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New Moon is a 1940 American musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Robert Z. Leonard, with uncredited direction by W. S. Van Dyke.

New Moon
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Z. Leonard W. S. Van Dyke
Written by	Robert Arthur Jacques Deval
Based on	The New Moon 1928 operetta by Sigmund Romberg Oscar Hammerstein II
Produced by	Robert Z. Leonard
Starring	Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Mary Boland George Zucco
Cinematography	William H. Daniels
Edited by	Harold F. Kress
Music by	Herbert Stothart
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	July 19, 1940 (1940-07-19)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,487,000[1]
Box office	$1,290,000 (domestic earnings)[1] $1,237,000 (foreign earnings)[1]

It is the second film adaptation of the operetta The New Moon, which premiered on Broadway in 1928. The stage version featured music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and others. The first film adaptation, also titled New Moon, which premiered in 1930, was less faithful to the stage version.

Plot

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During the 18th century in New Orleans, Louisiana, a French nobleman in disguise as a bondsman, Charles (Nelson Eddy) leads his fellow bondsman in revolt against his ship's captain, commandeering the ship and heading out to sea.

Cast

• Jeanette MacDonald as Marianne de Beaumanoir
• Nelson Eddy as Charles (Henri), Duc de Villiers
• Mary Boland as Valerie de Rossac
• George Zucco as Vicomte Ribaud
• H. B. Warner as Father Michel
• Grant Mitchell as Governor of New Orleans
• Stanley Fields as Tambour
• Dick Purcell as Alexander
• John Miljan as Pierre Brugnon
• Ivan F. Simpson as Guizot
• William Tannen as Pierre
• Cecil Cunningham as Governor's Wife
• Joe Yule as Maurice
• Ray Walker as Coco
• George Irving as Ship's Captain
• Edwin Maxwell as Captain de Jean
• Robert Warwick as Commissar
• Claude King as Monsieur Dubois
• Buster Keaton as Prisoner Lulu (uncredited)

Reception

The film was included in the 1978 book, The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and How They Got That Way), by Harry Medved, Randy Dreyfuss, and Michael Medved.[2]

References

External links

• New Moon at the American Film Institute Catalog
• New Moon (1940) at IMDb
• New Moon at AllMovie
• New Moon at the TCM Movie Database

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