I Dream Too Much (1935)

Comedy Romance

If Columbia could make an acceptable movie star out of opera-diva Grace Moore, then RKO Radio could do the same with Lily Pons. At least that was producer Pandro S. Berman's reasoning when he cast Pons in the 1935 musical romance I Dream too Much. The actress plays Annette, a rural French musical student who marries struggling American composer Jonathan (Henry Fonda). Possessed of a splendid singing voice, our heroine rises to fame on the opera stage, while poor Jonathan continues struggling, supporting himself as a tour guide. Annette eventually saves her marriage by transforming her husband's "masterpiece," a rather turgid modernistic opera, into a light-hearted musical comedy. Lucille Ball, who'd later co-star with Henry Fonda in The Big Street and Yours, Mine and Ours, has a funny minor role as a gum-snapping tourist. Though Lily Pons was at least 10 years older than Fonda, they make an attractive and believable screen couple, adding credibility to this somewhat contrived yarn

Updated May 28 2020

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1935-11-29

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Runtime: 97 mins Rating: 4.6

Cast

Henry Fonda

Johnny Street

Billy Gilbert

Cook at Cafe (uncredited)

Osgood Perkins

Paul Darcy

Eric Blore

Roger Briggs

Lucien Littlefield

Hubert Dilley

Mischa Auer

Darcy's Pianist

Lucille Ball

Gwendolyn Dilley

Clarence Wilson

The Lawyer (uncredited)

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Max Steiner

Original Music Composer

Van Nest Polglase

Art Direction

Edmund H. North

Screenplay

Pandro S. Berman

Producer

David Abel

Director of Photography

John Cromwell

Director

William Morgan

Editor

Hermes Pan

Choreographer

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