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The Gershwins' First Film Musical
When the Gershwins signed their contracts to write "Not less than eight" songs for a "sound, dialogue, and talking motion picture photoplay," the feature-length "talking" was not yet three years old. In all, the music they wrote for their first film, Delicious, included seven songs, a dream sequence, and "Manhattan Rhapsody," an instrumental piece that would become Goerge's Second Rhapsody. Academy Award-winning actress Janet Gaynor (1906-1984) performed the song "Somebody from Somewhere" in the film. |