Melba

Name: Melba
Director: Lewis Milestone
Released: 1953-01-01

1953 film by Lewis Milestone

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Released: 1953
Director: Lewis Milestone
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Screenwriter: Harry Kurnitz
Producer: Sam Spiegel
Cast: Patrice Munsel
, Robert Morley
, John McCallum
, John Justin
+7 more
Genre: biographical film
, musical film
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Country of origin: United Kingdom
Original language: English

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Melba is a 1953 musical biopic drama film of the life of Australian soprano Nellie Melba, written by Harry Kurnitz and directed by Lewis Milestone for Horizon Pictures, marking the film debut of the Metropolitan Opera's Patrice Munsel.

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Director of photography: Arthur Ibbetson
Narrative location: Vienna
Australia
Title: Melba
Different from: Melba apple
Characters: Nellie Melba
Oscar Hammerstein I
Charles Nesbitt Frederick Armstrong
Mathilde Marchesi
Victoria

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