Mark Zimmer
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This post is completely OT, but this thread seemed to be my best chance of getting an answer from someone who might be able to identify this old movie.
My mom wants to find a movie she saw when she was a kid, so it's probably mid-1940s, possibly later. The story line involved an old man who was a classical composer who never was able to get anything published or performed. His son or son-in-law took his compositions and turned them into ragtime and tin pan alley songs and made a big pile of money, but was disowned by the old man. In the end, the son arranged for a performance of the old man's music, straight and the two were reconciled, cue the violins.
Anyone have any idea what this is? She doesn't recollect the title or actors, though she knows that it was populated with character actors that she'd seen in other things, so it was probably a release from one of the major studios.
Thanks for any help or suggestions anyone can give. I've tried this as an independent thread a couple times but never received any responses.
My mom wants to find a movie she saw when she was a kid, so it's probably mid-1940s, possibly later. The story line involved an old man who was a classical composer who never was able to get anything published or performed. His son or son-in-law took his compositions and turned them into ragtime and tin pan alley songs and made a big pile of money, but was disowned by the old man. In the end, the son arranged for a performance of the old man's music, straight and the two were reconciled, cue the violins.
Anyone have any idea what this is? She doesn't recollect the title or actors, though she knows that it was populated with character actors that she'd seen in other things, so it was probably a release from one of the major studios.
Thanks for any help or suggestions anyone can give. I've tried this as an independent thread a couple times but never received any responses.