The difference between an upper berth and a lower berth. is the difference between talent and genius. George, thinking: Got to make time. Got to make time. Got to make time. Got to make time. Got to make time. Got to make time. Got to make time. Got to make time...

Description: George Gershwin is a driven composer whose need to succeed destroys his relationship with singer Julie Adams and socialite Christine Gilbert.

Cast:
George Gershwin: Robert Alda
Julie Adams: Joan Leslie
Christine Gilbert: Alexis Smith
Max Dreyfus: Charles Coburn
Lee Gershwin: Julie Bishop
Prof. Franck: Albert Bassermann
Morris Gershwin: Morris Carnovsky
Rose Gershwin: Rosemary DeCamp
Oscar Levant: Oscar Levant
Paul Whiteman: Paul Whiteman
Al Jolson: Al Jolson
George White: George White
Hazel Scott: Hazel Scott
Bess: Anne Brown
Ira Gershwin: Herbert Rudley
Hughes: John B. Hughes
George Gershwin as a Boy: Mickey Roth
Ira Gershwin as a Boy: Darryl Hickman
Mr. Kast: Charles Halton
Mr. Million: Andrew Tombes
Mr. Katzman: Gregory Golubeff
Mr. Muscatel: Walter Soderling
Buddy De Sylva: Eddie Marr
Foley: Theodore von Eltz
Herbert Stone: Bill Kennedy
Maurice Ravel: Oscar Loraine
Dancer: Johnny Downs
Otto Kahn: Ernest Golm
Jascha Heifetz: Martin Noble
Walter Damrosch: Hugo Kirchhoffer
Rachmaninoff: Will Wright
Customer in Bakery: Ernie Adams
Theatre Patron: Count Stefenelli
Singer: Arnet Amos
Party Guest: Joan Winfield
Bootblack: LeRoi Antoine
Concert Spectator: Scott Seaton
Song Plugger: Joe Sullivan
Guest: Georges Renavent
Painter: Carl Neubert
Nightclub Patron: Norman Stevans
Restaurant Patron: Loretta Russell
Henry Busse: Henry Busse
Tap Dancer at Remick's: Gower Champion
Headwaiter: Jack Chefe
Hotel Concierge: Gino Corrado
Hotel Clerk: Armand Cortes
Porter: Fred Dosch
Music Critic: John Dilson
Chorus Boy: Shep Houghton
Waiter: William J. O'Brien
Guest at Party: Leota Lorraine
Clarinetist: Al Gallodoro
Porgy: William Gillespie
Coachman: Jesse Graves
Music Teacher: Walter White Jr.
Theatre Manager: Edward Harvey
Sport: Bobby Johnson
Nightclub Guest: Ivan Lebedeff
Taxicab Driver: Jacques Lory
Blue Monday Dancer: Bob Mascagno
Elsa Maxwell: Elsa Maxwell
Woman in window combing little girl's hair: Esther Michelson
Vi in Blue Monday Number: Milada Mladova
Tall Man: 'Big' Ben Moroz
Trombonist: Buddy Morrow
Newsboy: John Morton
Madame DeBreteuil: Odette Myrtil
Other Woman: Nellie V. Nichols
Observer on Street: Anton Northpole
Orchestra Leader: Jay Novello
Butler: Broderick O'Farrell
Ballet Dancer: George Zoritch
Tom Patyricola - Somebody Love Me Number: Tom Patricola
Man in Turkish Bath: Frank Pharr
Telephone Operator: Lillian Porter
Comic: George Riley
Card Player in 'Summertime' Sequence: Bertha Woolford
Swedish Janitor: Christian Rub
Cashier: Virginia Sale
Masseur: Sam Savitsky
Piano Player: Harry Seymour
Christine's Escort: Robert Shayne
Steve: Mark Stevens
Blackface Singer: Harry Stockwell
Pianist: Ray Turner
Joe in Blue Monday Number: Willard Van Simmons
Doctor: Charles Waldron
Stagehand: Tom Wilson
Tinker:

Written by: Sonya Levien, Howard Koch, Elliot Paul

Director: Irving Rapper

Production: Warner Bros. Pictures

Release date: 22 Sep 1945