Meet Me After the Show (1951)

Delilah Lee is the star of husband Jeff Ames' Broadway show when she starts to suspect he has been exchanging more than contracts with the show's vampish backer. Alimony and amnesia become the order of the day.

Director:

Richard Sale

Writers:

Scott Darling (story), Erna Lazarus (story),

Stars:

Betty Grable, Macdonald Carey, Rory Calhoun

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Betty Grable	...	Delilah Lee
Macdonald Carey	...	Jeff Ames
Rory Calhoun	...	David Hemingway
Eddie Albert	...	Chris Leeds
Fred Clark	...	Timothy 'Tim' Wayne
Lois Andrews	...	Gloria Carstairs
Irene Ryan	...	Tillie, Delilah's Maid
Steve Condos	...	Specialty Dancer
Jerry Brandow	...	Specialty Dancer

Storyline

Delilah Lee is the sar of husband Jeff Ames' Broadway show when she starts to suspect he has been exchanging more than contracts with the show's vampish backer. Alimony and amnesia become the order of the day.

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Plot Keywords:

amnesia | broadway manhattan new york city | new york city | remake | foreign legion | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Musical

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 October 1951 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Ao Cair do Pano

Box Office

Budget:

$1,825,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Tilly: Mrs. Ames, if you sit around here much longer, moss will be growing on your north side.

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Connections

Remake of He Married His Wife (1940)

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Soundtracks

"(EV'RY DAY IS LIKE) A DAY IN MAYTIME"
Written by Jule Styne, lyrics Leo Robin
Sung by Macdonald Carey

User Reviews

Kind of Forgettable

This 1951 film is another backstage musical, a typical format for Betty Grable. Unfortunately, this musical suffers from a mediocre score. Even though the composers were the well-known Jule Styne and Leo Robin, none of the songs in this film come anywhere close to the quality of their other compositions (e.g. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes).

In part of the first production number, Grable does a very good, skillful tap dance joined by two male dancers. This was the time when tap dancing was giving way to jazz as the predominant style of dance in film, brought on by Jack Cole and Bob Fosse. While Grable was certainly technically proficient enough for that style in the other production numbers, in my opinion, it just doesn't seem to suit her persona.

What is choreographer Jack Cole's production number, "No Talent Joe", all about? With a chorus of muscle men attired in classical Greek costumes and tan makeup suggesting statuary, and herself wearing a beachcomber outfit, Grable sings a Latin/Calypso song. What a mishmash!

I suggest this might have been a homo-erotic fantasy interjected by choreographer Cole. He did a similar thing when choreographing 1953's "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", with Jane Russell surrounded by gyrating nearly naked athletes.

Two other interesting points of trivia. The Miami film sequence is footage lifted directly from Grable's 1941 film, "Moon Over Miami". Also, take a good look at the set, props and the women's costumes in the last production number of the film. You will see very similar in 1953's "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" in the "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" production number. This probably due to the fact that Charles Le Maire and Travilla did costumes for both films, while Cole did the choreography for both.

While most musicals are excusably weak in the plot department, the plot is this film is downright dumb. Viewing this film would be enjoyable only for the die-hard Betty Grable fan. It's been resurrected recently on the Fox Movie Channel. Record it and skip everything but the musical numbers.