---
title: 'Mad About Music (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bruce Manning'
released: '1938-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Music'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mad-about-music-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030395/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mad About Music (1938)

1938 · 98 min · Music, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Mad About Music is a 1938 American musical film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall, and Gail Patrick. Based on a story by Marcella Burke and Frederick Kohner, the film is about a girl at an exclusive boarding school who invents an exciting father. When her schoolmates doubt his existence, she has to produce him. Mad About Music received Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Music, and Best Original Story.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bruce Manning](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-manning), [Norman Taurog](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-taurog), [Joe Pasternak](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-pasternak)
- **Screenplay:** [Felix Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/felix-jackson), [Bruce Manning](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-manning)
- **Producer:** [Joe Pasternak](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-pasternak)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Charles Previn](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-previn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph A. Valentine](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-a-valentine)

## Cast

- [Jack Mulhall](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-mulhall)
- [Christian Rub](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-rub)
- [Herbert Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-marshall)
- [Martha O'Driscoll](https://cinepixo.com/people/martha-o-driscoll)
- [Arthur Treacher](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-treacher)
- [Gail Patrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/gail-patrick)
- [Elisabeth Risdon](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-risdon)
- [Deanna Durbin](https://cinepixo.com/people/deanna-durbin)
- [Bert Roach](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-roach)
- [Nana Bryant](https://cinepixo.com/people/nana-bryant)
- [John Sutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-sutton)
- [Sid Grauman](https://cinepixo.com/people/sid-grauman)
- [Franklin Pangborn](https://cinepixo.com/people/franklin-pangborn)
- [William Frawley](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-frawley)
- [Don Brodie](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-brodie)

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