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film that tells the story of actress and singer Jane Froman, who was crippled by an airplane crash on February 22, 1943, when the Boeing 314

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, Portugal. She entertained the troops in World War II despite having to walk with crutches. The film stars

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, Thelma Ritter, Robert Wagner, Helen Westcott, and Una Merkel. Froman herself supplied Hayward's singing voice. The film was written and produced by

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and directed by Walter Lang. The title song, " With a Song in My Heart" (Rodgers and Hart, 1929), became famous in the United Kingdom as the theme to the long-running

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radio show '' Family Favourites''.

Plot

Jane Froman (

) is a humble staff singer at a

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radio station, but in no time she rises to the uppermost rungs of network radio fame. Jane gratefully marries her agent Don Ross (

), but soon both realize they're not truly in love. Jane's popularity soars, and she leaves on a European tour. When her plane crashes, she is partially crippled. Unable to walk without crutches, she nonetheless goes on to entertain U.S. troops during World War II.

Cast

as Jane Froman *

as John Burn *

as Don Ross * Thelma Ritter as Clancy * Robert Wagner as GI paratrooper * Helen Westcott as Jennifer March * Una Merkel as Sister Marie * Richard Allan as dancer / tenor *

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appear in the film.

Production

The rights to Jane Froman's life story were sought by a variety of production companies, including MGM, Warner Bros, Sam Goldwyn, 20th Century Fox, and Wald-Krasna (at

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). In September 1950 Fox announced that Lamar Trotti would write and produce ''The Jane Froman Story''. Froman says she decided to go with Fox after talking to Trotti even though MGM offered $25,000 more. She says the price paid was "mid six figures". In March 1951 Fox announced that the male leads would be played by David Wayne and Dale Robertson and that the film would be called ''I'll See You in My Dreams''. In April 1951, Jean Peters was announced as the star. In May, the lead went to Susan Hayward. The title was changed to ''You, the Night and the Music''. Rory Calhoun replaced Robertson in June. In July 1951 Robert Wagner was added to the cast. Joyce McKenzie was cast as the woman (in reality singer and actress Tamara Drasin, who died in the crash) who took Froman's seat Froman acted as technical adviser, but refused to watch the sequence involving the airplane crash.

Soundtrack recording

As per the times, the soundtrack album for ''With a Song in My Heart'' was a studio recording, and it initially included eight songs and a shorter version of the "American Medley" sung by Jane Froman, with a short orchestral introduction by George Greeley, who conducted the orchestra and chorus. The

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album was released in multiple formats: Capitol L-309 (LP), DDN-309 (4 record 78rpm-Box Set); KDF-309 (4 record 45rpm singles Box-Set); and FBF-309 (2 EP Box-set). This album was the best-selling album of 1952 and spent 25 weeks at the top of the ''Billboard'' chart. Jane Froman also released a single of the title song with Capitol Records.

Reception

The film was a box office success. Wagner's small role received a lot of acclaim, resulting in 3,000 fan letters a week arriving at the studio – this encouraged Fox to build him up as a star.

Awards and honors

The film was also nominated for inclusion on AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers list of the most inspiring films in American film history, but did not make the final list.

Soundtrack songs from the film

Although the film won the Academy Award for the Best Original Score, there were a number of American standards represented. All except three songs featured the voice of Jane Froman; and were performed by

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