Summaries

Franz Roberti, orchestra conductor with multiple girlfriends, meets aspiring composer Constance through Professor Thalma. They marry, honeymoon across Europe, but Constance leaves after finding Franz with a divorcee.

Franz Roberti is a famous orchestra conductor who has a number of girlfriends. While talking with his old music teacher, Professor Thalma, he meets Constance, an aspiring music composer. They see each other, fall in love and marry. They honeymoon all over Europe and are happy back home until Constance finds him with a society divorcee and leaves him.—Tony Fontana <[email protected]>

Womanizing and partying Franz Roberti is a successful New York orchestra conductor. Through his poor mentor Professor Thalma, Franz meets poor and aspiring composer and pianist Constance Dane, one of the Professor's friends and neighbors in their Washington Square apartment building. Constance is an introvert who lives primarily in her music. It because of their shared passion in music that against the odds Franz and Constance fall in love and get married. But it is not long before Franz is drawn back into his partying ways, he hiding his return to this life from her. When Constance catches Franz in this lie, she decides to leave him. But Franz realizes that he made a mistake in his actions leading to the ruin of the marriage and the love he still has for Constance. Constance, as well, still loves Franz but could not tolerate the deceit. As such, both Constance and Franz's lives start to spiral downward out of control both personally and thus by association professionally. While a good-hearted party boy named Johnny Lawrence that Constance met through Franz wants to help her pick up the pieces of her life as always having been in love with her himself, Franz and Constance may end up being the other's savior if they can get over their obstacles.—Huggo

Details

Keywords
  • husband wife relationship
  • manhattan new york city
  • washington square manhattan
  • orchestra conductor
  • music teacher
Genres
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date May 30, 1935
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English French
Filming locations RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies RKO Radio Pictures

Box office

Budget $427000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 18m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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