
144 minutes
2/28/1947
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.

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
Gregor Piatigorsky
as Gregor Piatigorsky
Risë Stevens
as Risë Stevens
Artur Rodzinski
as Artur Rodzinski

Arthur Rubinstein
as Arthur Rubinstein
Jan Peerce
as Jan Peerce

Ezio Pinza
as Ezio Pinza

Jascha Heifetz
as Jascha Heifetz

Fritz Reiner
as Fritz Reiner

Vaughn Monroe
as Vaughn Monroe

Leopold Stokowski
as Leopold Stokowski

Harry James
as Harry James
Emile Boreo
as Henry

Eole Galli
as Katinka