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Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
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Release Date:
13 August 1943 (USA)
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Tagline:
The musical extravaganza that tops great Ziegfeld glory!
Plot:
Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is love with a poor dancer...
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Sweepstakes
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Nightclub
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Dream
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Dancer
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King Louis XV
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Average movie, but for fans of the stars, a must see.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Red Skelton | ... | Louis Blore / King Louis XV | |
| Lucille Ball | ... | May Daly / Madame Du Barry | |
| Gene Kelly | ... | Alec Howe / Black Arrow | |
| Virginia O'Brien | ... | Ginny | |
| Rags Ragland | ... | Charlie / Dauphin (as 'Rags' Ragland) | |
| Zero Mostel | ... | Rami - the Swami / Taliostra | |
| Donald Meek | ... | Mr. Jones / Duc de Choiseul | |
| Douglass Dumbrille | ... | Willie / Duc de Rigor | |
| George Givot | ... | Cheezy / Count de Roquefort | |
| Louise Beavers | ... | Niagara | |
| Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra | ... | Themselves | |
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| Tommy Dorsey | ... | Himself - Leader of Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra | |
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Gentleman's Choice (USA) (working title)
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101 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Near the end of the movie when Red Skelton, as Louis, has an arrow stuck in his rear-end, as he pleads for it to be removed he cracks: "Hurry up, this thing is starting to pick up several radio stations already". Coincidentally, three decades later his co-star Lucille Ball went public claiming she could hear radio programs directly in her head when driving near radio transmission towers. She explained that the metal fillings in her teeth detected strong radio signals making them audible to her.
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Crew or equipment visible: During the scene in Madame Du Barry's boudoir when King Louis XV is chasing Du Barry around the dressing table, a man sitting in a chair can be seen reflected in the mirror.
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Quotes:
Ginny:
Can't you see I love you and want you for the father of my children?
Louis Blore: I didn't know you had any!
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Louis Blore: I didn't know you had any!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in That's Entertainment! III (1994)
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Soundtrack:
Salome
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Who is Zero Mostel parodying?more
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The movie was slow action. At points, almost boring. But for someone who wants to see up-coming and major stars of this time period, this movie has many. From Ball, Skelton, Kelly, and even O'Brien, Mostel, and finally Tommy Dorsey and his band, this movie has the stars. A good sample of their earlier works.