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New Moon is a 1940 American musical film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Robert Z. Leonard, with uncredited direction by W. S. Van Dyke.
It is the second film adaptation of the operetta The New Moon, which premiered on Broadway in 1928. The stage version featured music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and others. The first film adaptation, also titled New Moon, which premiered in 1930, was less faithful to the stage version.
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Plot summary
During the 18th century in New Orleans, Louisiana, a French nobleman in disguise as a bondsman, Charles (Nelson Eddy) leads his fellow bondsman in revolt against his ship's captain, commandeering the ship and heading out to sea.
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Cast
- Jeanette MacDonald as Marianne de Beaumanoir
- Nelson Eddy as Charles (Henri), Duc de Villiers
- Mary Boland as Valerie de Rossac
- George Zucco as Vicomte Ribaud
- H. B. Warner as Father Michel
- Grant Mitchell as Governor of New Orleans
- Stanley Fields as Tambour
- Dick Purcell as Alexander
- John Miljan as Pierre Brugnon
- Ivan F. Simpson as Guizot
- William Tannen as Pierre
- Bunty Cutler as Julie
- Claude King as Monsieur Dubois
- Cecil Cunningham as Governor's Wife
- Joe Yule as Maurice
- Ray Walker as Coco
- Buster Keaton as prisoner Lulu (uncredited)
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References
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External links
- New Moon at the American Film Institute Catalog
- New Moon (1940) on IMDb
- New Moon at AllMovie
- New Moon at the TCM Movie Database
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