Movie · 1946
Till the Clouds Roll By
“The mammoth musical of Jerome Kern's dramatic life story”
Released 5 December 1946 136 min Music More from 1946 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists, including a condensed production of his most famous: 'Showboat'.
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How old were they?
Harry Hayden
as Charles Frohman
Robert Emmett O'Connor
as Ed (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
as Show Boat Orchestra Drummer (uncredited)
Russell Hicks
as Producer (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
as Frohman's Secretary (uncredited)
Ray Teal
as Movie Studio Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
Van Heflin
as James I. Hessler
Paul Langton
as Oscar Hammerstein II
Tony Martin
as Gaylord Ravenal / Tony Martin
Van Johnson
as Bandleader in Elite Club
Dinah Shore
as Julia Sanderson / Dinah Shore
Frank Sinatra
as Frank Sinatra
June Allyson
as Jane Witherspoon / Lou Ellen Carter
Lucille Bremer
as Sally Hessler
Lena Horne
as Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
Robert Walker
as Jerome Kern
Gower Champion
as Dance Specialty
Judy Garland
as Marilyn Miller
Kathryn Grayson
as Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson
Cyd Charisse
as Dance Specialty
Angela Lansbury
as London Specialty
Sally Forrest
as Showgirl (uncredited)
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The numbers
2.0×$3m budget became $7m at the box office
46years between the oldest and youngest billed
64Harry Hayden — oldest on the call sheet
18Sally Forrest — youngest billed
35average age of the credited cast