By Violet LeVoit
Violets in Spring
Brief Synopsis
In this musical short film, a janitor at a carpet sweeping company gets a couple of employees to fall in love.
Cast & Crew
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Kurt Neumann
Director
Robert Middlemass
Christian Rub
Billy Gilbert
Leonid Kinskey
Phil Tead
Film Details
Genre
Short
Music
Musical
Romance
Release Date
1936
Production Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
Distribution Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
Technical Specs
Duration
20m
Synopsis
In this musical short film, a janitor at a carpet sweeping company gets a couple of employees to fall in love.
Director
Kurt Neumann
Director
Film Details
Genre
Short
Music
Musical
Romance
Release Date
1936
Production Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
Distribution Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
Technical Specs
Duration
20m
Articles
Violets in Spring
Virginia Grey was a contender for the hardest (and longest) working actress in Hollywood - by the time of her death in 2004, she had amassed 100 credits in motion pictures, with roles going back to her debut as a 10 year old in Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927). Here, all grown up, she stars in this short that MGM described as "a miniature musical" about two officemates (Grey and George Murphy) who are the unwitting subject of the boss's experiment to use psychological trickery as a way of making them fall in love. Director Kurt Neumann (later famous for very different picture The Fly (1958) uses their whirlwind office romance as an excuse for one enchanting montage after another, from grim workers getting ready in the morning to a whirlwind of taxi rides, cocktail glasses and roulette chips as the lovers enjoy a night out.
By Violet LeVoit
By Violet LeVoit
Violets in Spring
Virginia Grey was a contender for the hardest (and longest) working actress in Hollywood - by the time of her death in 2004, she had amassed 100 credits in motion pictures, with roles going back to her debut as a 10 year old in Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927). Here, all grown up, she stars in this short that MGM described as "a miniature musical" about two officemates (Grey and George Murphy) who are the unwitting subject of the boss's experiment to use psychological trickery as a way of making them fall in love. Director Kurt Neumann (later famous for very different picture The Fly (1958) uses their whirlwind office romance as an excuse for one enchanting montage after another, from grim workers getting ready in the morning to a whirlwind of taxi rides, cocktail glasses and roulette chips as the lovers enjoy a night out.
By Violet LeVoit
