The Magnificent Yankee (1950 film)
The Magnificent Yankee is a 1950 American biographical film adapted by Emmet Lavery from his play of the same title, which was in turn adapted from the book Mr. Justice Holmes by Francis Biddle. The story examines the life of United States Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The film was made on a relatively small budget but only earned 487,000 in the US and Canada and 76,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss to MGM of 471,000.For his score for this film David Raksin incorporated the songs The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Auld Lang Syne, and a portion of A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square. Raksin also conducted the score. ........
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