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Director:
Claude Binyon
Writers:
Claude Binyon (writer)
Walter Benjamin Hare (play)
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Release Date:
1 April 1952 (USA) more
Genre:
Musical more
Tagline:
IT'S THE MUSICAL THAT'S GOT EVERYTHING! (original print ad - all caps) more
Plot:
Shy farmboy loves his next-door neighbor, but she dreams of going to the big city. Then she gets mixed up with big-city gangsters. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Uninspired oddity is better left forgotten... more (2 total)

Cast

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Alan Young ... Aaron Slick

Dinah Shore ... Josie Berry
Robert Merrill ... Bill Merridew
Adele Jergens ... Gladys
Minerva Urecal ... Mrs. Peabody
Martha Stewart ... Soubrette
Fritz Feld ... Headwaiter
Veda Ann Borg ... Girl in red
Chick Chandler ... Pitchman
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Marshmallow Moon (Philippines: English title) (UK)
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Runtime:
95 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #15207)
Company:
Paramount Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Robert Merrill broke his contract with the Metropolitan Opera in order to make this film. more
Soundtrack:
Purt' Nigh, But Not Plumb more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Uninspired oddity is better left forgotten..., 1 November 2006
4/10
Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

It's not that ALAN YOUNG and DINAH SHORE don't try to bring some life to a lifeless, uninspired script co-authored by Claude Binyon, who directed this mess. Considering what they have to work with, they sometimes rise to the occasion and produce a few chuckles. And as the villains of the piece, ROBERT MERRILL and ADELE JERGENS contribute somewhat to what few laughs there are.

Shore is a country bumpkin lass who longs for the big city and is taken in by on-the-lam gangsters (Merrill and Jergens) who are really after the $20,000 worth of savings. Young is the equally country hick neighbor enamored by Shore and willing to go to the extreme to extricate her from the clutches of the villains.

It has a L'IL ABNER flavor to the sets and costumes but the score is rather commonplace and no help in bringing any entertainment value to the ponderous farce.

It's films like this that probably put a hex on DINAH SHORE's stab at a film career. Wisely, she was content to enjoy her TV stardom.

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