Viennese Nights

The color photography and a fine score composed by Hammerstein and Romberg were among the highlights of this early musical. The yarn concerns the thwarted love affair between a young composer, Gray, and Segal, the woman he is destined to marry, but doesn't because of a jealous misunderstanding. She goes on to marry the wealthy Pidgeon, while Gray gets involved in his own unhappy marriage to a woman who doesn't understand his passion for music. After a period of 40 years, when Gray is long dead and Segal is listening to the symphony her former lover composed, their grandchildren do eventually marry. The story is a bit heavy on the sentiment, but stacks up for some d...