Vonia With a Song in My Heart (1952) Director: Walter Lang Watched: 6/25/18 Rating: 5/10 {Clue: A selected biography of this music, radio, and television star who was involved in production and offers her voice for vocals.} Fairly entertaining- especially Ritter's performance, Remarkable voice- but aside from a few highlights, all her songs sound the same! Original narrative style: voice-overs by the two men in her life (Ross & Burns) and her best friend and nurse (Clancy), Maudlin and sugar-coated (especially her mantle as Mrs. USO!) as could be expected for a human interest story, A testament to the impossibility of marriages where wife outshines husband- but what did he expect when he guilted her into marriage despite her unambiguous misgivings? Needs more character depth and the singing performances to not take half the running time to feel less like a dramatized documentary. Acrostic is a form of poetry where the first letters in each line, paragraph, or word are doubly used to spell a name, phrase, or word. The word "acrostic" comes from the Greek words "akros" (outermost) and "stichos" (line of verse). Read the appropriate letters in the poem vertically to reveal the extra message, called the "acrostich"! #Acrostic #PoemReview #Disability #GoldenGlobesBestPicture #Musical

bombersflyup With a Song in My Heart is a biographical musical, which didn't contain enough plot or drama for me.Of what it did contain beyond the musicals, I liked. It just never really went anywhere, it would of been nice to see Jane's experience with the troops outside of performing, just day to day. Both romances are just brushed over and contain little substance, we never see Jane having a good time with either of these guys. The troops reactions to her singing is too ridiculous for me, stupid grins on faces and singing along, other than the initial song at the club with the paratrooper, which I liked. Susan Hayward was good, I just wanted more than songs.

weezeralfalfa It was 1952:the year of "Singing in the Rain", of "The Belle of New York", with Fred Astaire and Vera Ellen, of "Son of Paleface", of Betty Hutton's music fest in "Somebody Loves Me", and of another songfest in "With a Song in My Heart", in which Susan Hayward does her visual take on notable singer Jane Froman, while Jane does the vocals behind the camera. If you prefer a film with a maximum of musical numbers and a minimum of dialogue, this film, along with "Somebody Loves Me" should fill the bill. That's not to say there wasn't a story to go with the music. There was plenty of time in this film for both. The dialogue mainly relates to Jane's first 2 husbands(there was a 3rd):Don Ross(David Wayne) and John Burn(the handsome Roy Calhoun), and to the physical disabilities after barely surviving a plane crash while flying to entertain the troops in Europe, during WWII. The film begins and ends with a NYC newsman's ball honoring Jane as the most courageous participant. She sings the title song. Between is a flashback covering her singing career. Susan was an Academy award nominee for her portrayal, which included much well done lip synching. Another Academy award nominee was the memorable Thelma Ritter, as Jane's faithful nurse after her accident. Besides her wisecracking, she was notable for her earthy wisdom and intolerance of pessimism by Jane about the progress of her leg healing. Jane could have played herself, being only a decade older than Susan. Presumably, the impediment of her damaged legs, plus a marked tendency to stutter since her father vanished when she was a little girl, discouraged casting herself in the title role. Susan was an excellent stand in.I counted 27 songs that were sung. Would have been nice if there was more dancing and complex sets. With just a couple of exceptions, they were sung in the order given in the 'Soundtracks' of this website section. The last 10 songs listed, plus the unlisted "My Indiana Home" constitute the finale medley. This essentially functions as a salute to the American spirit and to a sampling of states and cities. It begins and ends with "America the Beautiful"... Near the beginning of the film, David Wayne and Max Showalter do a comical vaudevillian act to "Hoe that Corn". Some of the songs Susan/Jane sing include "Get Happy", "Blue Moon", "Embraceable You", "Tea for Two" "It's a Good Day", "They're either too Young or too Old", and "I'll Walk Alone". In addition, David Wayne plays and sings "Montpurnesse" while in Jane's hospital room.The dialogue strongly hints, but doesn't confirm, that Jane's first marriage is essentially finished, and that John Burn: the copilot who rescued her from the plane crash, would be the successor. Apparently, she wasn't actually too passionate about her first husband, and came to see John Burns as her real soul mate. Historically, this would last only a few years, before she found her 3rd husband.Available free at YouTube, in glorious Technicolor.

jkucharik The story of Jane Froman, a remarkable woman and radio personality of the 1930s & 40s, who faced much tragedy in her own life, but selflessly dedicated herself to making others happy through her music, particularly the wounded troops fighting in World War II. An excellent and moving story, but the music is the key success to this film. The real Jane Froman sings the many familiar songs for the entire soundtrack, though the lead is played by Miss Susan Hayward. Susan does an outstanding job of matching Jane's voice to her own movements and closely resembles Miss Froman in physical appearance. It is difficult to realize it is not really Susan singing herself! The orchestration behind Miss Froman is outstanding! Lush strings and full rich background music accompany her unmistakable voice. After this movie was released, Capitol Records released a so-called "soundtrack" album (LP) in the 1950s - however it is a studio version of all the songs in the movie. I have in my collection, both the original 12" LP and the 78RPM box-set recordings. The keen ear will note important differences on the record from the film.....and while it is generally a nice recording - it lacks the "uumph" of the real film music and is disappointing. They have since re-released this collection on CD. With today's technology, I see no reason why the real-film music can't be extracted and recorded onto CD directly from the movie soundtrack...but what do I know?! Watch this movie if you want good solid G-rated entertainment that does not have any of today's garbage in it! You won't be sorry - and (like me) you may wish you had lived during those days of great music, when people had pride and respect for their country and others. Unfortunately, I'm 46 so I missed that era entirely.