Lawrence tibbett & grace moore
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New Moon (1930 film)
1930 film
New Moon is a 1930 black-and-white American, pre-Code romantic/drama/melodrama musical film version of the operettaThe New Moon, with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and others.
The original stage version premiered on Broadway in 1928.
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A second adaptation, also titled New Moon, was released in 1940. To avoid confusion with the later version, the film was shown on television as Parisian Belle.[1]
The 1930 film, directed by Jack Conway, starred Grace Moore and Lawrence Tibbett.
Its plot is entirely different from the original play and is set in Russia. This version added new songs not by Romberg.
Lawrence tibbett & grace moore
Plot
New Moon is the name of a ship crossing the Caspian Sea. A young man named Lt. Petroff meets Princess Tanya and they have a ship-board romance. Upon arriving at the port of Krasnov, Petroff learns that Tanya is engaged to Governor Brusiloff.
Petroff, disillusioned, crashes the ball to ta