For the 2009 film about drag artists, see Jolly Fellows (2009 film).
Jolly Fellows
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Grigori Aleksandrov
Written by
Grigori Aleksandrov Nikolai Erdman
Starring
Lyubov Orlova Leonid Utyosov
Cinematography
Vladimir Nilsen
Music by
Isaak Dunayevsky
Production company
Mosfilm
Release date
1934 (1934)
Running time
96 minutes
Country
Soviet Union
Language
Russian
Jolly Fellows (Russian: Весёлые ребята, romanized: Vesyolye rebyata), also translated as Happy-Go-Lucky Guys, Moscow Laughs and Jazz Comedy, is a 1934 Soviet musical film, directed by Grigori Aleksandrov and starring his wife Lyubov Orlova, a gifted singer and the first recognized star of Soviet cinema.[1][2]
The script was written by Aleksandrov, Vladimir Mass, and Nikolai Erdman (whose father briefly appears on screen as a German music teacher). It features several songs which instantly became classics across the Soviet Union. The most famous song — "Kak mnogo devushek khoroshikh" (Such a lot of nice girls) — enjoyed international fame, covered as "Serdtse" (Heart) by Pyotr Leshchenko. Music was by Isaak Dunayevsky, the lyrics were written by the Soviet poet Vasily Lebedev-Kumach.
Both Orlova and her co-star, the jazz singer and comic actor Leonid Utyosov, were propelled to stardom after this movie.
^Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 309. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
^Jay Leyda (1960). Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. George Allen & Unwin. pp. 307–308.
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