Overview
A young Irishwoman comes to the United States to live and work with her mother as a cleaning lady at Carnegie Hall. She becomes attached to the place as the people she meets there gradually shape her life. The film also includes a variety of performances from some of the foremost musical artists of the times: conductors Bruno Walter & Leopold Stokowski, solists Arthur Rubinstein & Jascha Haifetz, singers Lily Pons & Jan Peerce and bandleader Vaughn Monroe among many others.
Cast
- Marsha Hunt as Nora Ryan
- William Prince as Tony Salerno Jr.
- Frank McHugh as John Donovan
- Martha O'Driscoll as Ruth Haines
- Hans Járay as Tony Salerno Sr.
- Olin Downes as Olin Downes
- Joseph Buloff as Anton Tribik
- Walter Damrosch as Walter Damrosch
- Bruno Walter as Bruno Walter
- Lily Pons as Lily Pons