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The Toast of New Orleans

1950 · 97 min

A bright, tuneful Technicolor romance with operatic singing and gentle charm, easy to enjoy and hard to take seriously.

Tagline
M-G-M's Technicolor fiesta!
Overview
Snooty opera singer meets a rough-and-tumble fisherman in the Louisiana bayous, but this fisherman can sing! Her agent lures him away to New Orleans to teach him to sing opera but comes to regret this rash decision when the singers fall in love.
In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • class
  • music
  • ambition
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism6
Romance7
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

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drama, music, romance
Directed by
Norman Taurog
Written by
Sy Gomberg, George Wells
Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
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