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Break of Hearts Overview:

Break of Hearts (1935) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Philip Moeller and produced by Pandro S. Berman.

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Lots of heartache and heavy drinking in this melodrama about the tortured marriage of a young composer and her conductor husband. The great conductor is a hopeless philanderer and alcoholic, and the composer reluctantly leaves the marriage. But love conquers all, and the estranged partners find their way back into each other's arms.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

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BREAK OF HEARTS ( 1935 )

By Crystal Kalyana on Apr 29, 2015 From In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood

MUSICAL MONTH BREAK OF HEARTS ( 1935 ) For my next review, I’ve decided to do another Katharine Hepburn movie, but because she’s not known as a musical star, and hasn’t really appeared in any films of that genre, except for about two obscure concerto based productions that are not... Read full article

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After completing one scene in the role of Franz Roberti, Francis Lederer refused to shoot a particular set-up, complaining it showed his "bad" side. Katharine Hepburn and assistant director Edward Killy complained to studio head J.P. MacDonald, who fired Lederer and replaced him with Charles Boyer.
The character of Franz Roberti was based on two real-life conductors of the period: Leopold Stokowski, who was well known for his rearrangements of music by Bach, Wagner and other composers; and Arturo Toscanini, who was notorious for insulting his musicians during rehearsals the way Roberti does in the film.
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