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Melba

19533.0 / 10112 min

Drama, Music

Overview

The most magnificent musical spectacle of them all!

Rural Australian Nellie Melba becomes an opera star in 1900s Europe and the United States.

Cast

Patrice Munsel

Nellie Melba

Robert Morley

Oscar Hammerstein I

John McCallum

Charles Armstrong

John Justin

Eric Walton

Alec Clunes

Cesar Carlton

Martita Hunt

Mme. Marchesi

Sybil Thorndike

Queen Victoria

Joseph Tomelty

Thomas Mitchell

Beatrice Varley

Aunt Catherine

Violetta Elvin

Prima Ballerina

Cecile Chevreau

Annette

Theodore Bikel

Paul Brotha

Charles Craig

Man (uncredited)

Marcel Poncin

Roger (uncredited)

Robert Rietti

Italian Policeman (uncredited)

Bill Shine

Man (uncredited)

Dorit Welles

Adelina Patti (uncredited)

Crew

Harry Kurnitz

Screenplay

Harry Kurnitz

Story

Sam Spiegel

Producer

Arthur Ibbetson

Director of Photography

Edward Scaife

Director of Photography

Bill Lewthwaite

Editor

Andrej Andrejew

Production Design

Sophie Devine

Costume Design

Arthur Ibbetson

Camera Operator

Vernon Messenger

First Assistant Editor

Stanley Smith

Assistant Editor

Lewis Milestone

Director