With a Song in My Heart (1952)

With a Song in My Heart is a 1952 biographical film about actress and singer Jane Froman, who was in a airplane crash on February 22, 1943, when the Boeing 314 Pan American Clipper flying boat she was on crash landed in the Tagus River near Lisbon, Portugal, but was still able to entertain the troops in World War II. Cast: Susan Hayward (pictured above), Rory Calhoun, David Wayne, Thelma Ritter, Robert Wagner, Helen Westcott and Una Merkel. Froman herself was Hayward's singing voice.

The movie was written by Lamar Trotti and directed by Walter Lang.

It won the Academy Award for Original Music Score and was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Susan Hayward, Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Thelma Ritter), Best Costume Design, Color and Best Sound, Recording.



Jane Froman (pictured to the left),was a singer and actress. During her thirty-year career, Froman performed on stage, radio and television, despite injuries that she received in a 1943 plane crash. She performed in the movies: Kissing Time (1933), Stars Over Broadway (1935) and Radio City Revels (1938). Froman's life story was the subject of the movie With a Song in My Heart (1952), starring Susan Hayward as Froman. Froman was deeply involved in the film's production: she supplied Hayward’s singing voice and was the film's technical advisor. The Capitol album of songs from the movie was the number one best-selling album of 1952. DRG recently issued the album on a compact disc along with the 1952 original cast album of Pal Joey. A CD called Jane Froman on Capitol is a collection of her Capitol Records singles and tracks from albums. She also performed on stage in Las Vegas.

Soundtracks:
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"WITH A SONG IN MY HEART"
Written by Richard Rodgers (1929)
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Sung offscreen by Jane Froman
Reprised by Susan Hayward (voice dubbed by Jane Froman) and Richard Allan

"HOE THAT CORN"
Written by Max Showalter and Jack Woodford
Performed by Max Showalter and David Wayne

"THAT OLD FEELING"
Written by Sammy Fain
Lyrics by Lew Brown
Introduced in Vogues of 1938 (1937)
Performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman)

"JIM'S TOASTY PEANUTS"
Written by Ken Darby
Performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman) and trio

"I'M THRU WITH LOVE"
Written by Fud Livingston and Matty Malneck (1931)
Lyrics by Gus Kahn
Performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman)

"GET HAPPY"
Written by Harold Arlen (1930)
Lyrics by Ted Koehler
Performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman)

"BLUE MOON"
Written by Richard Rodgers (1930)
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman) and chorus

"ON THE GAY WHITE WAY"
Written by Ralph Rainger
Lyrics by Leo Robin
Introduced in My Gal Sal (1942)
Performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman) with quartet

"THE RIGHT KIND"
Written by Alfred Newman
Lyrics by Don George and Charles Henderson
Introduced in Road House (1948)
Performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman), danced with Richard Allan

"HOME ON THE RANGE"
Composition attributed to Daniel E. Kelly (1904)
Lyrics attributed to Brewster M. Higley (1873)
Performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman), Leif Erickson,
Helen Westcott

"MONTPARNASSE"
Written by Alfred Newman
Lyrics by Eliot Daniel
Sung by David Wayne

"EMBRACEABLE YOU"
Written by George Gershwin (1930)
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman) with Robert Wagner

"TEA FOR TWO"
Written by Vincent Youmans (1925)
Lyrics by Irving Caesar
Performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman) with Robert Wagner

"IT'S A GOOD DAY"
Written by Peggy Lee and Dave Barbour (1947)
Performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman)

"THEY'RE EITHER TOO YOUNG OR TOO OLD"
Written by Arthur Schwartz
Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Introduced in Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman)

"I'LL WALK ALONE"
Written by Jule Styne (1944)
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman) with Robert Wagner

"AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL"
Written by Samuel A. Ward
Lyrics by Katherine Lee Bates
Performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman) and chorus
Part of American Medley

"WONDERFUL HOME SWEET HOME"
Written by Ken Darby
Performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman)
Part of American Medley

"GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY"
Written by George M. Cohan (1904)
Performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman)
Part of American Medley

"CHICAGO"
Written by Fred Fisher (1922)
Performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman) and chorus
Part of American Medley

"CALIFORNIA, HERE I COME"
Written by Joseph Meyer (1924)
Lyrics by Al Jolson and Buddy G. DeSylva
Performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman) and chorus
Part of American Medley

"CARRY ME BACK TO OLD VIRGINNY"
Written by James Allen Bland (1878)
Performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman)
Part of American Medley

"STEIN SONG"
(University of Maine)
Written by E.A. Fenstad (1901)
Lyrics by Lincoln Colcord (1910)
Performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman)
Part of American Medley

"INDIANA"
Written by James F. Hanley (1917)
Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald
Performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman)
Part of American Medley

"ALABAMY BOUND"
Written by Ray Henderson (1925)
Lyrics by Bud Green and Buddy G. DeSylva
Performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman)
Part of American Medley

"DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS"
Written by Don Swander (1941)
Lyrics by June Hershey (1941)
Performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman)
Part of American Medley

"DIXIE"
Written by Daniel Decatur Emmett (1859)
Performed by Susan Hayward (dubbed by Jane Froman)
Part of American Medley