''A Lady's Morals'' is a 1930 American

pre-Code Pre-Code Hollywood was the brief era in the American film industry between the widespread adoption of sound in film in 1929LaSalle (2002), p. 1. and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines, popularly known ...

film offering a highly fictionalized account of opera singer Jenny Lind. The movie features

Grace Moore Mary Willie Grace Moore (December 5, 1898January 26, 1947) was an American operatic soprano and actress in musical theatre and film.Obituary ''Variety'', January 29, 1947, page 48. She was nicknamed the "Tennessee Nightingale." Her films helped ...

as Lind, Reginald Denny as a lover, and

Wallace Beery Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American film and stage actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in '' Min and Bill'' (1930) opposite Marie Dressler, as General Director Preysing in '' Grand Hotel'' ( ...

as P. T. Barnum. The film contains some opera arias by Moore and was directed by Sidney Franklin. Wallace Beery would play Barnum again four years later in '' The Mighty Barnum'' (1934), with

Virginia Bruce Virginia Bruce (born Helen Virginia Briggs; September 29, 1910 – February 24, 1982) was an American actress and singer. Early life Bruce was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As an infant she moved with her parents, Earil and Margaret Briggs, ...

as Jenny Lind.

Cast

as Jenny Lind * Reginald Denny as Paul Brandt *

as P. T. Barnum * Jobyna Howland as Josephine *

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as Olaf *

Gilbert Emery Gilbert Emery Bensley Pottle (June 11, 1875 – October 28, 1945), known professionally as Gilbert Emery, was an American actor who appeared in over 80 movies from 1921 to his death in 1945. He was also a playwright, author of seven Broadway pla ...

as Broughm * George F. Marion as Innkeeper *

Paul Porcasi Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

as Innkeeper

Soundtrack

*"It Is Destiny" :Lyrics by Clifford Grey :Music by Oscar Straus :Copyright 1930 by Harms Inc. :Played by Reginald Denny on piano and sung by Grace Moore :Reprised by Grace Moore singing and on piano *"Rataplan" :from "

La fille du régiment ' (''The Daughter of the Regiment'') is an opéra comique in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti, set to a French libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-François Bayard. It was first performed on 11 February 1840 by the Paris Opéra ...

" :Music by Gaetano Donizetti :Played at an opera house with Grace Moore singing as Marie *"Student's Song" :Music by Oscar Straus :Lyrics by Clifford Grey :Sung by students escorting Grace Moore home *"Oh Why" :Lyrics by

Arthur Freed Arthur Freed (September 9, 1894 – April 12, 1973) was an American lyricist and Hollywood film producer. He won the Academy Award for Best Picture twice, in 1951 for '' An American in Paris'' and in 1958 for '' Gigi''. Both films were musicals. ...

:Music by

Herbert Stothart Herbert Pope Stothart (September 11, 1885February 1, 1949) was an American songwriter, arranger, conductor, and composer. He was also nominated for twelve Academy Awards, winning Best Original Score for '' The Wizard of Oz''. Stothart was widel ...

Norma Norma may refer to: * Norma (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) Astronomy *Norma (constellation) *555 Norma, a minor asteroid * Cygnus Arm or Norma Arm, a spiral arm in the Milky Way galaxy Geography *Norma, Lazi ...

"'' :Music by

Vincenzo Bellini Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (; 3 November 1801 – 23 September 1835) was a Sicilian opera composer, who was known for his long-flowing melodic lines for which he was named "the Swan of Catania". Many years later, in 1898, Gius ...

:Played at an opera house and sung by Grace Moore as Norma *"Swedish Pastorale" :Written by Howard Johnson and Herbert Stothart :Sung by a group in Sweden *"Lovely Hour" :Words and Music by Carrie Jacobs Bond :Copyright 1929 by Carrie Jacobs-Bond & Son :Sung first by Grace Moore off-screen :Reprised by her at P.T.Barnum's show in New York City *"I Hear Your Voice" :Music by Oscar Straus :Lyrics by Clifford Grey

Remake

The film was remade as the 1932 American French-language film titled '' Jenny Lind''.

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A Lady's Morals
plot by Sanderson Beck (1999) 1930 films 1930s biographical films 1930s historical films American historical films American biographical films American black-and-white films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films directed by Sidney Franklin Films produced by Irving Thalberg Biographical films about singers Films set in the 19th century Films scored by Oscar Straus Cultural depictions of Jenny Lind Cultural depictions of P. T. Barnum 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-US-film-stub