Loading movie…

Broken Strings · LeviOsa

Broken Strings key art

Broken Strings

MusicDrama1h

🍅100%

🍅

100%

Tomatometer

4.8

TMDB

Storyline

After noted violinist Arthur Williams suffers a hand injury which ends his playing career, his hopes are transferred to his son, who prefers swing music to classical.

Trailers

Broken Strings trailer thumbnail

Official Trailer

Details

DirectorBernard B. Ray

ReleasedMar 25, 1940

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Studios

L.C. Borden ProductionsGoldport Productions

Cast

Clarence Muse

Clarence Muse

Arthur Williams

Sybil Lewis

Sybil Lewis

Grace Williams

Tommie Moore

Mary

William Washington

John Williams

Matthew Beard

Matthew Beard

Dickey Morley

Pete Webster

Gus Stevens

Edward Thompson

Sam Stilton

Buck Woods

Fred Stilton

Darby Jones

Darby Jones

Stringbeans

Jess Lee Brooks

Dr. Matson

Earl Morris

Earl Wells

Cecile Stevens

Herself

Reviews

6 reviews · 5 critics

5 fresh · 0 rotten

P

Penelope Gilliatt

RTThe New YorkerMar 2, 2024

An affecting social melodrama.

J

Jonathan Rosenbaum

RTChicago ReaderApr 17, 2009

Bernard Ray's 1940 "race movie," made for segregated black audiences, is hokey but relatively touching and professional for its genre.

F

Film Daily Staff

RTThe Film DailyDec 7, 2020

As conceived the piece carries a fair degree of heart or emotion. Considering the fact that it was made on the independent type of budget, it is reasonably well handled... Clarence Muse heads a capable cast.

E

Earl J. Morris

RTPittsburgh CourierDec 2, 2020

Broken Strings is an artistic triumph!

You Might Also Like

Reign Over Me

Riot V - Live In Japan 2018

Peter Maffay: Extratour Live 2013 - Loreley

The Young Girls of Rochefort

Mr. Holland's Opus

The Allman Brothers Band: Idlewild South

Pixies: Doolittle

Sex Pistols: Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols

Sam Cooke: Portrait Of A Legend

Viva Las Vegas

Femi Kuti: Live at the Shrine

Eddie Cochran & Friends: C'mon Everybody

Recommended for you

Battle of the Year

Coda

Honey: Rise Up and Dance

A Late Quartet

Clika

Too Late Blues

Teen Spirit

Mo' Better Blues

Beyond the Sea

My Dinner with Hervé

Hounddog

Information

Title

Broken Strings

Released

Mar 25, 1940

Rated

Not rated

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h

Status

Released

Studios

L.C. Borden Productions, Goldport Productions

Born to Be Blue