Auteur theorists whove charted the career of cult director Edgar G. Ulmer have seldom mentioned Carnegie Hall, simply because it was more expensive than most of Ulmers films and thus cant be regarded a low-budget masterpiece. The wafer-thin plotline concerns a young immigrant woman (Marsha Hunt) who takes a job as a Carnegie Hall cleaning woman. Her love of music leads her to a better job in the Hall, and after several years she rises to the position of concert organizer. The woman uses her clout to promote her own sons career as a pianist. At 2 hours and 15 minutes, Carnegie Hall is hardly a wake-up call, but at least the film manages to showcase some of the greatest musical talent of the mid-20th century: Arthur Rubinstein, Leopold Stokowski, Jascha Heifetz, Ezio Pinza, Rise Stevens, Bruno Walter, Jan Peerce, Lili Pons, Gregor Piatagorsky...and even Harry James and Vaughn Monroe! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide