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Stingaree (1934) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by William A. Wellman and produced by Pandro S. Berman and David Lewis.

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Musical Monday: Stingaree (1934)

on Jul 28, 2014 From Comet Over Hollywood

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: “Stingaree” –Music... Read full article

Stingaree (1934)

By Judy on Jun 19, 2010 From Movie Classics

I’ve seen quite a lot of pre-Codes directed by William A Wellman, though there are many more I’d still like to track down. But this semi-musical starring Irene Dunne and Richard Dix has to be the oddest of his 1930s movies I’ve managed to see yet. It’s  a strange cross... Read full article

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Stingaree Facts
Irene Dunne, a professionally trained operatic mezzo-soprano, did her own singing for the film.
Although the stated onscreen source credits "a series of stories" by E.W. Hornung, he actually wrote a novel called "Stingaree," which probably contained most of the story presented.
Gordon De Main as "The Prince of Wales," Frank Dunn as "Disraeli," May Beatty and Carol Tevis are in studio records/casting call lists as cast members, but they did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie.
This movie is one of a set of six films owned by the estate of Merian C. Cooper, and the rights to show it were caught up in legal red tape. TCM eventually acquired the rights and showed the movie in May 2007.
In the original version, as released in May 1934, stenciled color was used to enhance lamp and fireside effects, but was generally criticized at the time as being of an earlier, bygone era of filmaking.
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