Music in My Heart
A young woman engaged to a millionaire falls for the understudy in a Broadway musical.
Genre: Music
Director: Gene Anderson, Joseph Santley
Actors: Alan Mowbray, Don Brodie, Edith Fellows, Eric Blore, George Humbert, George Tobias, Joey Ray, Joseph Crehan, Rita Hayworth, Tony Martin
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