Does anyone know the name of the piano composition played by Dorothy McGuire in this film, "The Enchanted Cottage" (1945).
I recognized the melody, but I do not know the name of it or the composer. It's a very familiar melody.
Polly
it's one of chopins etudes
shareThank you, olebuttermilksky5, for answering my question.
Chopin is one of my favorite composers.
I understand that he wrote for piano only.
The piano is my favorite instrument.
Polly
I was told it was a Variation on Chopin taken from Arnie Sucksdorf's "Scurrilous Sonata."
Nothing exists more beautifully than nothing.
its Etude in c sharp minor, op. 10 no. 3, to be exact. by chopin
I was interested in finding this peice as well, and I did ^^
The piano piece Dorothy McGuire plays is Chopin's Etude Op. 10, No. 3 in E major, not c sharp minor.
shareIt is the etude in E major, not c sharp minor.
I absolutely love that piece. I watch "The Enchanted Cottage" for the first time last night. It was on the cable movie channel.
The actress who played Mrs. Minnett really creeped me out. She also seemed more than vaguely familiar to me. Anybody know what else she was in?
Seems almost a shame to remember for it, considering she did so very much more, but she was the other of the 'Snoop Sisters' alongside Helen Hayes in the 1970's TV series by that name.
shareShe also played Griselda the witch in "The Court Jester". She was the lady who recited the famous "pellet with the poison" line.
shareMrs. Minnett "creeped you out"? You must have ignored the reason why she appeared to be a stern, bitter widow. She lost her husband during WW I. "Do you know what loneliness is, real lonelieness? I thought you might." And you also ignored her support to Laura and Oliver. She saw them discover each other and enabled them to fall in love. I found her character to be extremely sympathetic and understanding of what the enchanted cottage could be to the right couple. Mildred Natwick was well-cast. "E. Cottage" is a good example of the romantic films that appealed to young couples during WW II - and the theme of coping with returning vets. with disabilities from the war.
P. Martin
I've always loved Mildred Natwick; among many other roles, she also played Jane Fonda's mother in "Barefoot in the Park."
shareChopin's Etude in c sharp minor, op. 10, no. 3, has been recorded popularly as "No Other Love," and lyrics have been put to it. I have a 45 rpm record with Jo Stafford's beautiful rendition from about 1950. Flip side, the equally lovely "Sometime."
shareI just wanted to say that I thought the "Enchanted Piano" theme played during the credits and as a piano solo by Herbert Marshall was also lovely. It reminded me of "Stella by Starlight" in THE UNINVITED.
Dorothy McGuire was always a favorite actress of mine, espcially here in THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE and in A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN. Sadly, she died virtually unnoticed, a couple days after 09/11. She was not even included in the Academy Awards' tribute to those who passed away that year.
Hillary Brooke is also interesting. She always played beautiful, haughty society women, as Beatrice Alexander in THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE, but never became an A-list actress. Other than one-time TV appearances, Her career pretty much ended playing straight-woman to Abbott & Costello.
Thank you for the post, pmitch.
Too bad they forgot about Dorothy McGuire.
But many of us haven't forgotten her.
Polly
It's the Chopin piece that Serge Gainsbourg used in Lemon Incest. What a ripe movie - slightly odd plot device with the parental threat, but apart from that, luvvly.
shareNobody has gotten it right up to today. It is, of course, Etude in E-flat major, opus 10, number 3 by Fryderyk (Frederic for Francophiles) Chopin.
By the way, it was used extensively in the Jane Wyman version (1954) of Magnificent Obsession. Unfortunately, this version doesn't hold a candle to the Irene Dunne version of 1935, but I am always enchanted with Chopin's most beautiful air.
As to Mildred Natwick, she had a small but nice role in 3 Godfathers (1948 version) one of John Wayne's most touching movies.
The piece was also the centerpiece for the film Max and Helen. It is haunting.
shareThank you, fantom.
Polly
Yes, what everyone else said; and I learned how to play it because
of this movie. My three favourite piano pieces are this, Brahms
Rhapsody for piano in G minor, and Liszt's Leibestraum.
Dorothy McGuire was lovely and she had a beautiful voice. I
love the scene where she touches the names carved on the
window and talks to them.
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It's Etude in E Major by Chopin, Op. 13, tristesse (French for sadness) it's often referred to as, although Chopin never coined this name himself. One of my favorite classical piano pieces ever!
I don't remember if she played anything else.