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Adaptation of
Maurice Guest
1908
single work
novel
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1954...
1954
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Louise Durant is a rich young woman who follows the man she loves (and hopes to marry) to Zurich, where he has travelled to finish his study of the violin. Complications arise when a fellow piano student at the conservatory falls madly in love with Louise. The violinist loves his music first and Louise second, while the pianist loves Louise first and his music second. Louise must ultimately choose which man she wants. Inspired by Henry Handel Richardson's 1908 novel, this Hollywood adaptation see the story end happily, which is not the case in Richardson's novel.
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Husband and wife screenwriters Ruth and Augustus Goetz adapted the original story. The screenplay was written by another husband-and-wife team, Fay and Michael Kanin.
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