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''A Lady's Morals'' is a 1930 American
pre-Code Pre-Code Hollywood was an era in the Cinema of the United States, American film industry that occurred between the widespread adoption of sound in film in the late 1920s and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship gui ...
film directed by Sidney Franklin. Its plot is a highly fictionalized account of opera singer Jenny Lind. The film features
Grace Moore Mary Willie Grace Moore (December 5, 1898January 26, 1947) was an American operatic lyric soprano and actress in musical theatre and film.Obituary ''Variety Obituaries, Variety'', January 29, 1947, page 48. She was nicknamed the "Tennessee N ...
as Lind, Reginald Denny as a lover and
Wallace Beery Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American film and stage actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in '' Min and Bill'' (1930) opposite Marie Dressler, as General Director Preysing in '' Grand Hotel'' (1 ...
as P. T. Barnum. It contains operatic arias by Moore. Wallace Beery would play Barnum again four years later in '' The Mighty Barnum'' (1934), with Virginia Bruce as Jenny Lind.


Plot


Cast

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Grace Moore Mary Willie Grace Moore (December 5, 1898January 26, 1947) was an American operatic lyric soprano and actress in musical theatre and film.Obituary ''Variety Obituaries, Variety'', January 29, 1947, page 48. She was nicknamed the "Tennessee N ...
as Jenny Lind * Reginald Denny as Paul Brandt *
Wallace Beery Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American film and stage actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in '' Min and Bill'' (1930) opposite Marie Dressler, as General Director Preysing in '' Grand Hotel'' (1 ...
as P. T. Barnum * Jobyna Howland as Josephine * Gus Shy as Olaf *
Gilbert Emery Gilbert Emery Bensley Pottle (June 11, 1875 – October 28, 1945), known professionally as Gilbert Emery, was an American actor who appeared in over 80 movies from 1921 to his death in 1945. He was also a playwright, author of seven Broadway pla ...
as Broughm * George F. Marion as Innkeeper * Paul Porcasi as Innkeeper


Soundtrack

*"It Is Destiny": Lyrics by Clifford Grey, music by Oscar Straus, played by Reginald Denny on piano and sung by Grace Moore *"Rataplan" (from ''La fille du régimen''t): Music by
Gaetano Donizetti Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian Romantic music, Romantic composer, best known for his almost 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the ''be ...
, sung by Moore *"Student's Song": Music by Oscar Straus, lyrics by Clifford Grey, sung by students escorting Jenny home *"Oh Why": Lyrics by Arthur Freed, music by Herbert Stothart and Harry M. Woods, played by Moore singing and on piano *"Casta Diva" (from '' Norma):'' Music by Vincenzo Bellini, played at an opera house and sung by Moore *"Swedish Pastorale": Written by Howard Johnson and Herbert Stothart, sung by a group in Sweden *"Lovely Hour": Words and music by Carrie Jacobs-Bond, sung first by Moore off-screen and reprised at P. T. Barnum's show in New York *"I Hear Your Voice": Music by Oscar Straus, lyrics by Clifford Grey


Reception

In a contemporary review for ''
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'', critic
Mordaunt Hall Mordaunt Hall (1 November 1878 – 2 July 1973) was the first regularly assigned motion picture critic for ''The New York Times'', working from October 1924 to September 1934.Mr. Franklin delivers some imaginatively conceived sequences, there are others that are emphatically old fashioned in design. ... It is too mindful of the old things in motion pictures."


Remake

The film was remade as the 1932 American French-language film titled '' Jenny Lind''.


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A Lady's Morals
plot by Sanderson Beck (1999) 1930 films 1930s biographical films 1930s historical films American historical films American biographical films American black-and-white films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films directed by Sidney Franklin Films produced by Irving Thalberg Biographical films about singers Films set in the 19th century Films scored by Oscar Straus Cultural depictions of Jenny Lind Cultural depictions of P. T. Barnum 1930s English-language films 1930s American films English-language historical films English-language biographical films {{1930s-US-film-stub