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September 1951 (USA)
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Ted Mason is a studio guide at CBS Television in Hollywood. His ambition is to get a break and become a headline singer such as Frankie Laine...
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It's all about the music.
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Frankie Laine | ... | Frankie Laine | |
| Billy Daniels | ... | Billy Daniels | |
| Terry Moore | ... | Betty Holloway | |
| Jerome Courtland | ... | Ted Mason | |
| Toni Arden | ... | Toni Arden | |
| Audrey Long | ... | Gloria Pelley | |
| Dick Wesson | ... | Dave Gibson | |
| Lynn Bari | ... | Mary | |
| William Tracy | ... | Al Little | |
| Willard Waterman | ... | John 'J.R.' Stevens | |
| Jonathan Hale | ... | Cyrus Pelley | |
| Amanda Blake | ... | Susie Manning | |
| Benny Payne | ... | Benny Payne |
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71 min
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Color (Supercinecolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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USA:Passed (National Board of Review) |
USA:Approved (PCA #15086)
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The use of color TV images in this film is not an anachronism. The TV station shown is a CBS affiliate, and CBS had already developed a color TV system when this film was made. Their system ultimately failed because it was incompatible - only viewers with a CBS-made color set could receive its broadcasts. The color TV system finally adopted in 1957 was developed by NBC and its broadcasts could be received on black-and-white sets, albeit not in color.
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Anachronisms: Filmed in 1951, the film has a contemporary 1951 setting, but color television broadcasts were still a thing of the future at that time; the receivers shown in the film were Zenith black and white sets, not color.
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Let's Fall in Love
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Columbia's B musicals with Frankie Laine-Billy Daniels, etc., were all about the music. The plots are just there to, however haltingly, keep things going. Pert Terry Moore pushes tall, gangly, handsome Jerome Courtland to become a singing star. Why not? Courtland (with solos on "Let's Fall In Love", "The Love of a Gypsy" and a duet with Laine on the title song)has a fine voice, if not the performing charisma of the two leads. Daniels, a surprise smash in his first Columbia, keeps up the good work with a warm, relaxed rehearsal in an empty night club with pianist-backup singer Benny Payne, of "Too Marvelous For Words" and "I Hadn't Anyone Till You", later goes full-tilt on "I Get A Kick Out of You". Great camera work on all of Daniels' moments. Laine also gives his usual earnest, energetic and unique approach to his songs, including "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die", "I May Be Wrong" (with Toni Arden, who also gets a solo spot), and a bit of "Pennies From Heaven". Oh. Round tv screens, too! Almost impossible to find on videotape.