Soul
2020 · Animation · Family
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Film / 1939
They Shall Have Music
Directed by
Archie Mayo
The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the basement of a music school for poor children.
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Cast
Jascha HeifetzHimself
Joel McCreaPeter McCarthy
Andrea LeedsAnn Lawson
Gene ReynoldsFrankie
Walter BrennanProfessor Lawson
Terry KilburnLimey
Tommy KellyWillie
Porter HallMr. Flower
Walter TetleyRocks Mulligan
Chuck StubbsFever
Gale SherwoodBetty
Alfred NewmanMusical Director
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Mary RuthSuzie
John St. PolisDavis
Alexander SchoenbergMenken
Marjorie MainMrs. Miller
Arthur HohlMiller
Paul HarveyHeifetz' Manager
ZeroSucker the Dog
Peter MeremblumPeter Meremblum
Calvin Leslie(uncredited)
Effie AndersonWoman on Steps (uncredited)
Jessie ArnoldWoman in Alley Yelling for Police (uncredited)
Arthur AylesworthDetective (uncredited)
Emanuel BayAccompanist for 'Hora staccato' (uncredited)
Brooks BenedictMan in Concert Audience (uncredited)
Richard BerresCellist in Meremblum Orchestra (uncredited)
Stanley BlystonePoliceman at Police Station (uncredited)
Morris BoltuchKid in Orchestra (uncredited)
Wade BotelerBill - Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Raymond D. BowmanViolinist (uncredited)
Virginia BrissacWillie's Mother (uncredited)
Dorothy ChristyWoman Angry at Husband Being Late (uncredited)
Charles ColemanHenry - Heifetz's Butler (uncredited)
Kaye ConnorGirl in Orchestra (uncredited)
Dulcie DayA Woman in Line (uncredited)
Joe De StefaniPawn Broker (uncredited)
Alan EdwardsConcertgoer Throwing Tickets Away (uncredited)
Virginia EllisViolinist (uncredited)
Fern EmmettWoman on Steps (uncredited)
James FlavinPolice Sergeant (uncredited)
John HamiltonDetective (uncredited)
Robert HomansPoliceman at Barney's Pool Room (uncredited)
Roger ImhofMichael - Deputy (uncredited)
Perry IvinsMr. Morgam (uncredited)
Frank JaquetMr. Wallace (uncredited)
John KellyKelly (uncredited)
Ethan LaidlawFilm Delivery Man (uncredited)
Maude LouisWoman in Line (uncredited)
Mitchell LurieClarinetist in Orchestra (uncredited)
Diana LynnPianist (uncredited)
J. Farrell MacDonaldPolice Chief (uncredited)
Louis MasonDeputy (uncredited)
Eric MayneMan in Concert Audience
Anne O'NealWoman on Steps (uncredited)
Emory ParnellPoliceman in Rain (uncredited)
Lee PhelpsPoliceman in Auditorium (uncredited)
Edwina PierceViolinist (uncredited)
Annette RudermanViolinist (uncredited)
Theodore SaidenbergHeifetz's Accompanist (uncredited)
Wyndham StandingUndetermined Role (uncredited)
Paul StantonInspector Johnson (uncredited)
Elizabeth ValentineUndetermined Role (uncredited)
Emmett VoganPolice Chief's Aide (uncredited)
Bryant Washburn Jr.Usher in Carnegie Hall (uncredited)
Billy WayneFilm Delivery Man (uncredited)
Marjorie WoodBetty's Mother (uncredited)
Mary Louise ZeyenCellist in Orchestra (uncredited)
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