The I Don't Care Girl (1953)

This semi-film within a film opens in the office of producer George Jessel, who never saw a camera he couldn't get in front of, who is holding a story conference to determine the screen ... See full summary »

Director:

Lloyd Bacon

Writer:

Walter Bullock

Stars:

Mitzi Gaynor, David Wayne, Oscar Levant

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Mitzi Gaynor	...	Eva Tanguay
David Wayne	...	Ed McCoy
Oscar Levant	...	Charles Bennett
Bob Graham	...	Larry Woods
Craig Hill	...	Keene
Warren Stevens	...	Lawrence
Hazel Brooks	...	Stella Forrest

Storyline

This semi-film within a film opens in the office of producer George Jessel, who never saw a camera he couldn't get in front of, who is holding a story conference to determine the screen treatment for the life of Eva Tanguay, and Jessel is unhappy with what the writers present him.He tells them to look up Eddie McCoy, Eva's one-time partner, for the real inside story on the lusty and vital Eva. Eddie's version is that he discovered her working as a waitress in an Indianapolis restaurant in 1912, wherein singer Larry Woods and his partner Charles Bennett get into a fight over her and both land in the hospital, and McCoy convinces the manager to put Eva on as a single to fill their spot. She flopped, but McCoy arranges for Bennett to be her accompanist, and she went out of his life. The writers look up Bennett, now head of a music publishing company, who says McCoy's story is phony, and it was Flo Zigfeld who discovered Eva for his Follies. Then Jessel's staff comes up with a letter from...

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Taglines:

WILD and WONDERFUL Musical Hit!

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Genres:

Biography | Musical

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 January 1953 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Louca Aventura

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to Mitzi Gaynor, when flames shoot out of the set during the second "I Don't Care" number, everything on set had been fireproofed, except Mitzi's costume.

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Soundtracks

"Liebestraum No. 3"
(uncredited)
Music by Franz Liszt

User Reviews

Entertaining curio

This movie has been shown recently in England,so liking musicals,I decided to watch it.Curious mixture of voice overs,flashbacks and a film within a film,all packed tightly into less than 90 minutes.Mitzi Gaynor is astounding.The film works because of her.Although the period setting is earlier in the 20th Century,the dazzling production numbers are pure 50's.Paintbox bright colours are prevailant.Mitzi's costumes are spectacular.One wishes it was longer and more detailed,but it's an extremely agreeable way to spend 80 odd minutes.An entertaining curio.