Paris, and the two admit they have not fallen out of love. Meanwhile, Guest is floundering, squandering Durant's money on booze — undoubtedly not getting the romantic attention he desires. Bronte is disgusted that Durant has allowed his talent to go to rot. When Durant tells her father she must divorce Guest, he urges her to wait. "Don't kick him when he is down. Help him get up first." She does. She moves back with him to Zurich and puts all of her focus on his musical development. Guest eventually secures a solo performance at the Symphony — nearly identical to Bronte's. But just prior to the important concert, Durant refuses to give him a token of herself for good luck. She insists he doesn't need her to succeed, that his talent is from his work alone. She confesses that she intends to leave with Bronte after the performance. Guest is devastated. At the concert, Guest is distraught throughout performance. He repeatedly looks at the empty chair reserved for his wife. Despite his anguish, he pulls off a standing ovation. When the crowd has gone and he is about to leave alone, he discovers Durant waiting. "I thought you were leaving." Crying, she tells him she saw the entire performance. They hug as lovers. Cast Elizabeth Taylor as Louise Durant Vittorio Gassman as Paul Bronte John Ericson as James Guest Louis Calhern as Nicholas Durant Michael Chekhov as Prof. Schuman Barbara Bates as Effie Cahill Richard Hageman as Bruno Fürst Richard Lupino as Otto Krafft Celia Lovsky as Frau Sigerlist Stuart Whitman as Dove Madge Blake as Mrs. Cahill Jack Raine as Edmund Streller Birgit Nielsen as Madeleine Jacqueline Duval as Yvonne Gordon Richards as English Butler Norma Nevens as Student Pianist Production The novel Maurice Guest was originally published in 1908. Rhapsody was filmed on location in Florhofgasse, Zürich (the street scenes) and Pontresina, Kanton Graubünden in Switzerland. Reception According to MGM records, the film earned $1,291,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $2,001,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $217,000. The movie was re-released in February 1962 to benefit from the publicity created for the movie Cleopatra. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: 2002: AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions – Nominated References External links Henry Handel Richardson (1909) Maurice Guest, Duffield & Company, New York 1954 films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films based on Australian novels