''Melody in Spring'' is a 1934 American

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musical film directed by

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and written by Benn W. Levy, Frank Leon Smith, and Jane Storm. The film stars

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, Charlie Ruggles, Mary Boland,

Ann Sothern Ann Sothern (born Harriette Arlene Lake; January 22, 1909 – March 15, 2001) was an American actress who worked on stage, radio, film, and television, in a career that spanned nearly six decades. Sothern began her career in the late 1920 ...

George Meeker George Meeker (March 5, 1904 – August 19, 1984) was an American character film and Broadway actor. A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Meeker made several films such as '' Crime, Inc.'' (1945) and '' A Thief in the Dark' ...

, and Herman Bing. The film was released on April 20, 1934, by

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Plot

Cast

as John Craddock * Charlie Ruggles as Warren Blodgett * Mary Boland as Mary Blodgett *

as Jane Blodgett *

as Wesley Prebble * Herman Bing as Wirt * Wade Boteler as Anton *

Thomas E. Jackson Thomas E. Jackson (July 4, 1886 – September 7, 1967) was an American stage and screen actor. His 67-year career spanned eight decades and two centuries, during which time he appeared in over a dozen Broadway plays, produced two others, acted i ...

as House Detective * William Irving as Mr. Shorter

References

The film was a box office disappointment for Paramount.

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* 1934 films American musical films 1934 musical films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Norman Z. McLeod American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{musical-film-stub