Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951)

Director:

David Butler

Writers:

Harry Clork (writer)
Avery Hopwood (play)

Release Date:

10 October 1951 (USA)

Genre:

Musical

Tagline:

The Warner Bros. musical that out-shines 'em all!

Plot:

When boyfriend Vince Nichols won't give up his gambling, Abby joins vaudeville partners Carol and June...

Plot Keywords:

Cousin | Millionaire | Disguise | Gold Digger | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Dennis Morgan	...	Vince Nichols
Virginia Mayo	...	Carol
Gene Nelson	...	Thedore (Ted) Lansing
Lucille Norman	...	Abby
S.Z. Sakall	...	Felix Hoff aka Uncle Felix
Virginia Gibson	...	June
Tom Conway	...	Bennington Lansing aka Uncle Benny
Wallace Ford	...	Sam Parks

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Of this picture, director David Butler said, "That was the worst of the whole bunch I made. I thought it was terrible, and I think the audience agreed with me."

Movie Connections:

Remake of The Gold Diggers (1923)

Soundtrack:

Vienna Dreams

Doris Day Turned This One Down

Jack Warner handed this script to Doris Day, but she begged out. It was too much like the other films she had made at Warners (she made "Lullaby of Broadway" that same year and "Tea For Two" right before that). Virgina Mayo, who was free, loved doing musicals, so she stepped in and Dennis Morgan's name went up one step. Doris, by this time was extremely popular, so she would have gotten billing over Morgan.

This was colorful (I saw it once) and Mayo looked incredible, as usual.

Day, after "Calamity Jane" got "picky" about parts. She also turned down "The Helen Morgan Story" with Paul Newman, "The Jazz Singer" with Danny Thomas and WB had planned "Miss America" for Doris and Virginia, a musical.