---
title: 'Bitter Sweet (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'W. S. Van Dyke'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bitter-sweet-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032256/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bitter Sweet (1940)

1940 · 94 min · Comedy, Music, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Bitter Sweet is a 1940 American Technicolor musical film directed by W. S. Van Dyke, based on the operetta Bitter Sweet by Noël Coward. It was nominated for two Academy Awards, one for Best Cinematography and the other for Best Art Direction by Cedric Gibbons and John S. Detlie.

## Credits

- **Director:** [W. S. Van Dyke](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-s-van-dyke)
- **Screenplay:** [Noël Coward](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-coward), [Lesser Samuels](https://cinepixo.com/people/lesser-samuels)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Noël Coward](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-coward)
- **Producer:** [Victor Saville](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-saville)
- **Director of Photography:** [Oliver T. Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-t-marsh)
- **Editor:** [Harold F. Kress](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-f-kress)

## Cast

- [Ian Hunter](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-hunter)
- [Edward Ashley-Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-ashley-cooper)
- [Herman Bing](https://cinepixo.com/people/herman-bing)
- [Jeanette MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanette-macdonald)
- [Janet Beecher](https://cinepixo.com/people/janet-beecher)
- [Greta Meyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/greta-meyer)
- [Sig Ruman](https://cinepixo.com/people/sig-ruman)
- [Diana Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/diana-lewis)
- [Jean De Briac](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-de-briac)
- [Fay Holden](https://cinepixo.com/people/fay-holden)
- [Nelson Eddy](https://cinepixo.com/people/nelson-eddy)
- [Veda Ann Borg](https://cinepixo.com/people/veda-ann-borg)
- [George Sanders](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-sanders)
- [Curt Bois](https://cinepixo.com/people/curt-bois)
- [Lynne Carver](https://cinepixo.com/people/lynne-carver)

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