Humoresque

Humoresque is a 1946 film melodrama made by Warner Bros.. It was directed by Jean Negulesco and produced by Jerry Wald with Jack L. Warner as executive producer. The screenplay was by Clifford Odets and Zachary Gold from the novel by Fannie Hurst. Franz Waxman orchestrated and conducted the music score which features music by Antonín Dvořák and Richard Wagner. Other musical pieces include Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee, Georges Bizet's Carmen, Edouard Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole Op.21. Isaac Stern served as musical advisor. The cinematography was by Ernest Haller and the costume design by Adrian and Bernard Newman. The film stars Joan Crawford and John Garfield, and co-starred Oscar Levant, J. Carrol Naish, Ruth Nelson and Craig Stevens. The film is a remake of the 1920 silent film Humoresque, directed by Frank Borzage. This is Crawford's first film after her Oscar-winning role in Mildred Pierce, and the third for Warner Bros. (after being dropped by M-G-M). ... full article at wikipedia