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| Director: | Irving Rapper | 
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| Writer: | Howard Koch, Elliot Paul, Sonya Levien | 
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| Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 27, 1945 | 
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| Director: | Irving Rapper | 
| Writer: | Howard Koch, Elliot Paul, Sonya Levien | 
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, Music | 
| Keywords | composer, musical, biography, broadway | 
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
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| Robert Alda | George Gershwin | 
| Joan Leslie | Julie Adams | 
| Alexis Smith | Christine Gilbert | 
| Charles Coburn | Max Dreyfus | 
| Julie Bishop | Lee Gershwin | 
| Albert Bassermann | Prof. Franck | 
| Morris Carnovsky | Morris Gershwin | 
| Rosemary DeCamp | Rose Gershwin | 
| Oscar Levant | Oscar Levant | 
| Paul Whiteman | Paul Whiteman | 
| Al Jolson | Al Jolson | 
| George White | George White | 
| Hazel Scott | Hazel Scott | 
| Anne Brown | Bess | 
| Herbert Rudley | Ira Gershwin | 
| John B. Hughes | Hughes | 
| Mickey Roth | George Gershwin as a Boy | 
| Darryl Hickman | Ira Gershwin as a Boy | 
| Charles Halton | Mr. Kast | 
| Andrew Tombes | Mr. Million | 
| Gregory Golubeff | Mr. Katzman | 
| Walter Soderling | Mr. Muscatel | 
| Eddie Marr | Buddy De Sylva | 
| Theodore von Eltz | Foley | 
| Bill Kennedy | Herbert Stone | 
| Oscar Loraine | Maurice Ravel | 
| Johnny Downs | Dancer | 
| Ernest Golm | Otto Kahn | 
| Martin Noble | Jascha Heifetz | 
| Hugo Kirchhoffer | Walter Damrosch | 
| Will Wright | Rachmaninoff | 
| Lynn Baggett | Guest (uncredited) | 
| Gower Champion | Tap Dancer at Remick's (uncredited) | 
| Elsa Maxwell | Elsa Maxwell (uncredited) | 
| Mark Stevens | Steve (uncredited) | 
| Charles Waldron | Doctor (uncredited) | 
| Bernard DeRoux | Porter (uncredited) | 
| Joe Gilbert | Nightclub Patron (uncredited) | 
| Name | Job | 
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| Howard Koch | Screenplay | 
| Elliot Paul | Screenplay | 
| Folmar Blangsted | Editor | 
| Milo Anderson | Costume Design | 
| Sol Polito | Director of Photography | 
| Merritt B. Gerstad | Additional Photography | 
| John Hughes | Art Direction | 
| Anton Grot | Art Direction | 
| Perc Westmore | Makeup Artist | 
| Harry Chandlee | Additional Writing | 
| Ray Heindorf | Original Music Composer | 
| Irving Rapper | Director | 
| Sonya Levien | Story | 
| Ernest Haller | Additional Photography | 
| Max Steiner | Original Music Composer | 
| Clifford Odets | Additional Writing | 
| Robert Rossen | Additional Writing | 
| George Gershwin | Original Music Composer, Songs | 
| Ira Gershwin | Lyricist | 
| Name | Title | 
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| Hal B. Wallis | Executive Producer | 
| Jesse L. Lasky | Producer | 
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