New Moon (1930 film)
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New Moon is a 1930 black-and-white American, pre-Code romantic/drama/melodrama musical film version of the operetta The New Moon, with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and others. The original stage version premiered on Broadway in 1928. The 1930 film is also known as Komissa Strogoff in Greece, Nymånen in Denmark and Passione cosacca in Italy. A second adaptation, also titled New Moon, was released in 1940.
| New Moon | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jack Conway |
| Written by | Book of musical play: (The New Moon) Oscar Hammerstein II Frank Mandel Laurence Schwab Adaptation: Sylvia Thalberg Frank Butler Cyril Hume (dialogue) |
| Produced by | Paul Bern |
| Starring | Lawrence Tibbett Grace Moore Adolphe Menjou Roland Young Gus Shy Emily Fitzroy |
| Cinematography | Oliver T. Marsh |
| Edited by | Margaret Booth |
| Music by | William Axt |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The 1930 film, directed by Jack Conway, starred Grace Moore and Lawrence Tibbett. Its plot is entirely different from the original play and is set in Russia. This version added new songs not by Romberg.
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