Deep in My Heart (1954) is an MGM biographical musical about the life of composer Sigmund Romberg. Leonard Spigelglass adapted the film from Elliott Arnold's 1949 biography of the same name. Stanley Donen directed and Eugene Loring choreographed. José Ferrer played Romberg, with support from Helen Traubel and Merle Oberon. 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... Sigmund Romberg (July 29, 1887 – November 9, 1951) was an American composer best known for his operettas. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Stanley Donen (born April 13, 1924) is an American film director and choreographer hailed by David Quinlan as the King of the Hollywood musicals. His most famous work is Singin In The Rain, which he co-directed with Gene Kelly. ... José Ferrer José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón (January 8, 1909 – January 26, 1992), was an actor and film director, born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. ... Helen Traubel (June 16, 1899-July 28, 1972), was an American operatic soprano, best known for her Wagnerian roles, especially that of Brünnhilde. ... Actress Merle Oberon in Berlin Express (1948) Merle Oberon (February 19, 1911 – November 23, 1979), born Estelle Merle OBrien Thompson, was a film actress, known for her sultry looks. ...

The film primarily consists of a series of cameo turns by nearly every significant singer or dancer on the MGM lot at the time, including Cyd Charisse, Rosemary Clooney, Vic Damone, Howard Keel, Gene Kelly and his brother Fred Kelly (their only on-screen appearance together), Tony Martin, Ann Miller, James Mitchell, Jane Powell, and the ballerina Tamara Toumanova. Robert Easton and Russ Tamblyn both make uncredited appearances. Cyd Charisse Cyd Charisse is an American dancer and actress. ... Rosemary Clooney on the cover of her 2000 collection 16 Biggest Hits Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American popular singer and actress. ... Vic Damone (born June 12, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American singer. ... Howard Keel on the tv show dallas Howard Keel, born Harry Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919–November 7, 2004) was an American actor who starred in many of the classic film musicals of the 1950s. ... Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996), better known as Gene Kelly, was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... There are several notable people named Tony Martin: There is an English farmer named Tony Martin who was imprisoned for fatally shooting a burglar. ... Ann Miller was born on April 12, 1923 (some sources still indicate 1919) and died on January 22, 2004. ... James Mitchell, in a still from All My Children. ... Jane Powell (born April 1, 1928) is an American actress. ... Tamara Toumanova (1919-1996) was one of the greatest ballerinas. ... Robert Easton, born Sunderland, 8 June 1898, was a British bass of the mid twentieth century. ... Russ Tamblyn (born 30 December 1934 in Los Angeles, California) is an actor. ...

Although a box-office success in 1954, the film has never been released on DVD in the United States; it does exist in VHS and laserdisc formats (both currently out of print). The soundtrack, however, was made available on iTunes in 2006. DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... Top view VHS cassette with U.S. 25c coin for scale Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed The Video Home System, better known by its abbreviation VHS or simply as Video, is a recording and playing standard for video cassette recorders (VCRs), developed by JVC (with some... Pioneers LaserDisc Logo Laserdisc certification mark The laserdisc (LD) was the first commercial optical disc storage medium, and was used primarily for the presentation of movies. ... The French iTunes law is the nickname given by some Anglo-American news sources to the DADVSI act. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Further reading

• Silverman, Stephen M. Dancing on the Ceiling: Stanley Donen and his Movies. New York: Knopf, 1996. ISBN 0679414126.

External links

• Deep in My Heart at the Internet Movie Database
• Cyd Charisse and James Mitchell in Deep in My Heart