This remake of ferenc molnars play the guardsmen focuses on an opera star nelson eddy who tests the fidelity of his wife rise stephens by wooing her in disguise. Released 1941, the chocolate soldier stars nelson eddy, rise stevens, nigel bruce, florence bates the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 42 min, and received a. The chocolate soldier is a 1941 american musical film directed by roy del ruth. The chocolate soldier 1941 movie letssingit lyrics.
Find movie and film award information for the chocolate soldier 1941 roy del ruth on allmovie. Studd, a famous cricketer, and later missionary to china, africa, and founder of wec international wrote this little book about radical christianity. The german language libretto is by rudolf bernauer and leopold jacobson. Overview of the chocolate soldier, 1941, directed by roy del ruth, with nelson eddy, rise stevens, nigel bruce, at turner classic movies. The photo is a candid taken in 1941 while nelson and rise were filming the chocolate soldier, and jeanette and gene raymond were filming. The chocolate soldier 1941 the chocolate soldier 1941. The chocolate soldier original theatrical trailer youtube. George bernard shaw wrote a play called arms and the man. Unable to come to terms with shaw, the studio used a story to which it already had rights. Jeanette sings the song from the chocolate soldier with images colorized by di taylor. The chocolate soldier 1941 movie poster cinematerial. View lyrics of the movie the chocolate soldier 1941 movie. One can only speculate how much better the film would have been if eddys usual costar with her great sense of comic timing had been available. The chocolate soldier 1941 cast and crew moviefone.
Bibliographic record description performing arts encyclopedia, library of congress. Buy the chocolate soldier movie posters from movie poster shop. It is a bit sarcastica challenge not to be a chocolate soldier, but to be a real soldier for jesus. Oscar straus made it into an operetta called the chocolate soldier and a few of the tunes are in this movie. Once you select rent youll have 14 days to start watching the movie and 24 hours to. It uses original music from the oscar straus 1908 operetta of the same name. All the chocolate soldier movie posters,high res movie posters image for the chocolate soldier. Now that both are in the public domain, it would be wonderful to get actual movies of arms and the man the original 1932 british film has not been seen in years and the real chocolate soldier there was a 1915 silent film of the 1909 operetta codirected by the american translator with the stanislaus strange libretto out of shaw, but until. The chocolate soldier 1941 newlywed musical comedy stars karl lang nelson eddy and maria lanyi rise stevens cant duplicate their success on. The chocolate soldier 1941 newlywed musical comedy stars karl lang nelson eddy and maria lanyi rise stevens cant duplicate their success on stage once theyre married, due to karls doubts. It uses original music from the oscar straus 1908 operetta of the same name, which was based on george bernard shaws 1894 play arms and the man. Roy del ruth, nelson eddy, rise stevens, nigel bruce, florence bates.
The chocolate soldier had already been made into a silent film using the plot of shaws arms and the man the chocolate soldier 1914, but when this film was made, the plot of ferenc molnars the guardsman was used so as not to further offend shaw, who was still alive. The chocolate soldier 1941 stream and watch online. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of the chocolate soldier with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Only donators and contributors can download posters. Oscar nominated movies from 1941 a list of 65 titles created 4 months ago see all related lists share this page. The chocolate soldier movie posters from movie poster shop. Poster for the federal music project presentation of the chocolate soldier at the santa ana. See more ideas about 1941 film, jeanette macdonald and film. The chocolate soldier 1941 cast and crew newlywed musical comedy stars karl lang nelson eddy and maria lanyi rise stevens cant duplicate.