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Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949)

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In the early 1900s, song plugger Larry Kelly chances to meet Alfred Breitenbach, poor opera composer...and his lovely daughter Doris, who falls for Larry. To improve their acquaintance, ... See full summary »

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Mark Stevens ...
Larry Kelly
June Haver ...
Doris Fisher
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Fred Fisher aka Alfred Breitenbach
Charlotte Greenwood ...
Anna Breitenbach
Gale Robbins ...
Marie Carle
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Lippy Brannigan
Andrew Tombes ...
Ted Held
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Gottfried Steiner
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sam Ash ...
Quartette Member (scenes deleted)
Warren Jackson ...
Quartette Member (scenes deleted)
Donald Kerr ...
Quartette Member (scenes deleted)
Al Klein ...
Quartette Member (scenes deleted)
Frank Kreig ...
Headwaiter (scenes deleted)
Nestor Paiva ...
Lucca (scenes deleted)
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In the early 1900s, song plugger Larry Kelly chances to meet Alfred Breitenbach, poor opera composer...and his lovely daughter Doris, who falls for Larry. To improve their acquaintance, Doris conspires with Larry to turn her father's opera melodies into popular songs. Alfred, reluctant but needing cash, adopts the pen name Fred Fisher. Affluence results, but when Alfred realizes his opera is vanishing bit by bit, he wants to bring the career of "Fred Fisher" to a halt... Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

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OH, THAT BEAUTIFUL GAL... (original print media ad - all caps) See more »

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Biography | Musical

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9 January 1950 (Sweden)  »

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Bonequinha Linda  »

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(Western Electric Recording)

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(Technicolor)

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1.37 : 1
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Trivia

"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60-minute CBS Radio adaptation of the movie on April 16, 1951 with Joan Caulfield, George Jessel, and Bob Crosby. See more »

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Referenced in Dancing in the Dark (1949) See more »

Soundtracks

"Daddy, You've Been a Mother to Me"
Written by Fred Fisher
Sung by uncredited actor
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Oh, You Lovely Picture: 'Beautiful Doll' ***1/2
26 April 2010 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

Lively 1949 musical with Mark Stevens and June Haver in the leads. Did Mark do his own singing here?

The film is a tribute to those who wrote light opera and saw their music turned into wonderful vehicles for Tin Pan Alley. Such was the case here with S.Z. Sakall as the impresario.

Interesting to see Charlotte Greenwood in a totally non-singing and non-dancing role in this film.

Sakall tastes a climb from poverty to wealth as Stevens adopts his music to "modern" times. With a guilty conscience for not pursuing his opera, Sakall drops out, but is quickly found.

The tunes sung are delightful.


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