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Director:
George Sidney
Writers:
Kenneth Earl (story) &
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Release Date:
July 1944 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Musical more
Tagline:
M.G.M's Mammoth Technicolor Musical Spectacle!
Plot:
Songwriter Steve Elliott is about to marry Caroline Brooks. A strange woman who's been paid by Steve's... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
It is considered a classic Hollywood musical in China more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Red Skelton ... Steve Elliot
Esther Williams ... Caroline Brooks
Basil Rathbone ... George Adams
Bill Goodwin ... Professor Willis Evans
Jean Porter ... Jean Allenwood
Nana Bryant ... Dean Clinton
Carlos Ramírez ... Himself
Ethel Smith ... Ethel Smith - Music Teacher
Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra ... Themselves
Lina Romay ... Herself
Harry James and His Music Makers ... Themselves
Helen Forrest ... Herself - Singer with Harry James and His Music Makers
Donald Meek ... Chester Klazenfrantz
Jacqueline Dalya ... Maria Dorango
Francis Pierlot ... Professor Hendricks
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Co-Ed (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
101 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #9966) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Australia:G | Argentina:Atp | Canada:F (Ontario) | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In one sequence Red Skelton's character appears in a tutu. In a later interview Red said it was uncomfortable because he had to have his chest, back and underarms shaved for this costume. more
Quotes:
Professor Hendricks: Are we keeping you awake, Mr. Elliot?
Steve Elliot: Barely.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Simpsons: Bart of Darkness (#6.1)" (1994) more
Soundtrack:
Loch Lomond more

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9 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
It is considered a classic Hollywood musical in China, 25 December 1999
Author: Shengxi Bao (baosx@163.net) from Hangzhou, China

When I check with US movie database, I find it is not a very important movie in Hollywood history. But Bathing Beauty is more famous in China than in US. Actually Bathing beauty is one of few Hollywood movies which officially released in 40's China before communist government took power. Every Chinese over 60 years old remember this movie and Gone With Wind as two outstanding classic Hollywood picture. My father told me his uncle took him to see this movie when he was a child, he remember the advertisement all over the streets at the time and call it a Splendid Colorful Movie. It is true. The color is strong and the final scene is spectacular. Talented actor Red Skelton has great pantomime show in this movie which he mimes ladies' dress up in the morning and his swan lake ballet is memorable.

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