''Moulin Rouge'' is an American pre-Code musical film released on January 19, 1934, by United Artists, starring Constance Bennett and Franchot Tone. It contained the songs "Coffee in the Morning and Kisses in the Night", and " Boulevard of Broken Dreams" with music by

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and lyrics by Al Dubin. Lucille Ball appears in an uncredited role as a show girl in the film.''Moulin Rouge'' (1934) full cast and credits at IMDB
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, Helen Westley, Russ Brown,

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and Georges Renavent. The film was Twentieth Century Pictures' fourth most popular movie of the year.

Plot

A singer marries a famous composer, and after a while she gets the itch to go back on the stage. However, her husband won't let her. When she hears that a popular French singer named "Raquel" is coming to New York, she decides to go to Raquel with a plan—unbeknownst to her husband, "Raquel" is actually her sister, and her plan is for them to switch places so she can fulfill her dream of going back on the stage. However, things don't go quite as planned.

Cast

* Constance Bennett as Helen Hall * Franchot Tone as Douglas Hall *

as Le Maire * Helen Westley as Mrs. Morris * Russ Columbo as Himself * The Boswell Sisters as Themselves

Soundtrack

* "The Boulevard of Broken Dreams" ::Music by Harry Warren ::Lyrics by Al Dubin ::Performed by Constance Bennett in rehearsal ::Reprised by Constance Bennett and chorus in the show finale * "Coffee in the Morning and Kisses in the Night" ::Music by Harry Warren ::Lyrics by Al Dubin ::Sung by Constance Bennett at audition ::Reprised by Constance Bennett with Russ Columbo and also The Boswell Sisters in the show finale * "Song of Surrender" ::Music by Harry Warren ::Lyrics by Al Dubin ::Sung by Tullio Carminati while playing the piano

References

External links

* 1934 films 1930s English-language films American black-and-white films American musical comedy films 1934 musical comedy films Films produced by Darryl F. Zanuck Films with screenplays by Nunnally Johnson Films directed by Sidney Lanfield Films scored by Alfred Newman Twentieth Century Pictures films United Artists films 1930s American films {{musical-comedy-film-stub