They Shall Have Music

The THRILL of great music... the LAUGHTER of youth... the TENDERNESS of age

The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the basement of a music school for poor children.

Family Music Drama

Jascha Heifetz

(Himself)

Joel McCrea

(Peter McCarthy)

Andrea Leeds

(Ann Lawson)

Gene Reynolds

(Frankie)

Walter Brennan

(Professor Lawson)

Terry Kilburn

(Limey)

Tommy Kelly

(Willie)

Porter Hall

(Mr. Flower)

Walter Tetley

(Rocks Mulligan)

Chuck Stubbs

(Fever)

Gale Sherwood

(Betty)

Alfred Newman

(Musical Director)

Mary Ruth

(Suzie)

John St. Polis

(Davis)

Alexander Schoenberg

(Menken)

Marjorie Main

(Mrs. Miller)

Arthur Hohl

(Miller)

Paul Harvey

(Heifetz' Manager)

Zero

(Sucker the Dog)

Peter Meremblum

(Peter Meremblum)

Calvin Leslie

((uncredited))

Effie Anderson

(Woman on Steps (uncredited))

Jessie Arnold

(Woman in Alley Yelling for Police (uncredited))

Arthur Aylesworth

(Detective (uncredited))

Emanuel Bay

(Accompanist for 'Hora staccato' (uncredited))

Brooks Benedict

(Man in Concert Audience (uncredited))

Richard Berres

(Cellist in Meremblum Orchestra (uncredited))

Stanley Blystone

(Policeman at Police Station (uncredited))

Morris Boltuch

(Kid in Orchestra (uncredited))

Wade Boteler

(Bill - Police Lieutenant (uncredited))

Raymond D. Bowman

(Violinist (uncredited))

Virginia Brissac

(Willie's Mother (uncredited))

Dorothy Christy

(Woman Angry at Husband Being Late (uncredited))

Charles Coleman

(Henry - Heifetz's Butler (uncredited))

Kaye Connor

(Girl in Orchestra (uncredited))

Dulcie Day

(A Woman in Line (uncredited))

Joe De Stefani

(Pawn Broker (uncredited))

Alan Edwards

(Concertgoer Throwing Tickets Away (uncredited))

Virginia Ellis

(Violinist (uncredited))

Fern Emmett

(Woman on Steps (uncredited))

James Flavin

(Police Sergeant (uncredited))

John Hamilton

(Detective (uncredited))

Robert Homans

(Policeman at Barney's Pool Room (uncredited))

Roger Imhof

(Michael - Deputy (uncredited))

Perry Ivins

(Mr. Morgam (uncredited))

Frank Jaquet

(Mr. Wallace (uncredited))

John Kelly

(Kelly (uncredited))

Ethan Laidlaw

(Film Delivery Man (uncredited))

Maude Louis

(Woman in Line (uncredited))

Mitchell Lurie

(Clarinetist in Orchestra (uncredited))

Diana Lynn

(Pianist (uncredited))

J. Farrell MacDonald

(Police Chief (uncredited))

Louis Mason

(Deputy (uncredited))

Eric Mayne

(Man in Concert Audience)

Anne O'Neal

(Woman on Steps (uncredited))

Emory Parnell

(Policeman in Rain (uncredited))

Lee Phelps

(Policeman in Auditorium (uncredited))

Edwina Pierce

(Violinist (uncredited))

Annette Ruderman

(Violinist (uncredited))

Theodore Saidenberg

(Heifetz's Accompanist (uncredited))

Wyndham Standing

(Undetermined Role (uncredited))

Paul Stanton

(Inspector Johnson (uncredited))

Elizabeth Valentine

(Undetermined Role (uncredited))

Emmett Vogan

(Police Chief's Aide (uncredited))

Bryant Washburn Jr.

(Usher in Carnegie Hall (uncredited))

Billy Wayne

(Film Delivery Man (uncredited))

Marjorie Wood

(Betty's Mother (uncredited))

Mary Louise Zeyen

(Cellist in Orchestra (uncredited))