Chopin composed some of the best music that was ever heard on this planet. On instructions after his death, Chopin's body was buried in his adopted city of Paris, but his heart was removed and buried in Poland. Though Poland was not a nation for about 130 years, the people in the various countries that occupied Polish soil never forgot they were a nation and would be one again. In real life Fredric Chopin had no conflict between his art and his politics. Oberon and Sand were both known to get around in their day. The male trousers of George Sand fit Oberon quite well. No acting involved for Merle Oberon as novelist George Sand. Nina Foch who played Chopin's sister speaks of Muni's kindness and encouragement to her to stretch herself as an artist. It's not his finest hour on the screen, though I love to see him in anything.
As a result Muni was criticized for overacting his role of Joseph Elzner, Chopin's teacher and mentor. If she said a take was no good, Muni had them do it over.
Muni did EVERYTHING with his wife and she really was his best critic. Harry Cohn in his infinite wisdom also banned Bella Muni from the set of A Song to Remember. Wilde who had admired Muni as an actor and looked forward to working with him was miffed to say the least. Which disappointed Muni and he made no secret of it to Wilde. Cornel Wilde who had enlisted earlier got out earlier and when the Chopin project was ready to roll he was assigned the part.
But in 1943 Ford went into the Marines and didn't return to Hollywood until 1946. While he was at Columbia where this film turned out to be the second of three he did there, he formed a friendship with Glenn Ford. Paul Muni was a great actor, but sometimes could be very difficult. But he's the one that came away with the Oscar nomination for Best Actor. Cornel Wilde had to settle for third place behind Paul Muni and Merle Oberon.
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For a movie that's about the life of Fredric Chopin the guy who's playing Chopin gets third billing in the film.
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