Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938

Vogues of 1938
Theatrical poster
Directed byIrving Cummings
Charles Kerr (assistant)
Written byBella Spewack
Sam Spewack
Produced byWalter Wanger
StarringWarner Baxter
Joan Bennett
CinematographyRay Rennahan
Edited byOtho Lovering
Dorothy Spencer
Music byVictor Young (uncredited)
Production
company
Walter Wanger Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • August 12, 1937 (1937-08-12) (Radio City Music Hall)
Running time
109 minutres
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,048,435[1]
Box office$1,089,956[1]

Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 (also known by its shortened form, Vogues of 1938) is a 1937 musical comedy film produced by Walter Wanger and distributed by United Artists. It was directed by Irving Cummings, written by Bella and Sam Spewack, and starred Warner Baxter and Joan Bennett. It was filmed in New York City in Technicolor.

It was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction (Alexander Toluboff), and Best Original Song (Sammy Fain (music) and Lew Brown (lyrics)) for the song That Old Feeling[2][3] sung by Virginia Verrill.[4]

Plot

A successful fashion designer's life, beset at home by his shrewish wife and at work by his competitors, becomes even more complicated when one of his customers, a bride-to-be, jilts her wealthy husband and comes to him looking for a job—and possibly romance.

Cast

Reception

The film reported a loss of $256,207.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Matthew Bernstein, Walter Wagner: Hollywood Independent, Minnesota Press, 2000 p438
  2. ^ "NY Times: Vogues of 1938". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
  3. ^ "The 10th Academy Awards (1938) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  4. ^ "Virginia Verrill, Unseen Voice Of Hollywood's Singing Stars, 82", New York Times, Jan 25, 1999


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