Delicious (1931 film)
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Delicious is a Gershwin musical
romantic comedy film
starring Janet Gaynor
and Charles Farrell
, directed by David Butler, with color sequences in Multicolor
(now lost). The film featured music by George
and Ira Gershwin
, including the introduction of "New York Rhapsody" (later expanded into the Second Rhapsody
by Gershwin); an imaginative and elaborate set piece. Gershwin also contributed other sequences for the movie score, but only a five-minute Dream Sequence
and the six-minute "New York Rhapsody" made the final cut. Fox Film Corporation rejected the rest of the score.
Gaynor plays a Scottish
girl emigrating by ship to America
who runs afoul of the authorities and has to go on the run, falling in with a ragtag group of immigrant musicians in Manhattan
. Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen films together, including Frank Borzage
's classics Seventh Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), and Lucky Star (1929); Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress
for the first two and F. W. Murnau's Sunrise
.
Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
romantic comedy film
Romantic comedy film
Romantic comedy films are films with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as that true love is able to surmount most obstacles. One dictionary definition is "a funny movie, play, or television program about a love story that ends happily"...
starring Janet Gaynor
Janet Gaynor
Janet Gaynor was an American actress and painter.One of the most popular actresses of the silent film era, in 1928 Gaynor became the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in three films: Seventh Heaven , Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans and Street Angel...
and Charles Farrell
Charles Farrell
Charles Farrell was an American film actor of the 1920s silent era and into the 1930s, and later a television actor...
, directed by David Butler, with color sequences in Multicolor
Multicolor
Multicolor is a subtractive natural color process for motion pictures. Multicolor, introduced to the motion picture industry in 1929, was based on the earlier Prizma Color process, and was the forerunner of Cinecolor....
(now lost). The film featured music by George
George Gershwin
George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
and Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century....
, including the introduction of "New York Rhapsody" (later expanded into the Second Rhapsody
Second Rhapsody
Second Rhapsody is a concert piece for orchestra with piano by American composer George Gershwin, written in 1931. It is commonly referred to by its original title, Rhapsody in Rivets....
by Gershwin); an imaginative and elaborate set piece. Gershwin also contributed other sequences for the movie score, but only a five-minute Dream Sequence
Dream sequence
A dream sequence is a technique used in storytelling, particularly in television and film, to set apart a brief interlude from the main story. The interlude may consist of a flashback, a flashforward, a fantasy, a vision, a dream, or some other element. Commonly, dream sequences appear in many...
and the six-minute "New York Rhapsody" made the final cut. Fox Film Corporation rejected the rest of the score.
Gaynor plays a Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
girl emigrating by ship to America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
who runs afoul of the authorities and has to go on the run, falling in with a ragtag group of immigrant musicians in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
. Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen films together, including Frank Borzage
Frank Borzage
Frank Borzage was an American film director and actor.-Biography:Frank Borzage's father, Luigi Borzaga, was born in Ronzone, in 1859. As a stonemason, he sometimes worked in Switzerland; he met his future wife, Maria Ruegg , where she worked in a silk factory...
's classics Seventh Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), and Lucky Star (1929); Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress
Academy Award for Best Actress
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
for the first two and F. W. Murnau's Sunrise
Sunrise (film)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, also known as Sunrise, is a 1927 American silent film directed by German film director F. W. Murnau. The story was adapted by Carl Mayer from the short story "Die Reise nach Tilsit" by Hermann Sudermann.Sunrise won an Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Production...
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