Song of Love (1947)

SONG OF LOVE  (1947)  ¢ ¢ ¢
    D: Clarence Brown
    Katharine Hepburn, Paul Henreid, Robert Walker,
    Henry Daniell, Else Janssen, Leo G. Carroll
An admittedly fanciful musical biopic in which Johannes Brahms moves in with Robert Schumann, his wife Clara, their beleaguered housekeeper and their seven kids. Robert and Clara are eternally devoted to each other, but then Brahms falls for Clara, and she kind of likes him, too. Some longing looks are exchanged, but that's as far as it goes, and much beautiful music gets made. Hepburn doesn't actually play the piano in this, but she makes it look convincing. Her fingers appear to be hitting the right keys, and her hands are flying. Henry Daniell, for whom the word "reserved" was probably invented, gives one of his more animated performances as the caustic, grandstanding Franz Liszt.