Chevalier's Best
Teaming Jeanette MacDonald and Maurice Chevalier, with Rouben Mamoulian directing, this musical is an early example of the effective integration of dialogue, song, and scoring. The music, by the inspired team of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, is a preview of greater things to come when Rodgers would team with Oscar Hammerstein II. MacDonald's rendition of "Lover" is a magic moment, and Chevalier sings the great "Isn't It Romantic?" and his signature song "Mimi." Chevalier had enormous influence on and an enduring career in musicals over four decades, but he never outdid this performance.score 8/10
LeonardKniffel 28 March 2020
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