A piano virtuoso has a child out of wedlock to her fiance, who is killed trying to save her life. Their son is brought up by foster parents and becomes a musician.
Edward Small bought the rights to the novel in November 1934.[1]Lillian Hellman wrote an early draft of the script.[2]Philip Dunne was then hired to work on it with Ralph Block.
Reception
According to Dunne "The Melody Lingers On lingered not at all in theaters but died a swift and merciful death".[3]
References
^"Screen Notes". The New York Times. November 24, 1934.
^"Screen Notes". The New York Times. December 13, 1934.
^Philip Dunne, Take Two: A Life in Movies and Politics, Limelight, 1992, p. 33
