Under Your Spell (1936)

Directors

Otto Preminger

Cast

Ann Gillis, Arthur Treacher, Berton Churchill, Creighton Hale, Edmund Mortimer, Florence Wix, George Magrill, Gregory Gaye, Gregory Ratoff, Jack Mulhall, Jay Eaton, John Dilson, Josef Swickard, Joyce Compton, Lawrence Tibbett, Lynn Bari, Madge Bellamy, Pierre Watkin, Theodore von Eltz, Wendy Barrie

The story

New York City opera star Anthony Allen lives a privileged but controlled life, recording hit songs and drawing large crowds to performances while existing in constant strain with his agent Petroff, who imposes on him a stressful performance schedule and a near-constant chain of vacuous promotional stunts. Chicago socialite Cynthia Drexel sees Allen perform in a production of Gounod's Faust and makes a bet with her longtime suitor, the Count Raul du Rienne: either she can make the notoriously unavailable Allen sing at a private party, or else she will marry him. After the show, Drexel makes a deal with Petroff, offering him $15,000…

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