Till the Clouds Roll By is a 1946 American Technicolor musical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and a fictionalized biopic of composer Jerome Kern, portrayed by Robert Walker.

At the London Gaieties revue, Kern's song garners the attention of theatrical producer Charles Frohman.

Following the show's success, Kern narrowly misses sailing back to London on the ill-fated RMS Lusitania.

The composer proposes to Eva and returns to New York to continue his string of theatrical successes, including Leave It to Jane.

After the show's producers give the song to star Marilyn Miller, Sally leaves in protest.

All attempts to locate Sally fail and Jim Hessler dies, leaving a mourning Kern unable to work.

While visiting a sound stage at MGM, Kern is delighted to discover that the studio has cast Sally to perform in a new film featuring his songs.

[2] Gene Kelly was intended to play Kern, with Gloria DeHaven, Jacqueline White, Imogen Carpenter, and Jeanette MacDonald in major parts.

[2] When the film started production in the fall of 1945, Judy Garland was signed as Broadway singer-dancer Marilyn Miller, having just returned to California after a long New York honeymoon with her new husband, director Vincente Minnelli.

Lemuel Ayers, a set designer, was scheduled to make his directorial debut on the film, but was replaced by Busby Berkeley late in August 1945.

[citation needed] Bosley Crowther, reviewing the film for The New York Times, wrote:[9] "Why did Metro...have to cook up a thoroughly phoney yarn about the struggles of a chirpy young composer to carry the lovely songs of Jerry Kern?

[10] In a retrospective review, American film critic Pauline Kael wrote, "This monster thing, spawned at M-G-M, was meant to be the life of Jerome Kern.