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Director:
Roy Del Ruth
Writers:
Harry Clork (screenplay)
Oscar Hammerstein II (play)
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Release Date:
19 January 1944 (USA) more
Genre:
Family | Music more
Plot:
Broadway producer Johnny Demming courts big-name talent for his upcoming musical show, oblivious to the talent all around him... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
This is an excellent movie if you like 40s musicals. more (5 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
George Murphy ... Johnny Demming
Ginny Simms ... Helen Hoyt
Charles Winninger ... Sam Demming
Gloria DeHaven ... Patsy Demming (as Gloria de Haven)
Nancy Walker ... Trixie Simpson
Ben Blue ... Felix Gross

Lena Horne ... Fernway de la Fer
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson ... Eddie
Hazel Scott ... Herself
Kenny Bowers ... Ray Kent
Aggie Ross ... Dance Specialty (as The Ross Sisters)
Elmira Ross ... Dance Specialty (as The Ross Sisters)
Maggie Ross ... Dance Specialty (as The Ross Sisters)
Dean Murphy ... Hired man on Farm
Louis Mason ... Farmer
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Broadway Melody of 1944 (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
115 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

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Trivia:
MGM bought the rights to the Broadway musical "Very Warm For May", music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, as the starting point for the film. In typical Hollywood manner, by the time they were done all the original songs except "All the Things You Are" had been dropped, replaced by material from other writers. Three of the original songs were sung, fragmentarily, by George Murphy sitting at a piano waiting for Ginny Simms to come out. The name of the original play is also mentioned in passing in one of the scenes. more
Quotes:
Johnny Demming: Here we are - three weeks before the opening and we haven't got a leading lady. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in That's Entertainment! III (1994) more
Soundtrack:
In Other Words, Seventeen more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
This is an excellent movie if you like 40s musicals., 3 May 2000
Author: (fd20@hotmail.com) from S.C.

Ginny Simms was at her best in acting and at the height of her beauty. The movie is worth watching just to see Ginny. Tommy Dorsey was great as usual, wish he had played more tunes. George Murphy, Ben Blue, Rochester, Lena Horne, Nancy Walker all helped make the movie very enjoyable.

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