I'll Take Romance (film)

I'll Take Romance is a 1937 American romantic musical film directed by Edward H. Griffith, starring Grace Moore, Melvyn Douglas, Helen Westley, Stuart Erwin and Margaret Hamilton.

Plot
An opera manager (Melvyn Douglas) tries to woo a contract-breaking soprano (Grace Moore) into performing in Buenos Aires.

Cast

 * Grace Moore as Elsa Terry
 * Melvyn Douglas as James Guthrie
 * Helen Westley as Madame Della aka Madella
 * Stuart Erwin as 'Pancho' Brown
 * Margaret Hamilton as Margot
 * Walter Kingsford as William Kane
 * Richard Carle as Rudi

Songs

 * Songs and arias performed by Grace Moore
 * I'll Take Romance (music by Ben Oakland, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II)
 * Gavotte (Manon, music by Jules Massenet, lyrics by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille)
 * Drinking Song (La traviata, music by Giuseppe Verdi, lyrics by Francesco Maria Piave)
 * First Act Duet (Madama Butterfly, music by Giacomo Puccini, lyrics by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica)


 * Other Songs
 * Quintet and Finale (Martha, music by Friedrich von Flotow, lyrics by Friedrich Wilhelm Riese
 * She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain (Traditional)
 * 'A Frangesa! (music and Italian lyrics by Pasquale Mario Costa, English lyrics by Milton Drake)