“KISSES FORMED HIS WORDS! CARESSES FASHIONED HIS MUSIC!”
Newly arrived in the nineteenth century court of Emperor Francis 1st of Austria Countess Valerie happens to overhear a young pianist and advises him to play with more feeling, for he is playing a piece by Franz Schubert, her favorite composer. Unknown to Valerie, the man is Schubert, and he playfully keeps his identity a secret. Valerie visits Franz the next day, and he teaches her to play the violin part of a new song he has written, and she hopes for romance though he still longs for his lost love Caroline. But as a week passes, he forgets Caroline and returns Valerie's affections. When Franz is evicted, there is much tumult, but he is finally called to court where his music is celebrated, and Valerie and he are reunited.
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Cast
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Pat Paterson
Valerie
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Nils Asther
Franz Schubert
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James Tinling Director · Henry Johnson Writer Lynn Starling Writer
United States release November 3, 1934 · Working title Serenade
Production
Fox Film Corporation
Production
Serenade
Working title
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 3, 1934
Theatrical
Australia
February 15, 1935 · Theatrical
Portugal
May 1, 1935 · Theatrical
Sweden
December 8, 1934 · Theatrical
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