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Spring Parade 1940 Directed by Henry Koster

LIVE, LAUGH and LOVE! With a Dancing, Romancing Deanna!

In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. It says that she will meet someone important and is destined for a happy marriage. Afterward she gets a job as a baker's assistant. She then meets a handsome army drummer who secretly dreams of becoming a famous composer and conductor. Unfortunately the military forbids the young corporal to create his own music. But then Ilonka secretly sends one of the drummer's waltzes to the Austrian Emperor with his weekly order of pastries. Her act paves the way toward the tuneful and joyous fulfillment of the gypsy's prediction.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Comedy , Music
Production Company Universal Pictures
Release Date 27 September 1940
89 mins
Cast
Deanna Durbin Ilonka Tolnay
Robert Cummings Corporal Harry Marten
Mischa Auer Gustav
Henry Stephenson Emperor Franz Joseph
S.Z. Sakall Latislav Teschek - the Baker
Walter Catlett Headwaiter
Peggy Moran Archduchess Irene
Reginald Denny The Major
Franklin Pangborn Wiedlemeyer
Edward Gargan Inga - the Fortune Teller
Wade Boteler Sergeant
Samuel S. Hinds Von Zimmel
Leon Belasco Violinist Orchestra Leader
Eddie Acuff Earl (uncredited)
John Banner Cymbalist (uncredited)
Bobby Barber Waiter Who Spills Tray (uncredited)
Howard Hickman Colonel (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold Townswoman (uncredited)
George O'Hanlon Peasant (uncredited)
Morgan Wallace Frederick - Aide-de-Camp (uncredited)
Kathryn Adams Girl with Fortune Teller
Herbert Ashley Detective
Frank Austin Customer
Vangie Beilby Townswoman
Jack Chefe Josef - Waiter
Dora Clement Mrs. Tressler
Polly Connell Townswoman
Virginia Engels Girl in Cafe
William Gould Chief of Detectives
Ernest Grooney Townsman
Grace Hayle Mrs. Burkhart
Herbert Heywood Sepp - Wagon Driver
Fay Holderness Townswoman
Paul Hurst Headwaiter
Claire James Cafe Customer
Frank Jaquet Detective
Sheldon Jett Policeman
Leslie Kaye Townswoman
Jack Lomas Customer
Eric Mayne Nobleman
Gene Morgan Waiter
Tony Paton Waiter
Joe Ploski Townsman
Thomas Pogue Customer
Eddie Polo Cafe Proprietor
Ronald R. Rondell Restaurant Patron
Sam Savitsky Nobleman
Frank Sully Bert - Shawl Salesman
Henry Victor Dutch Officer
Douglas Wood General