Waltzes from Vienna (Alfred Hitchcock, 1934)
Waltzes from Vienna centers on the agitated artistic temperament
of Johann "Schani" Strauss II in Oedipal revolt against Strauss père.
Jessie Matthews (star of that quasi-oxymoronic genre - the British film
musical) is on hand to prevent Schani from pursuing his muse by forcing
him to work in her father's bakery. One
memorable scene has "The Blue Danube" being composed to the rhythms of
bakers making bread. It's actually more solid than something like The
Paradine Case (1947). But unlike that one, there's not much personality
in it and it's ultimately forgettable. If you haven't seen, oh I don't
know, Saboteur (1942), you should probably do that first. But this one
causes little pain.
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