The Cat and the Fiddle (film)

The Cat and the Fiddle
Directed byWilliam K. Howard
Sam Wood (uncredited)
Written byOtto A. Harbach (book)
Bella Spewack (screenplay)
Produced byBernard H. Hyman
StarringRamon Novarro
Jeanette MacDonald
CinematographyCharles G. Clarke
Ray Rennahan
Harold Rosson
Edited byFrank Hull
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • February 16, 1934 (1934-02-16)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$843,000
Box office$455,000 (Domestic earnings)
$644,000 (Foreign earnings)

The Cat and the Fiddle is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic musical film directed by William K. Howard. It is based on the hit 1931 Broadway musical of the same name by Jerome Kern and Otto A. Harbach, about a romance between a struggling composer and an American singer. The film stars Ramon Novarro and Jeanette MacDonald in her MGM debut.