Summary
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.
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
Anne Gwynne
Jenny
Peggy Moran
Archduchess Irene
Reginald Denny
The Major
Kenneth Brown
Moritz
Billy Lenhart
Max
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
Michael Audley
Hans
Frank Austin
Customer
Polly Bailey
Minnie
Vangie Beilby
Townswoman
Stanley Blystone
Detective
Harry C. Bradley
Mandate
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
Maynard Holmes
Bugler
Paul Hurst
Headwaiter
Claire James
Cafe Customer
Frank Jaquet
Detective
Sheldon Jett
Policeman
Sidney Kibrick
Boy
Leslie Kaye
Townswoman
Carl M. Leviness
Townsman
Jack Lomas
Customer
Aubrey Mather
Baron
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
Crew
Director
Henry Koster
Original Story
Ernst Marischka
Screenplay
Bruce Manning
Screenplay
Felix Jackson
Reviews
Geronimo1967
February 13, 2023
6
Deanna Durbin signs her heart out here as the Hungarian peasant "Ilonka". She's been told by a fortune teller that happiness is looming - and she reckons that might just have come true when she encounters "Harry" (Robert Cummings) - a drummer in the Imperial army. Meantime, though, he is fond of writing music, a skill prohibited in the military so she determines to somehow get his works in front of the Emperor (Henry Stephenson). Creatively, she takes to hiding them in the salt sticks that her boss the baker (S.Z. Sakall) makes daily for the court. That's quite a risky tactic as those who surround the throne worry that this could be a plot to poison their ruler and so the baker finds himself incarcerated, and "Ilonka" has to make a tough - and brave - decision. It's quite a charming mix of musical and romance this, with a bit of chemistry between Durbin and Cummings and with the scene-stealing Sakall and Stephenson also on good form guiding this gently evolving storyline towards it's inevitable and pleasing conclusion. "Waltzing on the Clouds" has the germ of an ear-worm to it - you might find yourself humming it long after the film has ended!
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00
