Spring Parade
1940In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. It says that she will meet someone important and is destined for a happy marriage. Afterward she gets a job as a baker's assistant. She then meets a handsome army drummer who secretly dreams of becoming a famous composer and conductor. Unfortunately the military forbids the young corporal to create his own music. But then Ilonka secretly sends one of the drummer's waltzes to the Austrian Emperor with his weekly order of pastries. Her act paves the way toward the tuneful and joyous fulfillment of the gypsy's prediction.
Acted in
Deanna Durbin
as Ilonka Tolnay
Robert Cummings
as Corporal Harry Marten
Mischa Auer
as Gustav
Henry Stephenson
as Emperor Franz Joseph
S.Z. Sakall
as Latislav Teschek - the Baker
Walter Catlett
as Headwaiter
Anne Gwynne
as Jenny
Peggy Moran
as Archduchess Irene
Reginald Denny
as The Major
Kenneth Brown
as Moritz
Billy Lenhart
as Max
Franklin Pangborn
as Wiedlemeyer
Edward Gargan
as Inga - the Fortune Teller
Wade Boteler
as Sergeant
Samuel S. Hinds
as Von Zimmel
Leon Belasco
as Violinist Orchestra Leader
Eddie Acuff
as Earl (uncredited)
John Banner
as Cymbalist (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
as Waiter Who Spills Tray (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
as Colonel (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
as Townswoman (uncredited)
George O'Hanlon
as Peasant (uncredited)
Morgan Wallace
as Frederick - Aide-de-Camp (uncredited)
Kathryn Adams
as Girl with Fortune Teller
Herbert Ashley
as Detective
Michael Audley
as Hans
Frank Austin
as Customer
Polly Bailey
as Minnie
Vangie Beilby
as Townswoman
Stanley Blystone
as Detective
Harry C. Bradley
as Mandate
Jack Chefe
as Josef - Waiter
Dora Clement
as Mrs. Tressler
Polly Connell
as Townswoman
Virginia Engels
as Girl in Cafe
William Gould
as Chief of Detectives
Ernest Grooney
as Townsman
Grace Hayle
as Mrs. Burkhart
Herbert Heywood
as Sepp - Wagon Driver
Fay Holderness
as Townswoman
Maynard Holmes
as Bugler
Paul Hurst
as Headwaiter
Claire James
as Cafe Customer
Frank Jaquet
as Detective
Sheldon Jett
as Policeman
Sidney Kibrick
as Boy
Leslie Kaye
as Townswoman
Carl M. Leviness
as Townsman
Jack Lomas
as Customer
Aubrey Mather
as Baron
Eric Mayne
as Nobleman
Gene Morgan
as Waiter
Tony Paton
as Waiter
Joe Ploski
as Townsman
Thomas Pogue
as Customer
Eddie Polo
as Cafe Proprietor
Ronald R. Rondell
as Restaurant Patron
Sam Savitsky
as Nobleman
Frank Sully
as Bert - Shawl Salesman
Henry Victor
as Dutch Officer
Douglas Wood
as General