This gives Night And Day and Words And Music a run for their money in the least-like-the-truth bio-pic stakes in fact virtually the only thing actually authentic is the music that really was written by someone named Frederic Chopin who had only a name in common with the character played by Cornel Wilde here. The music, of course, is magnificent even when truncated and played by the very bush league Jose Iturbi when none of the heavy hitters - Rubinstein etc - would touch it. Paul Muni (who shares top billing with Merle Oberon, neither of whom played Chopin, go figure) gives a Master-Class in over-the-top screen acting whilst what acting honors there are are divided equally between Merle Oberon as George Sand and third-billed Cornel Wilde as Chopin. Worth watching if only for the music.
Review of A Song to Remember
