With a Song in My Heart movie storyline. After landing a job singing on the radio, Jane Froman marries musical accompanist Don Ross. Under Don’s management, Jane rises to stardom and is invited to perform for the troops during World War II. En route, her plane goes down, leaving Jane with serious leg injuries. While on the mend, Jane begins a romance with John Burn, a wounded military pilot. She intends to return to singing, but with two men in her heart, life is ever more complicated.
With a Song in My Heart is a 1952 biographical film which tells the story of actress and singer Jane Froman, who was crippled by an airplane crash on February 22, 1943, when the Boeing 314 Pan American Clipper flying boat she was on suffered a crash landing in the Tagus River near Lisbon, Portugal. She entertained the troops in World War II despite having to walk with crutches. The film stars Susan Hayward, Rory Calhoun, David Wayne, Thelma Ritter, Robert Wagner, Helen Westcott and Una Merkel. Froman herself supplied Hayward’s singing voice.
The film was written and produced by Lamar Trotti and directed by Walter Lang. The title song, “With a Song in My Heart”, (Rodgers and Hart, 1929) became famous in the UK as the theme to the long-running BBC radio show, Family Favorites.
As per the times, the soundtrack album for With a Song in My Heart was a studio recording, and it initially included eight songs and a shorter version of the “American Medley” sung by Jane Froman, with a short orchestral introduction by George Greeley, who conducted the orchestra and chorus. The Capitol Records album was released in multiple formats: Capitol L-309 (LP), DDN-309 (4 record 78rpm-Box Set); KDF-309 (4 record 45rpm singles Box-Set); and FBF-309 (2 EP Box-set). This album was the best-selling album of 1952 and spent 25 weeks at the top of the Billboard chart. Jane Froman also released a single of the title song with Capital records.
With a Song in My Heart (1952)
Directed by: Walter Lang
Starring: Susan Hayward, Rory Calhoun, David Wayne, Thelma Ritter, Robert Wagner, Helen Westcott, Una Merkel, Richard Allan, Max Showalter, Ed Oliver, Robert Wagner
Screenplay by: Lamar Trotti
Production Design by:
Cinematography by: Leon Shamroy
Film Editing by: J. Watson Webb Jr.
Costume Design by: Charles Le Maire
Set Decoration by: Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott
Art Direction by: Lyle R. Wheeler, Joseph C. Wright
Music by: Alfred Newman
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: April 4, 1952
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