Biography of the famous--and notorious--Italian violinist Nicolo Paganini.Biography of the famous--and notorious--Italian violinist Nicolo Paganini.Biography of the famous--and notorious--Italian violinist Nicolo Paganini.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
Leslie Phillips
- Audience Member
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaStewart Granger had two tutors train him on posture, stance and playing the violin. The music was recorded by American-born Jewish virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin. He took six weeks and used two violins to create the masterful music heard in the film.
- Quotes
Nicolo Paganini: Forgive me, I'm in a bad temper.
Jeanne de Vermond: Perhaps I could cure it.
Nicolo Paganini, Jeanne de Vermond: I believe you could.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Ellery Queen: The Adventure of the Blunt Instrument (1975)
- SoundtracksRomance
(uncredited)
Music by Philip Green
based on a theme from "Violin Concerto No.1" by Niccolò Paganini
Featured review
The Magic Bow
Stewart Granger as Niccolò Paganini? Not an obvious choice, I'd have said - but he actually carries it off quite well; especially since much of his scenes involve quite a lot of fairly sophisticated violin playing and his rather tousled locks get in his eyes once too often, too! Sadly, though, the rest of this rarely ascends beyond the mediocrity of a period melodrama - a love story between him and Phyllis Calvert ("Jeanne") whose mother has aspirations for a far more advantageous marriage for her daughter than this mere musician. Enter a very dapper Dennis Price as her suitor "Paul de la Rochelle" who rarely looks comfortable either with his spray-on uniform or his rather stilted lines. It's rescued, as is so often the case, by Cecil Parker as Luigi Germi, his manager/friend who somehow manages to keep Paganini on the straight and narrow as his rise to international stardom coincides with his rather complicated love life. The musical score is marvellous - though the sound mixing on this does rather drown out any dialogue - and the costumes all look the part excellently. At times it is all just a bit too theatrical, but as an introduction to the music of this particular maestro, it is well worth a watch (or maybe just a listen...?)
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- CinemaSerf
- Jan 8, 2023
Details
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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