Editing Grace Moore (section)

===Film===
[[File:Grace Moore birthplace marker.JPG|thumb|Historical marker noting Moore's birthplace in Del Rio, Tennessee]]

Attracted to [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]] in the early years of [[sound film|talking pictures]], Moore had her first screen role as [[Jenny Lind]] in the 1930 film ''[[A Lady's Morals]]'', produced for [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]] by [[Irving Thalberg]] and directed by [[Sidney Franklin (director)|Sidney Franklin]].<ref>''New York Times'', "[http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=98562 A Lady's Morals a.k.a Jenny Lind]" and Mordant Hall, "[http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?title1=Lady%27s%20Morals%2c%20A&title2=&reviewer=MORDAUNT%20HALL%2e&pdate=19301108&v_id=98562 The Swedish Nightingale] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510081746/http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?title1=Lady%27s%20Morals%2c%20A&title2=&reviewer=MORDAUNT%20HALL%2e&pdate=19301108&v_id=98562 |date=2017-05-10 }}", ''New York Times'', November 8, 1930.</ref> Later that same year she starred with the Metropolitan Opera singer [[Lawrence Tibbett]] in ''[[New Moon (1930 film)|New Moon]]'', also produced by MGM, the first screen version of [[Sigmund Romberg]]'s operetta ''[[The New Moon]]''.

After a hiatus of several years, Moore returned to Hollywood under contract to [[Columbia Pictures]], for whom she made six films. In the 1934 film ''[[One Night of Love]]'', her first film for Columbia, she portrayed a small-town girl who aspires to sing opera. For that role she was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] in 1935. She starred in 1936 as [[Empress Elisabeth of Austria]] in [[Josef von Sternberg]]'s production ''[[The King Steps Out]]''.

By this time, she was so popular that MGM was able to insist on equal billing for Moore in a projected film with [[Maurice Chevalier]], who had always enjoyed solo star billing up until then. Chevalier felt so deeply about this blow to his status that he quit Hollywood and the film was never made.<ref>''With Love, the Autobiography of Maurice Chevalier'' (Cassell, 1960), P214.</ref>

A memorable highlight of ''[[When You're in Love (film)|When You're in Love]]'' (1937) was a comic scene in which Moore donned flannel shirt and trousers and joined a 5-man band for a flamboyant rendition of [[Cab Calloway]]'s "[[Minnie the Moocher]]", complete with gestures and "hi-de-ho's", but with the lyrics slightly altered to conform with Hollywood sensibilities.<ref>Frank S. Nugent, [http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?title1=When%20You%27re%20in%20Love&title2=&reviewer=FRANK%20S%2e%20NUGENT&pdate=19370219  "'When You're in Love' Opens at the Music Hall"]{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''New York Times'', February 19, 1937.</ref> Also, she performed the popular ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' duet "Vogliatemi bene" with American tenor [[Frank Forest]] in the 1937 film ''[[I'll Take Romance (film)|I'll Take Romance]]''.

The last film that Moore made was ''[[Louise (1939 film)|Louise]]'' (1939), an abridged version of [[Gustave Charpentier]]'s opera of the same name, with spoken dialog in place of some of the original opera's music. The composer participated in the production, authorizing the cuts and changes to the [[libretto]], coaching Moore, and advising director [[Abel Gance]]. This production also featured two renowned French singers: dramatic tenor [[Georges Thill]] and basse cantante [[André Pernet]].<ref>Bel Canto Society, {{cite web|url=http://www.belcantosociety.org/store/product_info.php?products_id=180|title=''Louise'' (DVD & VHS) |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209023629/http://www.belcantosociety.org/store/product_info.php?products_id=180 |archive-date=9 February 2007}}</ref>