The Ludwig Van Picture Show.//Marie Galante

The second May date for music and films at the Palazzo Cini at San Vio features Marie Galante, a film by Henry King based on a novel and a play by Jaques Deval, with Spencer Tracy, Ketti Gallina and Helen Morgan.
In terms of genre this film has a bit of everything: it is basically melodrama but sways between thriller, gangster film, dagger-and-cloak, and detective story, all sauced up as a musical because of the very obtrusive soundtrack, mainly inspired by seedy night clubs.
The overall production was also a successful attempt to launch Ketti Gallina as a diva and kick-start the career of a very youthful Spencer Tracy.
Free entrance