''Say It with Music'' (Swedish: ''Säg det i toner'') is a 1929 Swedish

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directed by

Edvin Adolphson Gustav Edvin Adolphson (25 February 1893 – 31 October 1979) was a Sweden, Swedish film actor and director who appeared in over 500 roles. He made his debut in 1912. He appeared with Ingrid Bergman in ''Only One Night (1939 film), Only One ...

and

Julius Jaenzon Julius Jaenzon (8 July 1885 – 17 February 1961) was a Sweden, Swedish cinematographer, essential in the early Swedish silent film, silent cinema. He is most known for his collaborations with directors Victor Sjöström and Mauritz Stiller, ...

and starring

Håkan Westergren Håkan Karl Leonard Westergren (29 April 1899 – 15 October 1981) was a Swedish actor. He was mostly known for his roles in Swedish comedy movies during the 1930s and 1940s, but was sometimes seen in more serious roles. He was married to Sw ...

, Elisabeth Frisk and

Stina Berg Stina Berg (21 October 1869 – 5 October 1930) was a Swedish silent film actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1912 and 1931. Selected filmography * '' Laughter and Tears'' (1913) directed by Victor Seastrom * '' Children of ...

. It was shot at the

Råsunda Studios Filmstaden was a film studio situated in Råsunda, Solna Municipality in Stockholm, Sweden. History Filmstaden was once one of the most modern film studios of its time in Europe. It was built in 1919–1920 based on designs by Swedish arch ...

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

with a

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added in a

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studio that had been converted to

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. The film's sets were designed by

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Vilhelm Bryde. It came during the switch from silent to

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and lacks any

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. It was one of three Swedish films released that year that including some element of sound, and came at a time when film production was in crisis with no films released during the first nine months of 1929.Gustafsson p.114 It is also known by the English-language

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''The Dream Waltz''.

Cast

as Olof Svensson *

as Mrs. Svensson * Elisabeth Frisk as Lisa Lindahl *

Tore Svennberg Olof Teodor "Tore" Svennberg (28 February 1858 – 8 May 1941) was a Swedish people, Swedish actor and theatre director whose career spanned more than five decades. Biography Born in Stockholm, Tore Svennberg made his stage debut at the Fol ...

as Mr. Lindahl * Jenny Hasselqvist as Mrs. Lindahl * Margit Manstad as Ingrid Mårtenson *

as Mrs. Lindahl's lover * Erik Malmberg as Man * Axel Nilsson as Man *

Björn Berglund Björn Berglund (16 October 1904 – 3 August 1968) was a Swedish stage and film and television actor. Biography Björn Nils Johan Gustaf Berglund was born in Jörn, Västerbotten County. He began his career in cinema in the 1939 Edvin Adolphso ...

as Nutte *

Helga Brofeldt Helga Brofeldt (born Helga Amelie Elisabet Textorius; 9 October 1881 – 18 June 1968) was a Swedish stage and film actress.Wright p.21 She appeared alongside John Elfström as his wife in several of the Åsa-Nisse series of comedy films. Selec ...

as Woman at restaurant * Ossian Brofeldt as Husband at restaurant * Knut Frankman as Docker * Karl Gerhard as Self * Eric Gustafson as Man who borrows matches * Justus Hagman as Cashier *

Sture Lagerwall Sture Lagerwall (13 December 1908 – 1 November 1964) was a Swedish actor and film director. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1931 and 1963. He was born in Stockholm, and died in Limhamn, Sweden, in 1964. Selected filmography * ' ...

as Olof's friend * Herman Lantz as Docker at accident * Thyra Leijman-Uppström as Maid * Otto Malmberg as Servant *

Nils Ohlin Nils Ohlin (1895–1958) was a Swedish stage and film actor.Gustafsson p.113 Primarily acting in the theatre, he also appeared in a variety of films from the silent era to the 1950s as a character actor. Selected filmography * '' De landsflyktig ...

as Man at music publishing company * Aina Rosén as Clerk at music publishing company * Stina Ståhle as Clerk at music publishing company *

Åke Uppström Åke is a masculine Swedish given name, possibly derived from the medieval Germanic name ''Anicho'', derived from ''ano'' meaning "ancestor". In Sweden, May 8 is the Name day for Åke. There are variant spellings, including the Danish/ Norweg ...

as Olof's friend * Astrid Wedberg as Lindahl's Maid * Karl Wehle as The great composer * Kurt Welin as Student

References

Bibliography

* Gustafsson, Tommy. ''Masculinity in the Golden Age of Swedish Cinema: A Cultural Analysis of 1920s Films''. McFarland, 2014.

External links

* 1929 films Swedish musical films 1929 musical films 1920s Swedish-language films Swedish black-and-white films Films directed by Edvin Adolphson 1920s Swedish films {{1920s-Sweden-film-stub