold		book
Leonard Spigelgass		writer

Produced by
Roger Edens	....	producer

Cinematography by
George J. Folsey

Film Editing by
Adrienne Fazan

Art Direction by
Edward C. Carfagno
Cedric Gibbons

Set Decoration by
Arthur Krams
Edwin B. Willis

Costume Design by
Walter Plunkett		(costumes: men)
Helen Rose		(costumes: women)

Makeup Department
Sydney Guilaroff	....	hair stylist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert Vreeland	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Wesley C. Miller	....	recording supervisor

Special Effects by
Warren Newcombe	....	special effects

Editorial Department
Alvord Eiseman	....	color consultant

Music Department
Alexander Courage	....	orchestrations
Adolph Deutsch	....	conductor
Adolph Deutsch	....	music supervisor
Hugo Friedhofer	....	orchestrations
Robert Tucker	....	choral arrangements
Carol Richards	....	singing voice: Cyd Charisse (uncredited)
Betty Wand	....	singing voice: Tamara Toumanova (uncredited)

Other crew
Eugene Loring	....	choreographer

Production Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1954) (USA) (theatrical)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

132 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.75 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Canada:G | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (PCA #17127, General Audience)

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Jean Vander Pyl's first film project.

Quotes:

Dorothy Donnelly: You have talent. That's very rare in the theater.
Sigmund Romberg: You have a warm smile. That's even rarer.

Movie Connections:

References The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)

Soundtrack:

I Love to Go Swimmin' with Wimmen

Long-winded but worth the wait...

The music is, of course, the reason to watch this movie. Jose Ferrer does an admirable job of portraying the composer Sigmund Romberg, and an all-star cast performs some of Romberg's tunes.

Especially noteworthy is Rosemary Clooney, singing, most appropriately, the song "Mr. and Mrs." with her then-husband, Ferrer. "Deep in My Heart" was their only on-screen performance together.

Other memorable moments feature brothers Fred and Gene Kelly dancing and Ferrer performing a one-man show. Altogether, the film is long and somewhat slow but the music makes it worth watching.