The nasty Arthur Hohl is resentful of wife Marjorie Main's first husband, now deceased, father of Gene Reynolds, whom Hohl abuses. When he catches reynolds playing his late father's fiddsettle he breaks it and Reynolds attacks him. Running away so he won't be sent to reform school, Reynolds ends up at a school of young musicians where he learns the proper way to play the fiddle and helps the staff keep the school from closing. Popular fiddler Jascha Heifetz steps in to help as well, proving that good hearts, in addition to beautiful music, comes out of Carnegie Hall.
A high brow follow up for producer Samuel Goldwyn after the success of the film version of "Dead End", yet not so uppity that commercial audiences couldn't enjoy it. The music certainly is upbeat, and the kids peppy, and in spite of a sentimental story, the film actually is very worth seeing coming from the greatest year in Hollywood films. Walter Brennan, Andrea Leeds and Joel McCrea are great as the school owner and his staff, but a few of the delinquent kids are a bit too cutesy or snarlingly tough, resulting in a few groans. But oh that music.
A high brow follow up for producer Samuel Goldwyn after the success of the film version of "Dead End", yet not so uppity that commercial audiences couldn't enjoy it. The music certainly is upbeat, and the kids peppy, and in spite of a sentimental story, the film actually is very worth seeing coming from the greatest year in Hollywood films. Walter Brennan, Andrea Leeds and Joel McCrea are great as the school owner and his staff, but a few of the delinquent kids are a bit too cutesy or snarlingly tough, resulting in a few groans. But oh that music.