Melba
The most magnificent musical spectacle of them all!
Rating: 6.0 out of 10TMDB(2 votes)
Overview
Rural Australian Nellie Melba becomes an opera star in 1900s Europe and the United States.
Fun facts
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Setting
Set in Australia and Vienna
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Music
Music by Muir Mathieson
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Arthur Ibbetson
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Harry KurnitzStory, Screenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 7, 1953
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Cast
- Patrice MunselNellie Melba
Robert MorleyOscar Hammerstein I
John McCallumCharles Armstrong
John JustinEric Walton- Alec ClunesCesar Carlton
Martita HuntMme. Marchesi
Sybil ThorndikeQueen Victoria
Joseph TomeltyThomas Mitchell
Beatrice VarleyAunt Catherine
Violetta ElvinPrima Ballerina- Cecile ChevreauAnnette
Theodore BikelPaul Brotha- Charles CraigMan (uncredited)
Marcel PoncinRoger (uncredited)
Robert RiettiItalian Policeman (uncredited)
Bill ShineMan (uncredited)- Dorit WellesAdelina Patti (uncredited)
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